The fifth iteration of the teaching excellence framework represents a welcome pivot away from the metrics-driven approach we’ve come to expect.
A big chunk of every award comes from information the provider itself has submitted about how marvellous it was.
Indeed, two pints to the good and if you squint a bit, TEF almost looks like Centres for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETLs). Or the QAA’s own Higher Education Review (indeed, in being cyclical and involving the opinions of students, TEF is closer to international quality assurance standards than the Office for Students’ actual quality assurance system).
TEF in its current guise focuses on quality enhancement – examining ways to make teaching better, rather than just ensuring that it is good enough. And it focuses on whole institutions.
