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UK Universities rated on Tuition Quality by Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)

The Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) is a quality-regulating initiative in the United Kingdom aimed at evaluating Higher Education in the country and with this chassis, they are able to sustain the discrete standards of instruction at the undergraduate level across universities and colleges in the UK. TEF does so by allotting each institute one of the four component ratings, i.e. Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Provisional based on the institutes’ stats of performance.

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September 3, 2021 5 min read

UK Universities rated on Tuition Quality by Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF)

 

The Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) is a quality-regulating initiative in the United Kingdom aimed at evaluating Higher Education in the country and with this chassis, they are able to sustain the discrete standards of instruction at the undergraduate level across universities and colleges in the UK. TEF does so by allotting each institute one of the four component ratings, i.e. Gold, Silver, Bronze, and Provisional based on the institutes’ stats of performance. 

Following are the fully curated official Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) ratings for universities and colleges in the UK for the year 2019.

GOLD CATEGORY


Aberystwyth University 

Arts Educational Schools (The) 

Arts University Bournemouth  

Aston University  

Bangor University  

University of Bath  

University of Birmingham  

Bishop Grosseteste University  

Blackpool and the Fylde College  

University of Buckingham  

University of Cambridge  

City College Plymouth  

Cleveland College of Art and Design 

Conservatoire for Dance and Drama  

Coventry University  

University for the Creative Arts

De Montfort University  

University of Derby  

University of Dundee  

University of Durham 

University of East Anglia  

Edge Hill University  

University of Essex  

University of Exeter  

Exeter College  

Falmouth University  

Guildhall School of Music & Drama 

Harper Adams University  

Hartpury College  

University of Huddersfield  

Hugh Baird College  

Imperial College London  

Kaplan Open Learning (Essex) Limited 

University of Keele  

University of Kent  

University of Lancaster  

University of Leeds  

Leicester College  

University of Lincoln  

Liverpool Hope University  

Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts  

London Studio Centre Limited 

Loughborough College 

Loughborough University  

Middlesbrough College  

Myerscough College 

University of Newcastle upon Tyne  

Norland College Limited 

University of Northampton  

Norwich University of the Arts  

University of Nottingham  

Nottingham Trent University  

University of Oxford  

University of Portsmouth  

Riverside College 

RNN Group 

Robert Gordon University  

Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance  

Royal Academy of Music  

Royal Central School of Speech and Drama  

Royal College of Music  

Royal Northern College of Music  

Royal Veterinary College  

Solihull College and University Centre  

South Devon College  

Sparsholt College 

University of St Andrews  

St Mellitus College Trust 

Staffordshire University 

University of Surrey  

Swansea University 

Truro and Penwith College  

West Herts College  

University of the West of England, Bristol 

Weston College of Further and Higher Education  

University of York 


 

SILVER CATEGORY


University of Abertay Dundee  

Abertay University

Abingdon and Witney College 

Activate Learning 

AECC University College

ALRA

Anglia Ruskin University 

Anglo-European College of Chiropractic 

University of the Arts, London 

Bath College

Bath Spa University 

University of Bedfordshire 

Birkbeck, University of London

Birkbeck College 

University College Birmingham 

Birmingham City University 

University of Bolton 

Bournemouth University 

University of Bradford 

Bridgwater and Taunton College

University of Brighton 

University of Bristol 

Bromley College of Further and Higher Education

Brooklands College

Brunel University London 

Buckinghamshire New University

Burnley College

Burton and South Derbyshire College

Bury College

Calderdale College 

Canterbury Christ Church University 

Canterbury College 

Cardiff Metropolitan University 

Cardiff University 

University of Central Lancashire 

Central Bedfordshire College

University of Chester 

University of Chichester 

Chichester College 

Chicken Shed Theatre Trust 

City of Bristol College 

City of Liverpool College

City, University of London 

Colchester Institute 

Cornwall College 

Courtauld Institute of Art 

Darlington College 

Derby College

Ealing, Hammersmith & West London College

East Durham College 

East Riding College

Furness College 

Futureworks Training Limited

Gateshead College 

University of Gloucestershire 

Goldsmiths, University of London

Grantham College

Greater Brighton Metropolitan College 

University of Greenwich 

Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education

Halesowen College 

Hartlepool College of Further Education 

Heart of Worcestershire College 

Hereford College of Arts 

Herefordshire and Ludlow College

Heriot-Watt University 

Hertford Regional College 

University of Hertfordshire 

University of Hull 

King's College London 

Kingston College 

Kirklees College 

University of Law Limited

Leeds Beckett University 

Leeds College of Music

Leeds Trinity University 

University of Leicester 

Lincoln College 

University of Liverpool 

Liverpool John Moores University 

University College London 

London Institute of Banking & Finance

London South Bank University 

University of Manchester 

LTE Group 

Manchester Metropolitan University 

Markfield Institute of Higher Education

Middlesex University 

Mont Rose College of Management and Sciences Limited

Moorlands College

Nazarene Theological College

NCG 

Neath Port Talbot College 

Nelson College London Limited

New City College

New College Durham

New College Stamford  

Newman University 

North Hertfordshire College 

North Lindsey College 

Northampton College 

University of Northumbria at Newcastle 

Oaklands College 

Oxford Brookes University 

Peter Symonds College

Petroc 

University of Plymouth

Point Blank Limited

Queen Mary University of London 

Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education

Ravensbourne 

University of Reading 

Reaseheath College

Redcar & Cleveland College

Roehampton University

Royal Agricultural University 

Royal Holloway, University of London 

Runshaw College

Selby College 

University of Sheffield 

Sheffield Hallam University 

SOAS, University of London

South Tyneside College 

University of Southampton 

Southampton Solent University

University of St Mark & St John 

St Mary's University, Twickenham 

Stockton Riverside College 

Strode College 

University of Sunderland 

Sunderland College 

University of Sussex 

Sussex Downs College 

Swindon College 

Teesside University 

The Oldham College

Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance

Tyne Coast College

Unified Seevic Palmer's College

University College of Osteopathy

Wakefield College 

University of Wales Trinity Saint David

University of Warwick 

West Kent and Ashford College 

University of West London 

West Nottinghamshire College

Wigan and Leigh College 

University of Winchester 

University of Wolverhampton

University of Worcester 

Wrexham Glyndwr University 

York College 


 

