Professional Bodies Forum

Murisi AuditoriumCHE

28 February 2012

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

Conclusion

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Collaborating to ensure quality and growing towards system maturity and enhanced self-regulation in higher education.