At Bristol SU, we reject the TEF's mechanisms for measuring teaching quality and do not believe that marketisation (which will be propelled by the TEF) will enhance teaching at all. We think good teaching flourishes in an education system which is centrally and well-funded, which is accessible to all, that equips students with the skills and values to be sustainable in an unstable world, and where the student and staff experience is held to be as important as the content of the course.

Bristol University is unique in the breadth of subjects it teaches and the diversity of practice across the institution. From Film Studies to Pharmacology, students and staff at Bristol University are shaping models of excellent education.

We've seen other fantastic examples of teaching, for example those recognised in the Bristol Teaching Awards and the Best of Bristol Lecture series, as well as the staff who are mentioned in student surveys and student research.

Excellent education at Bristol

This is an opportunity for us to highlight some of the excellent education we have come across in our time at Bristol, some of which will be picked up by the TEF metrics, much of it will not. These examples demonstrate what higher education looks like when it's co-designed, progressive, challenging and accessible to all. These four examples which we believe demonstrate excellent education to an outstanding level. We've also included other cases we've come across that follow the values outlined above. We've only included cases we have come across as students and now sabbatical officers.

We've seen other fantastic examples of teaching, for example those recognised in the Bristol Teaching Awards and the Best of Bristol Lecture series, as well as the staff who are mentioned in student surveys and student research.