Council on Higher Education: Annual Report 2009-2010

1. Council on Higher Education: Annual Report 2009-2010 Presentation to the Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training 19 October 2010

2. Functions • Advise Minister on any aspect of higher education. • Quality Assurance – auditing of institutional QA mechanisms; programme accreditation; promoting QA. • Qualifications framework – development and management of HEQF; standards setting, including naming conventions for qualifications; maintenance of learner database. • Publish information/reports on developments in, and the state of, higher education: monitoring function.

3. Advice and Monitoring • Advice: • Response to the Report of the MCHET. • Use of the term “University” by HE providers. • Monitoring: • State of Higher Education • Research projects: • Student Engagement and Success – 13 636 students at 7 institutions. • Effectiveness of the LLB. • Challenge: Lack of systemic monitoring, in particular, policy impact studies.

4. Areas of Future Work • Review of undergraduate curriculum: four-year degree. • FET-HE interface. • Changing nature of the academic profession/next generation of academics. • Governance – Institutional Forums; SRCs; rural institutions and landownership. • Benchmark tests and the NSC.

5. Institutional Audits • First cycle – 2005/11: • Focus on institutional QA policies, procedures and systems; 2 conducted – UJ & Unizul; 7 improvement plans submitted. • Second cycle – pilot in 2012: • Focus on teaching and learning - conceptual assumptions and their translation into practice at the level of curriculum and educational processes. • Challenge: QA not used as steering tool to complement planning and funding.

6. Programme Accreditation • Accreditation of new programmes – 254 assessed in 2009/10 and 250 private provider programmes evaluated for re-accreditation. • Alignment of existing programmes with HEQF – implementation plan being finalised; time-frame 2011-2013. • Self-accreditation framework to be developed and finalised in 2011. • National reviews – re-accreditation of programmes in particular disciplines; high impact on quality improvement and contributes to standards setting.

7. Qualifications Framework • Review of HEQF to address inconsistencies and gaps re: UoTs and professional councils. • Time-frame: • Written submissions: end of November 2010. • CHE response and proposals: end of February 2011. • Consultations: March-April 2011. • Recommendations to Minister: May 2011. • Policy implications re: differentiation and academic integrity of qualifications. • Review of degree structure. • Standards setting: Finalising of framework for consultation and implementation in 2011 (3-4 years).

8. Income 2009-2010

9. Expenditure 2009/10 2010 R Administration expenses 7, 114, 169 Auditors remuneration 745, 015 Consulting Fees 5, 350, 273 Remuneration-non-executive council members 648, 860 Employee costs 15, 919, 967 Renovation and relocation 2, 705, 194 Travel and subsistence 2, 071, 840 Venue and catering688, 543 34, 045, 199

10. Assets at 31 March 2010

11. Race Profile (March 2010)

12. Gender Profile (March 2010)

13. Vacancy Profile (March 2010)