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?”

Academic Book Trade Conference 2017 (part 2)

(part 2)             On Thursday evening, the conference Awards dinner took place, during which this year’s ABT awards were presented jointly by Stephen Lotinga and Tim Godfray, who took the occasion to prove his talent as a singer-songwriter and presented a musical welcome. As they did last year, OUP won the “Best Academic Publisher” award, andContinueContinue reading “Academic Book Trade Conference 2017 (part 2)”

Academic Book Trade Conference 2017 (part 1)

“Leadership and Influence in a TEF-led world”                             On a sunny May 18th, more than 100 delegates came together at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in the centre of Stratford-upon-Avon for the two-day annual Academic Book Trade Conference (formerly: APS Group Conference). This year, the conference programme focused on the Teaching Excellence Framework [TEF] and student engagement.ContinueContinue reading “Academic Book Trade Conference 2017 (part 1)”