2017年英国大学TEF教学质量榜单出炉 了解更多英国院校实力
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首先我们先来了解一下什么是TEF?
2015年7月1日,英国新任大学与科学国务大臣 Jo Johnson 提出旨在扩大参与和提高教学质量的Teaching Excellence Framework(简称TEF,教学卓越框架)。实施采用市场化的原则、围绕以学生为核心提升教学质量,力求构建一个透明、竞争的高等教育市场,达到教学与科研并重的目的,从而进一步提升英国高等教育的竞争力,有望使英国继续保持在国际上的声誉和知名度。
简单来说TEF的目标是:评估英国大学(包括苏格兰和威尔士的大学)教学质量的系统,表彰和奖励优秀的教学和学习,帮助学生选到最好的教育。基于教学,学术支持和就业进展等六个核心指标决定大学评级,并将入选的英国大学分为金,银或铜三个等级。目前TEF只分析本科教学。
TEF的作用是什么?
2012年英国和欧盟学生的学费直接翻三倍涨到9,000英镑。 所有的英国大学现在都收取这个数额,但政府担心这些费用会掩盖学位课程质量的巨大差异,所以推出了TEF,旨在为学生提供有关学位课程质量的信息,让同学们这9,000镑一年花了不吃亏,花了不上当(随随便便就是20,000+镑的国际生哭晕在厕所……)现阶段的大学采用的是按照按照通货膨胀来涨学费,也就是今年9000,明年9250。但有了TEF以后,学费就不是你想涨,想涨就能涨了~
评选标准
教学卓越框架(TEF)是第一次把教学的经费与教学的质量连接起来,而不是简单的数量。TEF的评级核心有六个:其中三个来自全国学生调查,与学生有关的教学质量、评估和学术支持的观点;第四个指标是基于大学的辍学率;而最后两个指标与毕业后毕业生的表现有关。
教育部表示,虽然现在有非常多的大学排名,但是它们大多都基于高校科研成就。而 TEF 是根据教学质量,因此这份排名和其他排名关系比较弱,与传统排名并不相同,能更好的为学生择校提供指导。金牌学校必须是百里挑一的,而且必须要有足够杰出的拓展教育确保学生在面临重大挑战时能够激发全部的潜力。
如何辩证的看待TEF排名
TEF评估的是,教学的质量,学生得到的支持,毕业率及就业率等等。但是这个结果是针对整个学校,而非专业的。可能这个专业的就业前景非常好,但被该校的其他专业拖了后腿。并且TEF完全没有把Teaching Expertise考虑进去,也就是老师中有PhD的人数,论文发表在顶级期刊的数目,等等,因此它给出的“教学质量”的结果,也只是学生眼中的结果。是否学生体验到的好就是真正的好?这也是有待商榷的。
英国政府曾表示,英国的大学和学院,只要满足TEF第一年的要求,提供高质量的教学,可参照此结果,根据通货膨胀,自2017年9月起就可提高学费,教育部将在适当的时候确定2018-19年的费用上限。
下面我们来看一下榜单TOP100的院校:
THE 排名 |
学校英文名 |
TEF Award |
Average Z-score |
1 |
University of Buckingham |
Gold |
5.67 |
2 |
Coventry University |
Gold |
16.52 |
3 |
University of Surrey |
Gold |
8.66 |
4 |
Conservatoire for Dance and Drama |
Gold |
6.58 |
5 |
Aston University |
Gold |
5.87 |
6 |
Loughborough University |
Gold |
8.36 |
7 |
Keele University |
Gold |
7.21 |
8 |
University of St Andrews |
Gold |
4.35 |
9 |
University of Law |
Gold |
3.57 |
10 |
University of Cambridge |
Gold |
7.25 |
11 |
Harper Adams University |
Gold |
3.73 |
12 |
Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, University of London |
Gold |
1.96 |
13 |
Arts University Bournemouth |
Gold |
5.02 |
14 |
University of Dundee |
Gold |
2.73 |
15 |
Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts |
Gold |
2.53 |
16 |
University of Lincoln |
Gold |
6.32 |
17 |
University of Bath |
Gold |
6.16 |
18 |
University of Exeter |
Gold |
5.91 |
19 |
University of Oxford |
Gold |
4.06 |
20 |
University of Essex |
Gold |
3.92 |
21 |
Royal College of Music |
Gold |
1.52 |
22 |
University of Derby |
Gold |
5.2 |
23 |
Nottingham Trent University |
Gold |
8.4 |
24 |
De Montfort University |
Gold |
8.13 |
25 |
Bangor University |
Gold |
3.95 |
26 |
Royal Northern College of Music |
Gold |
3.36 |
27 |
Liverpool Hope University |
Gold |
2.33 |
28 |
University of Huddersfield |
Gold |
5.1 |
29 |
University of Portsmouth |
Gold |
5.93 |
30 |
Falmouth University |
Gold |
5.47 |
31 |
Lancaster University |
Gold |
4.29 |
32 |
Robert Gordon University |
Gold |
2.7 |
33 |
Norwich University of the Arts |
Gold |
2.01 |
34 |
University of Northampton |
Gold |
3.18 |
35 |
Rose Bruford College |
Gold |
0.66 |
36 |
University of Kent |
Gold |
7.87 |
37 |
University of Birmingham |
Gold |
4.58 |
38 |
