News & Announcements

Communiqué 12 of 2023 - Call for Nominations: HEQC Institutional Audit Panel Members
The CHE invites nominations of, and applications from people (from both public and private higher education institutions) to serve on institutional…
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Communiqué 11 of 2023 Expression of Interest for Peer Evaluator Role
The Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) of the Council on Higher Education (CHE) is responsible for the accreditation of higher education…
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Communiqué 10 of 2023 - Draft Implementation Protocols for the External Quality Assurance Functions in the Quality Assurance Framework: For public comment
To:           All higher education stakeholders and interested persons  Subject:  Draft Implementation Protocols for the External Quality Assurance…
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SECOND ANNOUNCEMENT: CHE HIGHER EDUCATION CONFERENCE: 28 FEBRUARY TO 1 MARCH 2024
The Council on Higher Education (CHE) is a statutory body established in terms of the provision of section 4 of the Higher Education Act No. 101 of…
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Publications

Institutional Cultures and Higher Education Leadership: Where are the Women?

Opening sessionWelcome: Dr Lesley ShackletonDr Shackleton officially opened the conference by welcoming delegates and reading conference greetings from Dr Judith White, President of HERS America and…
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Task Team on Higher Education, Institutional Autonomy and Academic Freedom (HEIAAF): Academic Freedom, Institutional Autonomy and Public Accountability in South African Higher Education

Executive SummaryThis is the report of the independent Task Team on Higher Education, Institutional Autonomy and Academic Freedom (HEIAAF), established by the Council on Higher Education (CHE) in mid…
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Communiqué No 1: Joint communique on the implementation of the Higher Education Qualifications Framework

The main purpose of this communiqué is 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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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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Communiqué No 4: Joint communique on the implementation of the Higher Education Qualifications Framework

This communiqué is the fourth 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 implementation of…
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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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Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) self-review report

Introduction   The political transition in South Africa in 1994 brought a number of direction-setting changes to the policy landscape and implementation systems of all areas of social provision,…
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Service-Learning in the Disciplines: Lessons from the Field

ForewordEducation White Paper 3 on the transformation of higher education (Department of Education, 1997: 23) calls for “feasibility studies and pilot programmes which explore the potential of…
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