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Teaching Excellence Framework

The Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF) is a government assessment of the quality of undergraduate teaching in universities and other higher education providers in England, which may be used from 2020 to determine whether state-funded providers are permitted to raise tuition fees. Higher education providers from elsewhere in the…

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Teaching Excellence Framework

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dropout ratesinstance ofRatingsThe TEF ratings are based on statistics0.80text
student satisfaction survey resultsinstance ofRatingsThe TEF ratings are based on statistics0.80text
graduate employment ratesinstance ofRatingsThe TEF ratings are based on statistics0.80text
the London School of Economics this would not have a significant impact asinstance ofbut that for institutions0.80text
Bristol for which student satisfaction has traditionally been lowinstance ofThe boycott may also benefit universities0.80text
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employability data are valid measures of teaching quality has also been questioned.Some top universities threatened to boycott the TEFinstance ofWhether metrics0.80text
fearing that reputational damage might outweigh potential gaininstance ofWhether metrics0.80text

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