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The Teaching Excellence and Students Outcomes Framework—how it has affected higher education providers

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Published on: 16 July 2019

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How has the TEF system worked in practice over the last three years?
Have many institutions successfully challenged their grading?
Has this grading system had any impact on UK universities’ global reputation on international league tables?
Is there any evidence that it has influenced student choice domestically and internationally?
The Augar report recommended reducing student fees, if those proposals are accepted how would this sit with the TEF grading impact on fee increases?

Article summary

Local Government analysis: The Office for Students has announced the Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Framework (TEF) results for 2019. Tom Morrison, partner and head of further education at Stone King, assesses the impact on higher education providers in the three years TEF has been running.

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