<p>Dear [Full title]</p><p>[Who you are and why you’re writing; e.g. “My name is Emma Atkins. I’m a student at the University of Manchester studying German and Spanish and I’m writing to implore you to vote against the Higher Education and Research Bill”]</p><p>[Why the issue is important]</p><p>[Your own experience]</p><p>[Why they should care]</p><p>[Sentence summing up and repeating what you want them to do; e.g. “I hope you take all of this on board and share our concerns with your peers”.]</p><p>Yours sincerely,</p><p>[Your name]</p><p>[First line of your address]</p><p>[Your town or city]</p><p>[Your postcode]</p><p>[Your email address]</p><p>______</p><p>Try to make the letter 300 words or less.</p><p>When writing to Conservative or Crossbench Lords – possible points to make (in your own words):</p><p>. The Teaching Excellence Framework is messy, complex and opaque – its metrics involve a melee of splits, benchmarking and Z-scores which make it complicated and difficult to understand. This does not invite confidence or a properly informed choice for students or their families.</p><p>. The TEF was not written by those in the sector who know teaching best – namely academic staff, students or teachers – but rather it is being imposed on the sector by politicians and civil servants. No other business would tolerate such state intervention/ the government would not meddle in other businesses this way, so why universities?</p><p>. The TEF, as Ant Bagshaw, Deputy Director of Wonkhe states, “risks forcing what is actually a fine-grained judgement into three uneasy buckets” – how can the diversities and complexities of all national universities be pushed into three crude categories? When writing to Labour , Lib Dem or Crossbench Lords – possible points to make (in your own words):</p><p>. The Teaching Excellence Framework was advertised as an innovative way to drive up teaching standards – but the metrics within it are crude and do not measure teaching, rather proxies of teaching. It is instead a Trojan Horse for increasing tuition fees again and creating a competitive market in the Higher Education sector.</p><p>. Further evidence that the government does not actually care about teaching is that all consultations experts in the sector have delivered for the TEF have largely been ignored.</p><p>. Increasing the marketization of the Higher Education sector will create more elitism, and poorer students from around the country will be even more disadvantaged. There is a moral duty to oppose the Bill on these grounds.</p><p>. With grammar schools on the rise, a young person will have barriers to their education in every stage of their development: first at school level, then at university level.</p><p>. The TEF may be used in the future to dictate which universities will be allowed to recruit international students.</p><p>. The TEF, as Ant Bagshaw, Deputy Director of Wonkhe states, “risks forcing what is actually a fine-grained judgement into three uneasy buckets” – how can the diversities and complexities of all national universities be pushed into three crude categories?</p><p>List of Lords interested in educational issues:</p><p>Peer Email Address as… Lord Alliance [email protected] Lord Lord Nash (Conservative) [email protected] Lord Viscount Younger of [email protected] Lord Leckie (Conservative) Lord Prior of Brampton (Conservative) [email protected] Lord Lord Watson of Invergowrie (Labour) [email protected] Lord Lord Bourne of [email protected] Lord Aberystwyth (Conservative) Baroness Williams of [email protected] Lady Trafford (Conservative) Lord Bates (Conservative) [email protected] Lord Lord Addington (Liberal Democrat) [email protected] Lord Lord Storey (Liberal Democrat) [email protected] Lord Baroness Wolf of Dulwich (Crossbench) [email protected] Lady Lord Ashton of Hyde (Conservative) [email protected] Lord The Earl of Listowel (Crossbench) [email protected] Lord Lord Ramsbotham (Crossbench) [email protected] Lord Baroness Anelay of St [email protected] Lady Johns (Conservative) Lord Bilimoria (Crossbench) [email protected] Lord Lord Keen of Elie (Conservative) [email protected] Lord Lord Ahmad of [email protected] Lord Wimbledon (Conservative) Baroness Chisholm of [email protected] Lady Owlpen (Conservative) Baroness Walmsley (Liberal Democrat) [email protected] Lady Lord Stevenson of Balmacara (Labour) [email protected] Lord Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench) [email protected] Lord Lord Judd (Labour) [email protected] Lord Baroness Randerson (Liberal Democrat) [email protected] Lady Baroness Smith of Newnham (Liberal [email protected] Lady Democrat) Baroness Farrington of [email protected] Lady Ribbleton (Labour) Lord Blunkett (Labour) [email protected] Lord Lord O'Shaughnessy (Conservative) [email protected] Lord Baroness Bakewell of Hardington [email protected] Lady Mandeville (Liberal Democrat) Baroness Garden of Frognal (Liberal [email protected] Lady Democrat) Lord Shipley (Liberal Democrat) [email protected] Lord Lord Freud (Conservative) [email protected] Lord Lord Farmer (Conservative) [email protected] Lord Baroness Neville-Rolfe (Conservative) [email protected] Lady Lord Paddick (Liberal Democrat) [email protected] Lord Baroness Andrews (Labour) [email protected] Lady Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Labour) [email protected] Lord Baroness Goldie (Conservative) [email protected] Lady Lord Cormack (Conservative) [email protected] Lord Lord Collins of Highbury (Labour) [email protected] Lord Earl Howe (Conservative) [email protected] Lord The Earl of Courtown (Conservative) [email protected] Lord Baroness Kramer (Liberal Democrat) [email protected] Lady Lord Soley (Labour) [email protected] Lord Lord Bird (Crossbench) [email protected] Lord Lord Suri (Conservative) [email protected] Lord Lord Lupton (Conservative) [email protected] Lord Baroness Redfern (Conservative) [email protected] Lady Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke (Labour) [email protected] Lady Lord Scriven (Liberal Democrat) [email protected] Lord Baroness Pinnock (Liberal Democrat) [email protected] Lady Baroness Gardner of [email protected] Lady Parkes (Conservative) Baroness Hollins (Crossbench) [email protected] Lady Baroness Massey of Darwen (Labour) [email protected] Lady Baroness Hodgson of [email protected] Lady Abinger (Conservative) Lord Lansley (Conservative) [email protected] Lord Lord Lucas (Conservative) [email protected] Lord Lord Colwyn (Conservative) [email protected] Lord Baroness Warwick of [email protected] Lady Undercliffe (Labour) Viscount Waverley (Crossbench) [email protected] Lord Baroness Greengross (Crossbench) [email protected] Lady Baroness Eccles of [email protected] Lady Moulton (Conservative) Baroness Deech (Crossbench) [email protected] Lady Lord Hannay of Chiswick (Crossbench) [email protected] Lord</p>