Transcript CHE draft template (iii)

COUNCIL ON HIGHER
EDUCATION
HEQF Implementation:
An overview of preliminary data
and the
Way forward: Category B
HEQF IMPLEMENTATION HISTORY
• October 2007 HEQF Gazetted
• 2008 – Joint Communique 1 and 2 on the HEQF
Implementation
• June 2009 – Joint Communique 3 on HEQF
Implementation (Interim arrangements)
• April 2010 – HEQF Think Tank
• October 2010 – CHE-HEQF Communique 1 HEQF
Implementation Plan
• January 2011 – HEQF Implementation Workshop
• August 2011 – HEQF-online goes live
HEQF ALIGNMENT: IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATIONAL PLAN
UNIVERSITIES
Blue Group
UNIVERSITIES
Purple Group
PRIVATE
PROVIDERS
COMPREHENS
IVE
UNIVERSITIES
Red Group
COMPREHENS
IVE
UNIVERSITIES
Orange Group
UNIVERSITIES
OF
TECHNOLOGY
ALL
HIGHER
EDUCATI
ON
PROGRA
MMES
AND
QUALIFIC
ATIONS
SUBMITT
ED VIA
HEQC
ONLINE
FOR
APPRAISA
L AND
CATEGORI
SATION
CATERGORY A
CATEGORY B
CATEGORY C
MINIMAL CHANGES: EG NAMEOF
QUALIFICATION
MINOR CHANGES: IE LESS THAN 50%
CHANGE TO QUALIFICATION
MAJOR CHANGES: IE MORE 50%
CHANGE TO QUALIFICATION
EST. 60 – 70% OF APPLICATIONS
EST. 30 – 25% OF APPLICATIONS
EST. 5% OF APPLICATIONS
LARGE SCALE EVALUATIONS OF
APPLICATIONS IN AC-STYLE MODEL
‘ACCREDITATION-STYLE’ EVALUATION
BY INSTITUTION TYPE, DISCIPLINE AND
QUALIFICATION TYPE
MAKE NEW APPLICATION FOR
CANDIDACY-PHASE ACCREDITATION
NOT APPROVED
OUTCOME: APPROVED AND ‘DEEMED’
ACCREDITED
NOT APPROVED
OUTCOME: APPROVED AND ‘DEEMED’
ACCREDITED
NOT ACCREDITED
OUTCOME: PROVISIONAL
ACCREDITATION
HEQF IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS
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Phased approach
Phase 1 – to be completed June / July 2012
Categorise qualifications as Category A, B or C
Complete offline HEQF Implementation 2-part
template
• S1 – existing qualification information (A, B, C)
• S2 – amended qualification information (A, B –
delayed)
HEQF-ONLINE DATA RESULTS
• Preliminary data extracted in May 2012 – will change as
institutions continue to submit – should not be considered
auditable data at this stage
• Data needs further analysis and disaggregation
• Summarises info received largely from S1
• Provides broad overview of public sector and some PHEI data
• Provides indication of areas where dataset is incomplete and
requires clarification, repopulation and ‘clean-up’
• Specifically, PHEI data appears incomplete in some areas and
will need further review and requests for clarification
• Existing qualifications categorisations (A, B, C)
• Overview provides an indication of future changes in the
sector
QUALIFICATIONS RECEIVED
UNIVERSITIES
COMPREHENSIVES
UOT’S
PRIVATE PROVIDERS
PRIVATE – UG/PG SPLIT
PRIVATE - HIGHLIGHTS
CESM DISTRIBUTION
CATEGORY A SUBMISSIONS
CATEGORY A PROCESS EVALUATIONS
• Processed over 4100 Category A qualifications via HEQF-online
• Majority have been approved by the HEQC
• Doctorates, diplomas, MBAs parked until HEQF Review
finalised
• Currently finalising details such as content of automated emails, report formats available to institutions via the HEQFonline, outcomes letters, etc
• Some data clean-up is required prior to the release of
outcomes such as spelling and title corrections
• After initial clean-up is completed, institutions will be
informed of approvals in principle
• After approval, additional clean-up may be required including
info for CESMs, major fields of study etc
IMPLEMENTATION WAY FORWARD
• Analysis of data – determine CESM (disciplinary),
institution type, qualification type differentiation
• Only Category B
• Phase 2 – begin in September 2012
• HEQF-online submission of curriculum change
information for evaluation (user-experience survey
conducted to assist in improving the system)
• Accreditation-style evaluation
• HEQC approval
• Challenge – HEQF Review finalisation
PHASE 2 CATEGORY B TIMEFRAME
September
2012 – June
2013
July 2013 –
December 2013
Universities –submit Category B + S2 Applications (1089
qualifications)
Private Providers submit Category B + S2 Applications (89
qualifications)
January 2014 –
June 2014
Comprehensives – Orange Group submit Category B +S2
Applications (514 qualifications)
July 2014 –
December 2014
Universities of Technology submit Category B + S2
Applications (246 qualifications)
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CATEGORY B PROCESS
• September 2012 – release HEQF Category B questions –
Word version (http://www.che.ac.za/heqf/) and HEQF
Implementation Handbook 2.0
• November 2012 – Category B questions for submission
on HEQF-online system, submitted in 2 parts
S1 submissions locked but ‘viewable’ and S2 available
for submission or amendment
Category B questions in Q&A narrative format (similar
to HEQC-online system)
• HEQF-online system will be open to all institutions once
system goes live until indicated deadlines
CATEGORY B PROCESS 2
• September 2012 – June 2013, CHE = train subject-matter
experts as evaluators to evaluate the Category B
submissions
• After each deadline, specific institution type will be
evaluated per discipline and qualification type
• Submissions will be processed in an Accreditation-type
evaluation and will tabled at HEQC for final approval
• Outcomes will be communicated to institutions once
approved
• Anticipated all evaluations and outcomes will be released
by end of 2015
HEQF-online USER-EXPERIENCE
SURVEY
• Conducted an online user-experience survey irt using the
HEQF-online system as an effective ICT tool to implement the
HEQF – apply to moving future development for Category B
• 38% response rate
• Still analysing the data
• Broad issues:
 Better communication, RSS feeds, automated e-mails
 Clarify processes and workflows, including checklists
 Pilot future templates more rigorously, Finalise the
template and stick to it
 Needs to be user-friendly – online and offline??
 New online systems are always intimidating
CATEGORY B QUESTIONS
• Purpose and characteristics of programme irt HEQF
• Curriculum and programme design changes
• Learning activities
• Professional body requirements
• Assessment
• Articulation and progression
• WIL
• RPL
• Widening access
Category B Template circulated widely to members of public and
private sector for comment. Comments will be collated and
considered into final Category B Template (Word and HEQF-Online)
QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS?
E-mail: Tamara Bezuidenhout
[email protected]
Tel: 012 349 3934
URL: http://www.che.ac.za/heqf/