How are Students and Lecturers Using Educational Resources Today?

[Press Release] SAGE Publishing and Gold Leaf partner on major study to provide insight into the UK higher education pedagogical environment Higher Education in the UK is undergoing huge change. Much of this is directly affecting how students, faculty and librarians interact with pedagogical resources. But what impact are these developments having on learning? HowContinue reading "How are Students and Lecturers Using Educational Resources Today?"

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”,Continue 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 toContinue 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 beContinue 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 eyeContinue reading "Addendum – what’s next for TEF?"