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All of the metrics, data and provider submissions used in TEF Year Two, Year Three and Year Four assessments are publicly available.
For English providers who were potentially in scope to participate in the TEF exercise in 2019, the TEF Year Four metrics and contextual data have been published as Official Statistics.
The TEF Year Four metrics and contextual data for providers in the devolved administrations who chose to participate in the TEF exercise in 2019 have also been published.
Please note that for data protection purposes, we applied a comprehensive set of rounding and suppression criteria.
Anyone wishing to use the data must follow the guidelines for appropriate use.
TEF Year Four submissions and outcomes
The outcomes and provider submissions from the TEF Year Four assessments in 2019 are available within the resources below. Any changes to a provider’s outcome or structure that occurred after 19 June 2019 will not be reflected.
Download the TEF 2019 outcomes for all participating providers in the UK
Download the statement of findings for all providers who received a full TEF award in 2019 [Zip file]
Download all the provider submissions [Zip file]
Official statistics: TEF Year Four data
The OfS is designated as a producer of official statistics and complies with the UK Statistics Authority’s code of practice for statistics. In line with the code, the OfS would normally expect to provide free and equal access to its statistics through their publication, prior to any release to third parties. The metrics and contextual data produced for the purposes of TEF Year Four assessment (the first to be undertaken by the OfS) have therefore been published for all English providers who were potentially in scope to participate in the TEF exercise in 2019.
These official statistics are available within the resources below. Any changes to a provider’s name or structure that occurred after 1 November 2018 will not be reflected within this data.
These resources have been updated in line with the published revision schedule for the TEF Year Four data:
- on 24 January 2019 they were updated to include data for TEF Year Four participants from the devolved administrations
- on 29 August 2019 they were updated to include data for 9 providers that have been registered with the Office for Students between 24 January 2019 and 19 August 2019 and were not previously included in the data resources.
Download an explanation of the metrics and contextual information used
The TEF Year Four metrics are defined in the TEF specification.
Please note that these two downloads involve large files.
TEF Year Four metrics
This data is available in a variety of formats:
Download the metrics and schema as XML
Download the metrics data definitions
TEF Year Four supplementary data on grade inflation
This data is available in a variety of formats:
Download the grade inflation data in Excel
Download the grade inflation data as CSV
Download the grade inflation data and schema as XML
Download the grade inflation data definitions
TEF Year Four contextual data
This data is available in a variety of formats:
Download the contextual data in Excel
Download the contextual data as CSV
TEF Year Three data
The metrics, data and provider submissions used in 2018 in TEF Year Three assessments are available within the resources below. Any changes to a provider’s outcome, name or structure that occurred after August 2018 will not be reflected within this data.
The TEF Year Three metrics are defined in the TEF specification.
Download the TEF 2018 outcomes for all participating providers in the UK
Download the statement of findings for all providers who received a full TEF award in 2018 [Zip file]
Download all the provider submissions [Zip file]
Download all the workbooks [Zip file]
Download all the maps [Zip file]
Download all the degree classification information [Zip file]
TEF Year Three metrics
This data is available in a variety of formats:
An accompanying schema for the XML is also available:
Download the metrics data definitions
TEF Year Three contextual data
This data is available in a variety of formats:
Download the contextual data in Excel
Download the contextual data as CSV
Download the contextual data as XML
An accompanying schema for the XML is also available:
TEF Year Two data
The metrics, data and provider submissions used in 2017 in TEF Year Two assessments, and available within the resources below, remain unchanged from the versions first published by HEFCE in 2017.
Any changes to a provider’s outcome, name or structure that occurred after August 2017 will not be reflected within this data.
Download the TEF 2017 outcomes for all participating providers in the UK
Download the statement of findings for all providers who received a full TEF award in 2017 [Zip file]
Download all the workbooks [Zip file]
Download all the provider submissions [Zip file]
All the contextual data maps [Zip file]
TEF Year Two metrics
This data is available in a variety of formats:
An accompanying schema for the XML is also available:
Similarly, the data definitions for variable descriptors and valid entries within the CSV and Excel file are available:
Download the metrics data definitions
TEF Year Two contextual data
This data is available in a variety of formats:
Download the contextual data in Excel
Download the contextual data as CSV
Download the contextual data as XML
An accompanying schema for the XML is also available.
Download the contextual data schema
Similarly, the data definitions for variable descriptors and valid entries within the CSV and Excel file are available.
Queries about the data
If you have any queries about these TEF data resources, please contact [email protected] or call 0117 931 7402.
The Office for Students is committed to following the Code of Practice for Statistics for the statistics it produces. See more information and our statistics release schedule.
If you have any other questions or complaints about statistics produced by the Office for Students, please contact Mark Gittoes, Head of Profession for Statistics, at [email protected] or call 0117 931 7052.
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