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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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CHE-HELTASA National Excellence in Teaching awards
The award winners were announced at the gala dinner at the annual HELTASA conference on 20 November at the University of Free State. For more information go to  Click here for more information
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Reminder: Submission of Applications
Institutions are reminded that applications and submissions for the following Accreditation processes are due on 30 June 2014: LET_CHE to Sector_Reminder_20140610.pdf
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Latest Publications

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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External (and Internal) Tensions? Conceptualising Public Accountability in South African Higher Education
IntroductionAn enquiry into the public accountability of higher education institutions in South Africa (or, indeed, in any society), requires us to…
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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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