Teaching Excellence Framework Providers views emerging challenges and

Teaching Excellence Framework Provider’s views: emerging challenges and opportunities Stephen Denyer PVC (Education & Student Experience) University of Brighton HEA Network TEF Session 17 th November 2016

Making the most of the submission • Testing the metrics for amendment requests o Why bother? o Identifying own errors and acknowledged year-end errors o Material difference: core metrics versus split metrics o Z-scores are SE not SD • Metric evidence o Contextual benchmarking against sector averages o Use of own metrics

Making the most of the submission • Narrative o Student participation o Case examples o Translating localised good practice o External review o Tone

Assessment and consistency of judgement • Veracity of evidence – TEF officers • Gathering of intelligence – avoiding prior knowledge • Localised practices as pilots • Considerable weighting on split metrics to reassess first opinion • How will assessors weight metrics versus narrative? • Assessor disagreement - moderation

Perceived opportunities • Institutional refocus • Collection of metrics • Learning gain – development of measures • Value for money • Commendations

Perceived challenges • • • Overweighting of NSS Accommodating future change in metrics eg. NSS changes, new metrics Metrics do not reflect teaching excellence Partial engagement by sector; tactical participation Subject-level TEF o Subject diversity and JACS codes o Metrics only? o Relationship to institutional TEF o Linkage to fees o Too rushed

Thinking about subject-level TEF • How could subjects be defined and grouped? • How should subject-level and provider-level interact? • Evidence base: additional metrics and PSRBs • Panel number, role and remit • How can widening participation goals be supported?