Dear Colleagues, Apologies for x-posting
 
Prior to the publication of TEF assessments on 12th June (embargoed until 14th June when they go public), we would like to announce publication of a TEF special edition in our open access journal Compass: Journal of Learning and Teaching. A table of contents is listed below and you can access individual articles or the whole pdf from: https://journals.gre.ac.uk/index.php/compass (please use a browser with up to date plug-ins!).

These opinion pieces review the value of the TEF and examine common concerns such as the chosen metrics and viability of the framework. While the direct link between the TEF and tuition fees has been stalled, and several other changes have been put forward by the House of Lords, the areas of discussion raised in this edition continue to be relevant and important points of consideration. We would like to thank all our authors, many of whom are HEA NTFs or Principal Fellows, for helping us to create such a topical and vibrant issue and hope you enjoy reading the articles. We would be happy to publish any articles written in response to the Special Edition in our next Issue so we can keep alive fruitful critical discussion of teaching excellence and how to achieve it.
 
Table of Contents

- Editors' Introduction - Simon Walker, Danielle Tran  
- Is the TEF a good idea – and will it work? Nick Hillman           
- Against the TEF: For Quality Learning - J M Moore    
- The Emperor has no clothes - Chris Rust       
- Quality teaching through openness and collaboration – an alternative to the TEF? Chrissi Nerantzi          
- TEF - Tiresomely Extraneous & Flawed? - James Derounian   
- Evidence does not support the rationale of the TEF - Graham Gibbs   
- Recognising and Rewarding Teaching Excellence: an argument for authentic metrics - Sally Brown         
- The Teaching Excellence Framework: Perpetual Pedagogical Control in Postwelfare Capitalism - Conor Heaney, Hollie Mackenzie           
- TEF: why and how? Ideological and operational imperatives driving policy - Ian McNay
- The Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) : yet more competition – and on the wrong things!- Phil Race              
- Students as consumers? There is a potential alternative… - Samuel Grogan
 
Best wishes, 
 
Simon Walker, Danielle Tran
 
Educational Development Unit
University of Greenwich
Queen Anne 265
Old Royal Naval College
Park Row
London
SE10 9LS
 
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