Edge Hill University |
Gold |
2.51 |
39 |
Bishop Grosseteste University |
Gold |
2.36 |
40 |
Newcastle University |
Gold |
3.45 |
41 |
Royal Academy of Music |
Gold |
1.61 |
42 |
Imperial College London |
Gold |
-0.57 |
43 |
University of Leeds |
Gold |
4 |
44 |
University of Nottingham |
Gold |
0.56 |
45 |
Royal Veterinary College |
Gold |
-1.26 |
46 |
University of Chichester |
Silver |
3.07 |
47 |
Birkbeck, University of London |
Silver |
0.3 |
48 |
University of East Anglia |
Silver |
3.35 |
49 |
Kaplan Open Learning |
Silver |
1.75 |
50 |
Leeds Trinity University |
Silver |
1.32 |
51 |
Royal Agricultural University |
Silver |
0.64 |
52 |
Ravensbourne |
Silver |
0.35 |
53 |
Swansea University |
Silver |
4.7 |
54 |
Oxford Brookes University |
Silver |
2.34 |
55 |
University of Sussex |
Silver |
4.55 |
56 |
University of Hertfordshire |
Silver |
2.32 |
57 |
Bath Spa University |
Silver |
1.55 |
58 |
Anglia Ruskin University |
Silver |
-0.82 |
59 |
University of West London |
Silver |
1 |
60 |
Teesside University |
Silver |
-2.24 |
61 |
University of the Arts London |
Silver |
-3.5 |
62 |
Durham University |
Silver |
3.4 |
63 |
Heriot-Watt University |
Silver |
1.29 |
64 |
University College Birmingham |
Silver |
-0.11 |
65 |
University of Gloucestershire |
Silver |
2.04 |
66 |
St Mary’s University, Twickenham |
Silver |
1 |
67 |
Guildhall School of Music and Drama |
Silver |
0.77 |
68 |
Middlesex University |
Silver |
-1.08 |
69 |
University of Winchester |
Silver |
0.68 |
70 |
University of Bradford |
Silver |
-0.53 |
71 |
Staffordshire University |
Silver |
-2.04 |
72 |
University of Bolton |
Silver |
-2.81 |
73 |
University of Chester |
Silver |
1.77 |
74 |
Anglo-European College of Chiropractic |
Silver |
-0.14 |
75 |
Brunel University London |
Silver |
0.99 |
76 |
Leeds College of Art |
Silver |
0.58 |
77 |
Abertay University |
Silver |
0.1 |
78 |
University of Sunderland |
Silver |
-0.42 |
79 |
University for the Creative Arts |
Silver |
0.44 |
80 |
City, University of London |
Silver |
-0.16 |
81 |
Liverpool John Moores University |
Silver |
-1.54 |
82 |
University of Bedfordshire |
Silver |
-1.07 |
83 |
University College London |
Silver |
-4.23 |
84 |
Sheffield Hallam University |
Silver |
2.14 |
85 |
University of the West of England |
Silver |
1.67 |
86 |
Northumbria University |
Silver |
1.32 |
87 |
University of York |
Silver |
1.09 |
88 |
Birmingham City University |
Silver |
1.06 |
89 |
University of Sheffield |
Silver |
1.03 |
90 |
University of Reading |
Silver |
0.66 |
91 |
University of Hull |
Silver |
0.53 |
92 |
Cardiff University |
Silver |
0.52 |
93 |
Courtauld Institute of Art |
Silver |
0.32 |
94 |
University of Worcester |
Silver |
0.17 |
95 |
University of St Mark and St John |
Silver |
-0.48 |
96 |
University of Warwick |
Silver |
-0.94 |
97 |
Wrexham Glyndŵr University |
Silver |
-1.15 |
98 |
Manchester Metropolitan University |
Silver |
-2.72 |
99 |
Newman University |
Silver |
-0.44 |
100 |
University of Leicester |
Silver |
-1.72 |