Teaching Excellence Framework Conference 2024
Tuesday 15th October 2024
8:45am - 3:40pm
The Teaching Excellence Framework Conference returns with the latest insights and analysis following TEF 2023 and will look towards the next iteration of the exercise for TEF 2027.
The 2024 Conference will …
Look towards TEF 2027 and what the next exercise should look like
Examine how providers are managing strategic change and quality enhancement in line with their TEF 2023 submissions
Evaluate what we can learn from TEF 2023 summary statements and the rationale for awarding from the Office for Students
Analyse how the sector approached educational gain in TEF 2023 and what we expect for TEF 2027
Explore insights from the independent reports by Professor Dilly Fung and the QAA qualitative analysis of submissions and panel statements
Want to examine the next steps for TEF?
Headline Speakers Confirmed for 2024
Vicki Stott
Chief Executive
QAA
Graeme Rosenberg
Head of Student Outcomes
Office for Students
Professor Dilly Fung
Professor Emerita
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Professor Janice Kay CBE
Director
Higher Futures
Pre-Event Webinar
12:30pm - 1:10pm, Monday 14th October
TEF 2023 Deep Dive: Approaches to Identifying and Measuring Educational Gains
This session will examine the independent analysis of the 51 submissions of providers that achieved a gold rating for student outcomes in TEF 2023. The session will consider:
How ‘educational gains’ were defined by gold providers
What practical delivery looks like in supporting students to achieve educational gains
Approaches to measurement and evaluation and where development is needed
What is the role of educational gains in the TEF exercise?
Professor Dilly Fung
Professor Emerita & former Pro-Director (Vice President) for Education
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) (CONFIRMED)
Agenda
08:45 am
Registration, Refreshments and Networking
09:30 am
Chair’s Welcome Address
Professor Abigail Moriarty
Pro Vice Chancellor, Education and Students
University of Lincoln (CONFIRMED)
09:40 am
Evaluating and Learning from TEF 2023
Approach to evaluating TEF 2023
Process, framework and initial impact
Use of TEF information by prospective students
Early evaluation findings
Sharing good practice
The path to TEF 2027
Graeme Rosenberg
Head of Student Outcomes
Office for Students (CONFIRMED)
Catherine Cameron
TEF Manager
Office for Students (CONFIRMED)
10:10 am
TEF 2023: What we Know From Every Single Submission and How to Respond
Building on the first total qualitative analysis of every single TEF submission and panel statement led by the QAA, this session will examine:
What providers need to know to successfully prepare for TEF 2027
The characteristics of gold providers and how they achieved their rating
The current state of play on delivery across the features of excellence
What we should learn on quality enhancement
Outputs and action points for leaders following this qualitative analysis
Vicki Stott
Chief Executive
QAA (CONFIRMED)
10:40 am
Networking Break and Refreshments
11:10 am
Educational Gain: Where Do We Go and What Does it Mean for TEF 2027?
How providers engaged with the concept of educational gain in TEF 2023
Making the leap between intended and demonstrated educational gains
Are providers delivering on commitments made in TEF 2023?
The necessary steps for developing a conceptual framework on educational gain
Examining the future of educational gain in the countdown to TEF 2023
Professor Janice Kay CBE
Director, Higher Futures
Special Advisor to the Vice Chancellor, University of Exeter (CONFIRMED)
Roscoe Hastings
Director of Teaching Excellence and Enhancement
University of Exeter (CONFIRMED)
11:40 am
Diary of a TEF Lead: Lessons on Evidence, Design and Submission
In this case study session, we will take a deep-dive into the route to submission from a gold provider’s TEF lead. The session will dissect the tools for success, how the submission was constructed and the learning points for the next TEF exercise. Expect an open and practical take on:
Evidence collection and development
Collaboration with senior leadership
Submission design and construction
Impactful authoring and storytelling
Dr Ruth Stoker
Director of Strategic Teaching and Learning and University Academic Lead for TEF
University of Huddersfield (CONFIRMED)
12:10 pm
Networking Lunch
1:10 pm
Building in Evidence Gathering for TEF
Lessons for senior leaders: How to build evaluation into an institutional strategy
Developing a structure to harness existing evidence as TEF impact
Evaluation or quality enhancement? Designing a continuous approach to evidence gathering for the TEF
Building evaluation capacity and confidence across an institution
Professor Liz Austen
Professor of Higher Education Evaluation and Associate Dean Teaching & Learning (College of Social Science & Arts)
Sheffield Hallam University (CONFIRMED)
1:30 pm
TEF 2023: What Did We Learn? What Would We Change?
The building blocks to a successful rating: What works?
Approaches to developing the TEF 2023 submission
Understanding existing provision and the route to future quality enhancement
Dissecting the challenges and learning points for future exercises
Embedding an approach to review and continuous improvement
Recommendations on how the TEF exercise should develop next time
Professor Sarah Jones
Pro Vice-Chancellor Education
Solent University (CONFIRMED)
Professor Keith McLay
Deputy Vice Chancellor
University of Derby (CONFIRMED)
Professor Antony Moss
Pro Vice Chancellor Education and Student Experience
London South Bank University (CONFIRMED)
Professor Elizabeth Jones
Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Education
University of Leicester (CONFIRMED)
2:20 pm
Networking Break and Refreshments
2:40 pm
Translating TEF 2023 into Meaningful Continuous Improvement: A Relational Approach
Using TEF evaluation tools to support consistent performance monitoring
Moving away from a periodic exercise to routine evaluation
Meeting the stated ambitions of TEF 2023 and delivering on commitments
Exploring approaches to quality enhancement and improvement based on learnings from TEF 2023
Dr Mark Mason
Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Student Experience)
University of Chichester (CONFIRMED)
3:00 pm
What Does TEF 2023 Mean for Student Decision Making?
Understanding awareness of TEF 2023 in decision making for prospective students
How are universities engaging with prospective students on their TEF ratings?
Exploring how universities have promoted TEF 2023 ratings in the latest recruitment cycle
Evaluating the place of TEF metrics in the wider decision-making process for new cohorts
Cathy Sinclair
Director of Student Recruitment and Admissions
Sheffield Hallam University (CONFIRMED)
3:20 pm
The Art and Science of a Provider TEF submission
Vision for the future, rooted in the past – designing your metrics
Students as our most important critics – collaboration and co-creation
Educational Gain and institutional autonomy – HERA in microcosm
Emily Pollinger
Policy and Programmes Manager (Education and Student Experience)
University of Bath (CONFIRMED)
3:40 pm
Conference Close
*Programme subject to change
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Audience
This Conference is designed for all in the higher education sector engaged with the Teaching Excellence Framework. Those in attendance will include:
Directors of Teaching and Learning
Associate Deans
Academic Registrars
Data Leads and Analysts
Deans of Teaching and Learning
Academic Directors
Pro Vice-Chancellors
Heads of Department
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