Education 2.0 & 3.0

Have you wondered what the Teaching Excellence Framework is but been too afraid to ask? Have no fear, Wonkhe's Ant Bagshaw has provided a comprehensive guide to this complicated and high profile exercise.

Via Elizabeth E Charles

The advent of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) has met with mixed response in the higher education sector.
Via Mark E. Deschaine, PhD, Elizabeth E Charles

More than 130 universities across the UK have applied to take part in year two of the teaching excellence framework (TEF), the Higher Education Funding Council for England (Hefce) has revealed.

Of the 299 institutions overall that applied, 234 universities, colleges and alternative providers of higher education have the suitable metrics for a full TEF assessment, while 65 others that do not have opted in for a provisional TEF award.

Via Elizabeth E Charles