The 2023 Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) results are now published for the majority of the 228 providers that took part.
This makes it possible for me as the TEF chair to begin to reflect on the outcomes and the experience of the revamped TEF, and the longer term implications for the sector.
In the first TEF, providers were awarded a single rating – Gold, Silver or Bronze. Following Shirley Pearce’s independent review of the TEF, which drew on inputs from across the sector and an expert advisory group, many aspects of the TEF were overhauled.
This makes the 2023 exercise significantly different both in outcomes and process. That single rating has been replaced by a profile with separate ratings for student experience, student outcomes and the provider’s overall effectiveness. A ‘requires improvement’ judgement has been added to the Gold, Silver and Bronze judgements.