BRONZE CATEGORY


ACM Guildford Limited

Accrington and Rossendale College 

Amersham & Wycombe College 

Askham Bryan College 

Assemblies of God Incorporated

Aylesbury College 

Barnet & Southgate College

Barnfield College

BIMM Limited

Bishop Auckland College

Bishop Burton College 

Blackburn College 

BMC (Brooksby Melton College) 

Boston College

The Bournemouth and Poole College

BPP University Limited 

Bradford College 

Brit College Limited

British School of Osteopathy 

Cambridge Regional College 

University of Cumbria 

Doncaster College 

University of East London

East Surrey College

East Sussex College Group

Fareham College

Farnborough College of Technology 

Goldsmiths College 

Guildford College of Further and Higher Education

Hadlow College 

Highbury College Portsmouth 

Holy Cross College

Hopwood Hall College 

Hull College 

ICMP Management Limited

The College of Integrated Chinese Medicine

Kingston Maurward College 

Kingston University

Leeds City College 

London Metropolitan University 

London School of Business

London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) 

London School of Management Education Limited

Luther King House Educational Trust

The Metanoia Institute

Milton Keynes College 

North East Surrey College of Technology 

Northern College of Acupuncture

Northumberland College 

School of Oriental and African Studies 

Plumpton College 

Plymouth College of Art 

Preston College 

Regent's University of London

RTC Education Ltd

SAE Education Limited

University of Salford 

Salford City College 

Shrewsbury Colleges Group

South & City College Birmingham

South Essex College of Further and Higher Education

South Thames Colleges Group

Southport College 

St Mary's College

St. George's, University of London 

St. Nicholas Montessori Training Limited

Stoke On Trent College

University of Suffolk 

The Trafford College Group

Tyne Metropolitan College 

UCK Limited

Warwickshire College 

University of Westminster 

Wiltshire College 

Writtle University College 

York St John University 


 

PROVISIONAL CATEGORY


ABI College Limited 

Academy of Contemporary Music Limited 

Access to Music Limited 

Architectural Association (Incorporated) 

Arden University Limited

Bournville College 

Bristol Baptist College 

Cardinal Newman College 

Cirencester College 

City and Guilds of London Art School Limited 

City College Norwich

Cliff College

Croydon College 

CWR 

Dudley College

East End Computing & Business College Limited 

East Kent College 

Edward James Foundation Limited 

University College of Estate Management 

Fairfield School of Business Ltd 

Grafton College Limited 

Hy Education Limited 

Kensington Education Foundation Limited 

Kingham Hill Trust 

KLC Limited 

London Bridge Business Academy Limited 

London College of Creative Media Limited 

London School of Business and Management Limited 

London School of Science & Technology Limited 

London School of Theology 

Macclesfield College 

Met Film School Limited 

Morley College Limited

NCH at Northeastern Limited

Newbury College 

Newham College of Further Education 

North West Regional College 

Oxford Business College UK Limited 

Pearson College Limited 

Richmond, the American International University in London, Inc.

Salvation Army 

South West College 

Spurgeon's College 

Stratford College London Limited 

Sussex Coast College Hastings 

Tertiary Education Services Limited 

Tresham College of Further and Higher Education 

Trinity College (Bristol) Limited 

UK College of Business and Computing Ltd 

Yeovil College


 

What does each class of TEF Ratings denote? 

TEF Ratings are based on three main divisions each of which corresponds to a certain level of teaching quality along with a Provision Category that has enlisted the institutes with insufficient assessment data. Here is what each division means:

Ø  Gold means outstanding

Ø  Silver stands for high quality

Ø  Bronze represents satisfactory

Ø  Provisional means that the university or college is included in the TEF but does not yield enough stats to be fully assessed over the set standards

This means that universities with a gold rating have achieved significantly and scored exceptionally enough to raise the bars sky-high! On the contrary, a silver or bronze rating tells us that the university hasn’t been able to employ one or more of the vital scholastic practices to mark its distinction in higher education.

TEF ratings are decided by a judgement panel considering academic standards relating to the quality of methodologies and instructions provided in the learning environment, and their outcomes comprising both qualitatively and quantitatively.  Although numerous criterions are considered while assessing the quality of higher education, the ratings mainly depend on:

·         The design and assessment of programs and courses 

·         The time duration of student-teacher interaction

·         How much academically stretched and challenged are students

·         How knowledgeable are students upon course completion, and;

·         Institutional records such as drop-out rates, student satisfaction, student to faculty ratio, and graduate employability rate.

TEF ratings gives us a concise insight into the institutional rating of each university and college along with a summary that reasons the category it has been awarded. You may also compare these ratings with the rankings on the main league tables to make convincing comparisons and to make conclusive decisions.

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References

1.      https//www.theuniguide.co.uk/advice/choosing-a-course/teaching-excellence-framework-tef-the-ratings-in-full

2.      https//www.theuniguide.co.uk/advice/choosing-a-course/teaching-excellence-framework-tef-explained-what-it-means-for-you