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TEF (and KEF?) – the latest developments and what it means for publishers

Since the announcement of TEF results in June, the publishing industry has been relatively quiet on this subject (partly because of summer holidays). However, the Higher Education sector has been very busy during this period. First of all, the TEF’s official name has changed from “Teaching Excellence Framework” to “Teaching Excellence and Student Outcome Framework”,ContinueContinue reading “TEF (and KEF?) – the latest developments and what it means for publishers”

A quick overview of TEF results

Earlier this week, ‘providers’ (i.e. participating universities and colleges) were informed by HEFCE of their Year 2 TEF results, and at midnight today all the results were made public on the HEFCE website. Alongside the final results all metrics data and written submissions have been made public, too (although universities have the right toContinueContinue reading “A quick overview of TEF results”

Conference: The Incredible Machine – What next for TEF?

The TEF results were due to be released this week, coming only second to the General Election as the most anticipated day this year in the UK Higher Education sector. The day after the election, the Department of Education announced a postponement of the publication of TEF results; a new date has yet to beContinueContinue reading “Conference: The Incredible Machine – What next for TEF?”

Addendum – what’s next for TEF?

On June 8th, WonkHE will host the Conference “The Incredible Machine: What next for TEF?” at the Royal College of Physicians. This conference is now sold out, but Annika Bennett of Gold Leaf managed to get a ticket. So, again – check our Twitter account (as I will be tweeting live) and keep an eyeContinueContinue reading “Addendum – what’s next for TEF?”

The Teaching Excellence Framework – what’s next?

The ABT Conference closed last week, and every delegate received a copy of our report. You may or may not have had a chance yet to read it, but we’d like to talk a bit more now about what’s next. First of all, since the report went to the printing press on May Day, theContinueContinue reading “The Teaching Excellence Framework – what’s next?”