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QEP Launch presentation videos available now
The following presentations that were given at the launch of the Quality Enhancement Project (QEP) on the 27th February 2014 can now be viewed online: Dr. Claire Carney - Scotland's Quality Enhancement Themes…
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White Paper for Post-School Education and Training
The White Paper for Post-School Education and Training has been published by the Department of Higher Education and Training. To download the document click here: White Paper for Post-School…
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VitalStats: Public Higher Education, 2011
The latest edition of VitalStats with data up to 2011 has now been published. To download click here VitalStats: Public Higher Education, 2011
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Nelson Mandela
It is with sadness and a deep sense of loss that the CHE heard of the passing away of Nelson Mandela the father of our nation. Madiba’s role and the sacrifices he made in securing the freedom and democracy…
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Latest Publications

Autonomy as a Social Compact
Executive summaryThis report is a preliminary exploration of the potential of a ‘social compact approach’ for building shared understandings of…
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Case studies on dealing with "pipeline students" within their respective institutions
IntroductionIn 2005, the HEQC requested a number of people from different merger contexts to produce case studies on dealing with so-called "pipeline…
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Enhancing the Efficacy and Efficiency of the National Qualifications Framework
IntroductionThis is the first formal statement of government's policy on the implementation of the NQF since the historic passage of the South…
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Academic Freedom, Institutional Autonomy and the Corporatised University in Contemporary South Africa
IntroductionThere can be no better time for the Council on Higher Education (CHE) to investigate whether institutional autonomy and academic freedom…
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