by CDBU Admin | Nov 26, 2018 | REF, TEF, Uncategorized
Last week, the CDBU’s Professor Dorothy Bishop gave a terrific lecture looking at what metrics can offer in evaluating universities – and where they fail. If you were unlucky to miss it, here’s your chance to listen to the lecture. You can view the...
by CDBU Admin | Oct 26, 2018 | Brexit, Government, Grade inflation, News round-up, Teaching Excellence Framework, TEF, Uncategorized
More discouraging news on Brexit, and UK universities’ ties to Saudi Arabia have come under scrutiny Universities’ Saudi ties under scrutiny after Khashoggi killing Times Higher Education, 26/10/2018, Ellie Bothwell Western universities are under increasing...
by CDBU Admin | Jul 10, 2018 | Teaching Excellence Framework, TEF, Uncategorized
Now that all the data used to inform TEF ratings is publicly available, argues Professor D V M Bishop, TEF itself becomes redundant I have been vocal in my criticism of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF): its rationale is disingenuous, it is based on measures...
by CDBU Admin | Jun 8, 2018 | In the News, News round-up, Office for Students, Teaching Excellence Framework, TEF, Tuition fees, Uncategorized
The mental health of both academics and students comes under scrutiny, and a survey shows that most students don’t feel they are receiving value for money when it comes to teaching Cardiff plans review after suicide of ‘overworked’ lecturer Times Higher Education,...
by CDBU Admin | May 24, 2018 | News round-up, TEF, Uncategorized, Widening access
Discussions about how to improve access for less advantaged students show no sign of abating – and subject-level TEF comes under attack from the Russell Group ‘Relax A-level grades for some medical students’ BBC, 24/05/2018, Katherine Sellgreen...
by CDBU Admin | Mar 23, 2018 | TEF, Uncategorized
Opinion piece by Professor G. R. Evans The subject-based Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF) promises to give prospective university students clear, easy-to-understand information so that they can see at a glance where ‘excellent teaching and...
