News & Announcements

CHE Quality Fora - Higher Education Students
The aim of the Quality Fora is to provide a platform for higher education students to engage each other on good practices regarding student…
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CHE Quality Fora - Public & Private Higher Education Institutions & Professional Bodies
The aim of the Quality Fora is to provide a platform at which professionals engage each other on good practices pertaining to student engagement in…
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CHE Statement on the racially motivated attack on a Black student which occurred at Stellenbosch University
CHE Statement on the racially motivated attack on a Black student which occurred at Stellenbosch University. Access the full statement below: …
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BrieflySpeaking N0. 20 The ‘Academic Precariat’: postdoctoral fellows in South African higher education
The latest BrieflySpeaking No. 20 titled - The ‘Academic Precariat’: postdoctoral fellows in South African higher education, is available for…
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Publications

Communiqué No 2: Joint communique on the implementation of the Higher Education Qualifications Framework

This communiqué is the second of a series to inform the South African higher education community of the steps being taken to prepare the higher education system for the implementation of the Higher…
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HEQC Framework for Delegated Functions

Introduction   The Higher Education Act (Act No 101 of 1997) assigns executive responsibility for quality assurance in higher education in South Africa to the Council on Higher Education (CHE). The…
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Communiqué No 3: Joint communique on the implementation of the Higher Education Qualifications Framework

Introduction   This communiqué is the third of a series that aims to inform the South African higher education community of steps being taken to prepare the higher education system for the full…
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Towards a Framework for Quality Promotion and Capacity Development in South African Higher Education

Foreword   The Higher Education Act of 1997 assigns responsibility for quality assurance in higher education in South Africa to the Council on Higher Education (CHE). This responsibility is…
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Academic Freedom, Institutional Autonomy and Public Accountability in Higher Education: a Framework for Analysis of the 'State-Sector' Relationship in a Democratic South Africa

Introduction and outline   In recent years, South African higher education discourse has been marked by various concerns and claims, on the one hand about a putative erosion of academic freedom and…
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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 teaching profession to meet the needs of a…
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Frequently Asked Questions on the Higher Education Qualifications Framework (HEQF): Joint FAQs by DoE, SAQA and CHE

The Higher Education Qualifications Framework (HEQF) was published on 5 October 2007 by the Minister of Education (Government Gazette, Volume 508, No 30353).   As an initial communiqué preceding…
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Higher Education Qualifications Framework: Draft for Discussion

I, Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor, Minister of Education, hereby publish The Higher Education Qualifications Framework: Draft for Discussion, as set out in the Schedule, for comment in terms of section…
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