The timetable below applies to:
- providers that did not make representations about their provisional rating decisions
- providers that made representations that were concluded in time for publication of the final ratings on 28 September.
| Timings |
Event |
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28 September 2023
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TEF ratings published on the OfS website.
Once published by the OfS, providers can communicate their ratings in accordance with the communications and branding guidelines.
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Week beginning 9 October 2023
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TEF ratings published on Discover Uni and the UCAS website.
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Mid-October 2023
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Additional information made available to individual providers, with 14 days for the provider to comment.
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From 30 November 2023
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Additional information published on the OfS website: the summary panel statement, the provider submission and the student submission (if available).
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For providers that made representations about their provisional ratings that were not concluded in time for publication of the final ratings on 28 September:
- we published the ratings as ‘pending’ on 28 September 2023
- the ratings will be published once final decisions about them have been made, which we expect to be from December 2023
- the additional information will be published at a later date (after the provider has had the opportunity to comment on the summary panel statement).
Overall TEF 2023 timeline
The timetable for the TEF exercise that took place in 2022-23 is set out below.
| Timings |
Event |
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30 September 2022
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Publication of the TEF indicators for providers in England.
Publication of revisions relating to condition B6 of the regulatory framework.
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7 October 2022
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Publication of Regulatory advice 22: Guidance on the Teaching Excellence Framework 2023.
Publication of guidance on student submissions.
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7 October 2022 to 24 January 2023
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Submission window:
- participating providers prepare their submissions
- students optionally prepare their submissions.
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October to November 2022
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The TEF panel is appointed and membership published.
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February to July 2023
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The TEF panel carries out the assessments and reaches provisional decisions about the ratings.
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Week beginning 7 August 2023
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Provisional TEF rating decisions available to individual providers.
Communications and branding guidelines published.
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Early September 2023
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Deadline for providers to make representations about their provisional rating decisions.
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Week beginning 18 September
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Individual providers are informed of their final ratings; or that this decision is ‘pending’ consideration of their representations.
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| From 28 September 2023 |
TEF ratings published (see the publication timeline above).
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Future years
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Ratings last four years, subject to a provider remaining eligible to retain its rating.
We expect to publish TEF indicators for providers in England annually.
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