News & Announcements

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 appropriate directives and procedures for the development, application and assessment of the effectiveness of their internal mechanisms in…
The Council on Higher Education and the University of Johannesburg Postgraduate School invite you to a panel discussion on Teaching and Learning: The panel discussion will be based on Chapter Four 'Teaching and Learning' of the South African higher education reviewed: Two decades of democracy book. WHEN : 11 October 2016, 12:00 -13:30 VENUE :…
The Council on Higher Education (CHE) appreciates the opportunity to make a submission to the Presidential Commission of Inquiry into Higher Education and Training (the Commission) on the onerous task of assessing the feasibility of fee-free higher education in South Africa. Submission & presentation below:  Presentation to the…
THE 8TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON QUALITY ASSURANCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION IN AFRICA (ICQAHEA) IN NAMIBIA.   SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT. SEPTEMBER 20-24, 2016.  Dear Colleagues and Friends in Higher Education, We are pleased to make the second announcement of the 8th International Conference on Quality Assurance in Higher Education in Africa (…
The Southern African Quality Assurance Network (SAQAN) is pleased to announce that the 3rd Southern African Regional Conference on Quality Assurance in Higher Education will be organised by the Council on Higher Education (CHE) and will take place from 19 to 21 October 2016 in Pretoria, South Africa. The theme of the conference is: Quality…
The Council on Higher Education (CHE), in partnership with the Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association of Southern Africa (HELTASA) is pleased to call on universities to nominate candidates for the annual National Excellence in Teaching and Learning Awards for 2016.  The aims of the National Excellence in Teaching and Learning…