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Poll Created Thu 28 Apr 2016 10:48AM

Proposal 5 Closed Fri 13 May 2016 10:03PM

We need a means to measure TEF - metrics for proxy for quality. Which and what metrics are the university going to focus on will inform how our digital strategy can support this. Digitally enabled representation of what our performance is like and how to use these to improve. Look at the average, i.e the base line - raise this as our minimum standard/quality for the university to aspire and work towards.And these standard/metrics have to be meaningful! What is this average against other universities - benchmarking to what we aspire to achieve. Also focus on what we are good at and what make us stand out - put resources to further enhance and improve. This will also help identify our manifesto as a university highlighting our excellence and our approach. Need continuous and agile approach to identifying support and changes to the teaching and learning delivery and strategy.

Results

Results Option % of points Voters
Agree 27.3% 3 SM JN PN
Abstain 54.5% 6 DW CF CS RU SL JH
Disagree 18.2% 2 DL DM
Block 0.0% 0  
Undecided 0% 15 MV PB AD KR SG AT AC JK SA MO LG AM SN DK HC

11 of 26 people have participated (42%)

SM

Sheila MacNeill
Agree
Fri 6 May 2016 2:19PM

though this will take a lot of work to actually do

DW

David White
Abstain
Fri 6 May 2016 2:41PM

I'd much prefer to be setting standards via our staff and students not by being gamed by a sector-wide market approach.

JN

Jim Nottingham
Agree
Sat 7 May 2016 9:22AM

although monitoring TEF to measure TEF....some horrible Orwellian nightmare

PN

Paula Nottingham
Agree
Sat 7 May 2016 9:45AM

If we are doing TEF - monitoring who it will help the institution would be a part of the strategy for implementing it. Metrics are a part of our lives now - but as a qualitative researcher's plea 0 measure the right things or data not helpful.

SL

Silke Lange
Abstain
Mon 9 May 2016 5:13PM

This is too much like a one-size-fits-all approach. Each institution should celebrate its distinctness, not constantly compare itself to others....

RU

Rainer Usselmann
Abstain
Mon 9 May 2016 9:56PM

yes and no. I'm in favour of intelligently embracing metrics. But I'm sceptical about benchmarking, unless one thinks of HE institutions as sausage factories.

CS

Colin simpson
Abstain
Tue 10 May 2016 12:36AM

The more I think about benchmarking, the more I think that it is about quantitative data whereas most of the research about teaching and learning quality needs to be a little more qualitative.

I realise that doing nothing is no answer either though

JH

Jim Harris
Abstain
Tue 10 May 2016 1:08PM

Hard one - need to satisfy "how we compare to our competitors" and the unreportable excellence (is there a benchmarked leaderboard for retention & attainment figures combined?)

DL

Donna Lanclos
Disagree
Fri 13 May 2016 3:07PM

totally capitulates to TEF without trying to reframe any of it to allow for organic and effective teaching practices, undamaged by meaningless metrics.

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