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Siyaphumelela conference
The 1st Siyaphumelela conference on exploring how data analytics can be harnessed to improve student retention, throughput and success in South African Higher Education takes place 14-15 May 2015. For…
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VitalStats: Public Higher Education, 2012
CHE is pleased to release the latest version of VitalStats 2012. This version includes cohort studies on postgraduate, data on research output and some financial data. VitalStats2012
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Appointment of New Council Members
The Minister of Higher Education and Training has appointed the following members to the CHE Council. Names of the members
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Advice
CHE Advice to the Minister of Higher Education on Undergraduate Curriculum Reform   Advice to the Minister of Higher Education and Training on the Reform of the Undergraduate curriculum in Higher…
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Latest Publications

Annual Report of the Council on Higher Education 2006/2007
Foreword   The CHE is an independent statutory body established by the Higher Education Act of 1997. Its mandate areas are:     Advising the…
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The National Policy Framework for Teacher Education and Development in South Africa
Scope and purpose of the policy framework   1. This policy framework for teacher education and development in South Africa is designed to equip a…
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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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