In July the government published the specification for the first year of TEF subject pilots.  Subject level pilots will be run in 2017/18 and 2018/119 before subject level TEF runs fully in 2019/20 (TEF Year 5).  This also announced the use of a new teaching intensity measure. On 7 September Jo Johnson announced a number of ‘refinements’ to the TEF methodology, arising from the TEF Lessons learned: summary report, and intended to make HE providers more accountable for teaching excellence.  These changes come into effect for TEF Year 3 (ie immediately). A summary of the arrangements for the subject pilots and the changes to the TEF methodology is outlined below.