professional bodies forum murisi auditorium che 28 february 2012
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Update on CHE’s Quality Assurance Activities
Professional Bodies Forum Council on Higher Education
Dr Mark HayExecutive Director: Quality Assurance
28 February 2012
Quality assurance and what is ‘higher’ about higher education
OutlineUpdate on CHE activitiesOne system different partsMemorandum of Understanding
Update on CHE activities CHE’s QA and QP mandate Defining quality and its
achievement The national and institutional
contexts What’s to be done? Available tools in the QA
toolbox
Our higher education system Maturing HE system, public and
private Institutions at various levels of
quality maturity Some public institutions are
struggling Need for both accountability and
development tools Next period of quality assurance
CHE’s QA tools
QA and the public good: society, students and staff
AccreditationNational reviewsInstitutional audits/reviewsQuality promotion and development
The HEQC, professional bodies and HE providers play different roles. As they all have an interest in the academic programmes, their responsibilities are separate but complementary.
One system: different parts
HEIs
Professional Bodies HEQC
How do they
each do their
parts which they
do well and are
good at and are
interested in?
How do they
each do their
parts which they
do well and are
good at and are
interested in?
As they all have an interest in the academic programmes,
their responsibilities are separate
but complementary
As they all have an interest in the academic programmes,
their responsibilities are separate
but complementary
MoUs Individual agreements between the CHE and a statutory
professional body , taking into account principles of collaboration. Formal channels of information sharing and communication Cooperate in the evaluation and accreditation of higher education
programmes (where relevant), and quality support and promotion in areas where there is an overlap in mandates
Cooperate to ensure continuous improvement in the quality of education and training leading to a qualification in the relevant profession