Consultations

Student outcomes and teaching excellence

Last updated: 26 July 2022

This consultation is now closed and the outcomes are available below.

The Teaching Excellence Framework

This consultation set out proposals for the future Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). This is a national scheme which incentivises universities and colleges for excellence in teaching, learning and the outcomes they provide for their students.

Consultation outcomes:

Analysis of responses to the consultation and decisions

Read our analysis of responses to the consultation on the Teaching Excellence Framework

The Teaching Excellence Framework: analysis of consultation responses

PDF, 570Kb

Independent report by Alma Economics for the OfS

Assessing student perceptions of proposed TEF naming and rating options

PDF, 1262Kb

Independent report by Youthsight for the OfS

Addendum to TEF Consultation: Publication of Information Decisions

PDF, 166Kb

Addendum to TEF Consultation: Publication of Information Decisions

Consultation proposals:

Read the consultation

Read the consultation on the TEF

Materiality and high benchmark values for use in interpretation of the TEF indicators
This document was published to support our consultation on the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). It set out analysis of data and options that informed specific proposals about how indicators would be interpreted in the TEF assessments.

Published 20 January 2022
Last updated 26 July 2022 + show all updates

26 July 2022: Outcomes of the consultation have been published.
15 February 2022: Corrected a URL in footnote 23 of the consultation document.
26 January 2022: A link has been added to the supporting document on materiality and high benchmark values for use in interpretation of the TEF indicators.

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