International Trends in Higher Education Quality Assurance: Some national perspectives, Pretoria, 9 March 2005

Taking advantage of the presence in the country of Professor V S Prasad (Director: National Assessment and Accreditation Council, Bangalore, India) and Peter Williams (Chief Executive: Quality Assurance Agency, UK), the Quality Promotion and Capacity Development directorate convened a seminar on the morning of 9 March under the theme International Trends in Higher Education Quality Assurance: some national perspectives. Invited participants included senior HEI academic managers, quality assurance managers and representatives of stakeholder organisations. The venue was the Senate Chamber of the University of Pretoria; the university's support for the seminar is appreciatively acknowledged.

The presentations were: "Accreditation of Higher Education Institutions: the Indian experience" (Professor Prasad); "Meeting the Need, Reducing the Load: Quality Assurance for the Longer Term in the UK" (Peter Williams); and "The South African Quality Assurance System in Higher Education: a comparative perspective" (Dr Mala Singh: Executive Director, HEQC). The presentations were followed by discussion and debate.

Location
University of Pretoria, Senate Chamber
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