‘No link’ between class size and England's TEF outcomes

No correlation between HEA fellowship numbers and TEF ratings, analysis also finds

Published on
September 22, 2017
Last updated
September 26, 2017
Jack Grove
People squeezed into tiny van
Source: Alamy
Are smaller class sizes necessarily better? A new study is likely to spark further debate about the validity of the TEF’s results
Read more about
Read more about: 
Teaching excellence framework (TEF)

Register to continue

Why register?

  • Registration is free and only takes a moment
  • Once registered, you can read 3 articles a month
  • Sign up for our newsletter
Please
or
to read this article.

Related articles

Related universities

You might also like

One-man band with instruments coloured gold, silver and bronze, and a drum on fire. To illustrate that the Teaching Excellence Framework may be trying to do too much and is at risk of self-combusting.

Is the TEF a solution that has finally found a problem?

The Teaching Excellence Framework’s reliance on existing outcomes and satisfaction data, as proxies for teaching quality, has always invited criticism. But with the OfS now proposing to use it to assess compliance with regulatory conditions, the TEF might have finally found its niche. Juliette Rowsell reports

By Juliette Rowsell
4 November

Sponsored

Featured jobs

See all jobs
ADVERTISEMENT