The Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) at Middlesex University is a quality assessment system designed to evaluate and enhance teaching quality and student outcomes over multiple years, with institutions automatically receiving a 'meets expectations' rating if they meet baseline criteria. The framework includes various metrics such as student satisfaction and employment outcomes, and institutions have opportunities to improve their ratings and fee structures based on their performance. The TEF aims to support social mobility, student choice, and the development of a higher education system that responds to diverse student needs.

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Success as a Knowledge Economy: Teaching Excellence,
Social Mobility and Student Choice (May 2016)
— Introduction of a Teaching Excellence Framework
— Link to fees
— Office for Students
— Easier entrance for new providers
— Publication of student intake data by gender, ethnicity and social
background
— Switching universities
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Teaching Excellence Framework
— TEF Year One
Providers meeting an existing satisfactory quality assessment will
automatically achieve a rating of ‘Meets Expectations’ for 2016–17
and will be able to raise fees with inflation from 2017–18.
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Teaching Excellence Framework
— TEF Year Two
Providers meeting baseline quality thresholds will automatically
achieve a rating of ‘Meets Expectations’.
For higher ratings, a full assessment process is required.
Assessments will take place during autumn and winter of 2016–17.
Judgements will be available for the 2017–18 admissions cycle with
institutions able to increase fees with inflation from 2018–19.
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Teaching Excellence Framework
— TEF Year Three
Providers meeting baseline requirements will automatically achieve a
rating of ‘Meets Expectations’.
TEF 3 will be subject to lessons learned from TEF 2 and will see the
- introduction of a differential fee cap
- the incorporation of new metrics
- piloting of discipline level assessments
This award will inform the 2018–19 cycle for admission to 2019–20.
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Teaching Excellence Framework
— TEF Year Four
Subject to lessons learned from TEF 3, discipline level assessments
will be introduced.
Taught postgraduate students may be included.
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Eligibility requirements
— Having passed a recent quality assessment review
— Demonstrating a commitment to widening participation
— TEF 1, 2 and 3: Any provider who opts to apply for TEF and meets
the baseline quality threshold will achieve at least 'meets
expectations'
— For higher ratings, institutions need to undergo the full assessment
process
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Assessment Framework
— Technical Consultation
— Combination of core set of quantitative metrics and supporting
evidence provided by institutions
— Metrics for TEF 2:
• NSS (Questions 1-4, 5-9, 10-12)
• non-continuation rates (HESA)
• employment/further study outcomes (DLHE)
— Institutional evidence should focus on the ‘impact and effectiveness’
of teaching
— Metrics and institutional submission considered by assessment
panels
— Additional metrics considered for TEF 3
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The assessment framework – model (BIS)
Aspect of quality
Areas of teaching and learning quality
Teaching Quality Learning Environment Student Outcomes and Learning
Gain
Criteria
Statements that identify what assessors will
be looking for
Teaching Quality criteria Learning Environment criteria Student Outcomes and Learning
Gain criteria
Evidence
The evidence base that will be used to form a
judgement against the criteria, made up of
core metrics and additional evidence
In future years this may be expanded to
include further metrics, e.g. teaching intensity
or HMRC data.
Core metrics
National Student Survey (Q 1-4 –
teaching on course; Q 5-9 –
assessment and feedback)
National Student Survey (Q 10-12 –
academic support)
Retention/continuation (HESA)
Employment/destination (DLHE)
Potential highly-skilled jobs metric
Additional evidence (provider submission)
Statement of findings
Description of performance in each aspect
Teaching Quality statement of
findings
Learning Environment statement
of findings
Student Outcomes and Learning
Gain statement of findings
Possible Commendations
Overall outcome
TEF rating
TEF Rating

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TEF Awards
— 'Meets expectations': a higher education provider meets national
expectations […] reflecting areas covered in a quality review.
— 'Excellent': a provider demonstrates excellent teaching, learning and
student outcomes, building on national expectations for quality and
standards.
— 'Outstanding': a provider demonstrates outstanding teaching,
learning and student outcomes, building on national expectations for
quality and standards.
Awards will be valid for three years, provided an institution submitted
three years of metrics.
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Commendations
— For distinction in particular areas of practice
— Details are subject to outcomes of Technical Consultation
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TEF panels
— Individuals with HE expertise
— Students or their representatives
— Employer representatives
— TEF officers
— Metrics/analytics experts
— Guidance for panels to be based on outcomes of Technical
Consultation for TEF 2
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Link to UG home/EU student fees
— ‘Meets expectation’ - inflationary increase by RPI rate
— Differential increases linked to ratings from 2019/20
— Confirmed in July for new and continuing students
— Middlesex is on HEFCE list of eligible providers for 2017/18 increase
— Fee increases require approval by Board of Governors
— Working with Students’ Union to ensure any increases improve
experience and outcomes
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TEF 2 illustrative metrics for Middlesex
— Average over the most recent three years of available data
— Benchmarked to take into account characteristics of student intake
— Reported separately for key groups and characteristics
— Non-continuation for FT students beneath benchmark – red flag
— Non-continuation for PT students above benchmark – green flag
— Highly skilled employment for PT above benchmark – green flag
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Middlesex Institutional Submission
— Focus on measures put in place to improve continuation and
retention
— Emphasis on sector-leading practice in peer learning
— Assessment and feedback practice which has led to above sector
scores in the National Student Survey
— Free E-book scheme (nominated for THE award)
— HER commendation on the use of Tableau data in AME
— Consultation with Faculties and Services
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Indicative list of additional evidence
— Collecting and acting on student feedback
— UK Engagement Survey (UKES) and other mechanisms focused on
monitoring and maximising student engagement
— Impact and effectiveness of teaching observation schemes
— Impact and effectiveness of innovative approaches, new technology or
educational research
— Use and effectiveness of learner analytics in tracking and monitoring progress
and development
— Learning gain and distance-travelled by students
— Evidence and impact of initiatives aimed at maximising graduate
employability
— Extent, nature and impact of employer engagement in course design/delivery
— Impact and effectiveness of initiatives aimed at understanding, assessing and
improving retention and completion
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Continuation and Retention
— Review of regulatory framework and teaching year
— Development of an inclusive curriculum
— Review of assessment and feedback against assessment criteria
— Increasing the number of meaningful engagement points throughout the
academic year, captured on engagement dashboards available to students
— Personal Tutoring scheme linked to central services support from 2017/18
— Extending peer support schemes (SLAs for all programmes)
— Working in partnership with the Students' Union to engage students in
curriculum/module development
— University-wide initiatives supported by clear lines of responsibility and
communication and improved representation of staff and student groups
— University-wide co-curricular projects
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Thank You.
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