News & Announcements

SPECIAL EDITION: THE CHE SHOULD NOT ONLY SURVIVE, IT MUST SUCCEED.
Professor Themba Mosia served in the CHE Council from 15 July 2013 to 14 July 2022 as the Council Chairperson. In this feature article, he shares…
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Second Announcement: CHE Higher Education Conference 01 to 03 March 2023
The Council on Higher Education (CHE) is pleased to release a second announcement of the 2023 Higher Education Conference scheduled to take place…
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Communiqué 10 of 2022 Alignment of legacy nursing qualifications to the Higher Education Qualifications Sub-Framework (HEQSF)
Click here to access and download: Communique 10 of 2022_Articulation of Nursing Qualifications_120922.pdf
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Special tribute: Celebrating outgoing council members of the transformative organisation that is the CHE
Special tribute: Celebrating outgoing council members of the transformative organisation that is the CHE Click here to download the full article: …
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News & Announcements

Briefly Speaking Number 18 Problematising student feedback to incorporate the ethics and rigour of academic research
Student feedback is increasingly being collected and analysed as a mechanism for assuring the quality of teaching and learning in higher education. However, there are other critical decisions that institutions make based on student feedback, including decisions on rewarding and/or sanctioning academics. This Briefly Speaking piece argues that,…
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Call for Nominations
Nomination for Membership of the Accreditation Committee (AC) of the Council on Higher Education (CHE) The Accreditation Committee (AC) is a sub-committee of the Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC), which is established to assist the HEQC in the performance of its quality assurance functions, specifically, its programme accreditation…
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Accreditation Committee and HEQC Meeting 2022
Accreditation Committee Meetings HEQC Meetings  N/A 10 February 2022 (Policy meeting) 23 – 24 February 2022 07 April 2022 25 and 26 May 2022 14 July 2022 27 and 28 July 2022 08 September 2022 (Policy meeting) 28 and 29 September 2022 03 November 2022 23 and 24 November 2022 09 February 2023(Policy meeting) 22 -…
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Research Colloquium: Re-imagining Higher Education Post Covid-19 Pandemic
The objectives of the Research Colloquium are to: engage with the presentation and the critical response; and critically explore discourses on reimagining the future higher education landscape globally post COVID-19, and with particular reference to South Africa. Target participants the following are the target participants of the Research…
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Publication Release: Draft qualification standards statement for the Diploma in Emergency Care for public comment.
The CHE announces the publication of a draft qualification standard statement for the Diploma in Emergency Care for public comment.  Communique 2 of 2021 Diploma in Emergency Care call for comments
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BrieflySpeaking - Extended Programmes with an Integrated Foundation Phase: Theoretical considerations for curriculum design
BrieflySpeaking - Extended Programmes with an Integrated Foundation Phase: Theoretical considerations for curriculum design Download BrieflySpeaking Issue No. 14  
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