News & Announcements

Call for Nomination of Members of the Committees of the Council on Higher Education (CHE)
Click here to access teh full document: Call for nominations of members of the HRRC, ICTCoC and HEQC.pdf
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Celebrating Dr Louie Swanepoel
April 14th, 2023 marks the beginning of an exciting chapter, a well-deserved retirement and the celebration of a 42-year-long career for Dr Louie…
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Communiqué 3 of 2023: Correcting inaccurate information about the Council on Higher Education aired on the Black Pen podcast
Communiqué 3 of 2023: Correcting inaccurate information about the Council on Higher Education aired on the Black Pen podcast - Click here to access…
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CHE Statement: Clarification of the accreditation status of “Immanuel University/Institute of Theology”
CHE Statement: Clarification of the accreditation status of “Immanuel University/Institute of Theology” - Click here to access and download: CHE…
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Publications

National review of professional and academic programmes in education offered by Higher Education Institutions in South Africa: Briefing document on the national review

The Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) of the Council on Higher Education (CHE) has the mandate in terms of the Higher Education Act (Act No. 101 of 1997) to: Promote quality in higher…
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Criteria for Institutional Audits

Introduction 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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Norms of Certification for the Higher Education Sector within the context of the Higher Education Qualifications Sub-Framework

Norms of Certification for the Higher Education Sector within the context of the Higher Education Qualifications Sub-Framework Norms of Certification booklet Interactive.pdf
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Standards for Bachelor of Commerce 2021

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Standards for Bachelor of Library and Information Science 2021

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Standards for Bachelor of Sport Coaching 2020

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Release: Doctoral Degrees National Report March 2022

The Council on Higher Education (CHE) and The National Research Foundation (NRF) have since 2017 been engaged in an undertaking to review the quality of doctoral provisioning in South Africa. The…
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Content Analysis of the Baseline Institutional Submissions for Phase 1 of the Quality Enhancement Project

ForewordThe Quality Enhancement Project (QEP) is a five-year project of the CHE, focused on the improvement of teaching and learning in both public and private higher education institutions carried…
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