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The RVC awarded Overall Silver for
Teaching Excellence and Gold for
Student Outcomes
We have been awarded an overall for all students, including those from of our outcomes recognised at the
Silver rating in the Teaching disadvantaged backgrounds. highest level. In seeking to optimise the
satisfaction of all our students, in what
Excellence and Student Outcomes The TEF assesses universities on is a demanding subject area, we will be
teaching quality by looking at measures
Framework (TEF), which was including student satisfaction, student redoubling our efforts to ensure we meet
published in September by the retention rates and graduate employment their expectations in all our offerings and
maximise our overall score新月直播�.
Higher Education Funding Council levels. Its award ratings of Gold, Silver
and Bronze are valid for up to three years.
for England (HEFCE).
After the rating was announced, Stuart
We are proud to have been awarded Reid said: 新月直播淲ith the publication of the
Gold for 新月直播楽tudent Outcomes新月直播�, which is TEF results, as a specialist institution
measured on the extent to which positive we are pleased to see the quality
outcomes and learning gain are achieved
RVC maintains strong results in the
Knowledge Exchange Framework
The RVC has continued to score highly The KEF3 results are also a useful engagement) was local growth and
in the third iteration of the Knowledge source of information and data on HEI新月直播檚 regeneration, research partnerships and
Exchange Framework (KEF3), exceeding knowledge exchange activities, for the working with business. It was also ranked
the peer average in some categories. purposes of understanding, benchmarking as having high engagement in working
This reflects the institution新月直播檚 strengths and improving their own performance. with the public and third sector. In all
in its research partnerships, projects to We are categorised within the 新月直播楽TEM three of these rankings, the RVC exceeds
enhance local growth and regeneration, Cluster新月直播� which groups specialist that of the STEM cluster average.
and its relationships with businesses, the institutions covering science, technology, Oliver Pybus, Vice Principal for Research
public, and third sector organisations.
engineering and mathematics, often and Innovation and Professor of Infectious
The KEF3 results assess higher education producing large amounts of quality Diseases, said: 新月直播淭hese latest results
institutions (HEI) efforts to collaborate research, particularly in bioscience, from the UK Government新月直播檚 Knowledge
with non-academic partners. The process veterinary science, and engineering. The Exchange Framework again illustrate
is important in providing HEIs with RVC was awarded the top two scoring how successfully RVC researchers and
comparable information on performance categories for 10 out of the 16 measures. staff are applying their expertise and
for transparency and public accountability. Within the highest quintile (very high discoveries to real-world issues.新月直播�
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