Source: Tertiary Education Commission
Last updated 1 March 2023
Last updated 1 March 2023
The TEC has agreed in principle to recommendations made by the PBRF Sector Reference Group (SRG) on changes to panel assessment criteria in the Quality Evaluation 2026.
The TEC has agreed in principle to recommendations made by the PBRF Sector Reference Group (SRG) on changes to panel assessment criteria in the Quality Evaluation 2026.
Between 30 September 2022 – 11 November 2022, the SRG consulted on a range of issues relating to panel assessment criteria. These included:
Adjustments to the cross-referral process guidance
Adjustments to the holistic assessment guidance
The introduction of an EP calibration check
EP component weightings
EP component and tie-point descriptors.
The SRG’s recommendations to the TEC on panel assessment criteria were made following this consultation across the sector. Full details of the TEC’s in-principle decisions, along with summaries of the consultation feedback received, can be found on the TEC website: SRG Consultation Papers 2026
These in-principle decisions will inform the SRG’s recommendations on the remaining issues it will consider and will be reflected in the Quality Evaluation 2026 Guidelines.
The SRG is operating between September 2021 and the publication of the final Quality Evaluation 2026 Guidelines in September 2023. Information on Quality Evaluation 2026 and the SRG is available on the TEC website.
