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CHE-HELTASA National Excellence awards
Congratulations to the winners of the 2016 CHE-HELTASA National Excellence in Teaching and Learning Awards. Read more
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The Council on Higher Education’s Policies on the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL)
The Council on Higher Education’s Policies on the Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL), Credit Accumulation and Transfer, and assessment in higher education set out to provide higher education institutions with…
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Latest Publications

Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) self-review report
Introduction   The political transition in South Africa in 1994 brought a number of direction-setting changes to the policy landscape and…
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HEQC Framework for Delegated Functions
Introduction   The Higher Education Act (Act No 101 of 1997) assigns executive responsibility for quality assurance in higher education in South…
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Communiqué No 2: Joint communique on the implementation of the Higher Education Qualifications Framework
This communiqué is the second of a series to inform the South African higher education community of the steps being taken to prepare the higher…
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Task Team on Higher Education, Institutional Autonomy and Academic Freedom (HEIAAF): Academic Freedom, Institutional Autonomy and Public Accountability in South African Higher Education
Executive SummaryThis is the report of the independent Task Team on Higher Education, Institutional Autonomy and Academic Freedom (HEIAAF),…
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