Five more universities have been awarded gold ratings in the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF), while one institution has been told its student experience “requires improvement” after a long appeals process was completed.
Manchester Metropolitan, Nottingham Trent, Greenwich, Leicester and Lincoln universities have all been rated as gold standard, according to the latest updates announced by the Office for Students (OfS).
Of the 25 larger higher education institutions, primarily those with university status, that were left without an award in September, only one – Arden University – is still awaiting the result of its appeal.
Goldsmiths, University of London was among seven institutions to receive a bronze rating overall but its student experience was rated as “requires improvement”, the first public university to receive this designation for an aspect of its provision after it was introduced for the 2023 TEF to signify when the OfS determines an “absence of excellence”.
