City retains Silver award for very high quality student experience and outcomes

City, University of London has retained its overall Silver award in this year's Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF). The national scheme, run by the Office for Students (OfS), recognised City’s student experience and student outcomes as typically ‘very high-quality’.

Professor Juliet John, Vice-President for Education at City said:

We are thrilled that City, University of London has maintained its Silver rating overall in the 2023 Teaching Excellence Framework.

The TEF ranking is an important sector benchmark which gives our students the right to feedback on the areas they care about the most: teaching, learning and career outcomes.

As an institution, we are of service to our students. Our community of academic and professional staff work tirelessly to ensure our students have an excellent experience while they’re studying with us, and that they graduate ready and able to progress into their desired careers. We are pleased to see that our students have felt the benefits of this work.

The TEF assesses and rates universities and colleges for excellence in their provision for undergraduate students. Those that take part receive an overall rating as well as two underpinning aspect ratings – one for the student experience and one for student outcomes.

City was one of 33 providers to be awarded Gold for the student outcomes rating, which looks at the educational and professional outcomes of university graduates.

Dr Sionade Robinson, Vice-President for Enterprise, Engagement & Employability at City said:

City is the university of business, practice and the professions and supporting our student outcomes is at the heart of what we do.

We prepare our students for their future careers by teaching them new skills, providing them with access to a professional network and ensuring they secure relevant experience.

This is possible thanks to our strong links to industry, our longstanding relationships with top employers, and the Career Activation Programme – key to our employability strategy.

We are delighted that work focusing on employability undertaken by colleagues across City has been recognised with a Gold rating for Student Outcomes in the Teaching Excellence Framework 2023.

Awards are determined by an independent panel of experts comprised of students, academics and experts on employment and widening participation in higher education.

Drawing on national data combined with detailed submissions by each university or college, the TEF measures excellence in teaching quality, the learning environment, and the educational and professional outcomes achieved by students. The rating of Gold, Silver or Bronze is awarded for four years.

Commenting, Susan Lapworth, Chief Executive of the OfS, said:

This is a moment for celebration of the very best of higher education in England. The TEF ratings we’ve published today clearly demonstrate the excellence on display in universities and colleges.

Today’s TEF ratings will help guide future students as they make choices about what and where to study. We are grateful for the important role played by students in delivering these TEF outcomes.