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Gunn, Andrew – Educational Review, 2018
The creation of the Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) represents a significant development concerning the teaching mission of the university in the UK. This paper considers the background to, and the development of, the TEF. It explains the context from which the TEF emerged and unpacks a series of rationales which illustrate the need for, and…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Faculty Evaluation, Evaluation Methods, Models
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Locke, William – European Journal of Education, 2014
Rankings and online comparison sites have both facilitated and shaped the marketisation of higher education in England, the UK as a whole and elsewhere. They have facilitated marketisation by introducing greater competition between and within higher education institutions. Ultimately, they accomplish the transformation of qualities into…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Competition, Commercialization
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Callender, Claire; Jackson, Jonathan – Studies in Higher Education, 2008
The new student funding regime introduced by the 2004 Higher Education Act in England is predicated on the accumulation of student debt. Variable tuition fees, repaid by student loans, will increase average student loan debt on graduation. This article examines how fear of debt and financial constraints affect prospective students' choices of…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Class, Debt (Financial), Foreign Countries