QA at UCT: About QA
Quality Assurance has become a matter of major importance for universities in many parts of the world, including South Africa. Demand for quality assurance has been driven in part by: public authorities, who wish to be assured that public funds are put to best use; students and their families, who want to know what they are getting in a world of widening educational choices; a growing emphasis within higher education of the importance of teaching and learning.
At UCT, the responsibility for quality assurance is currently located within the Institutional Planning Department (IPD) and as well as the Centre for Higher Education Development (CHED). With reference to the recommendations contained in the University's quality assurance document (approved by Senate and Council in November 2001), the IPD has embarked on designing an institution-wide system of internal academic reviews, which commenced in 2003.
UCT's project to undertake a systematic institution-wide approach to quality assurance is being undertaken by the Quality Assurance Working Group (QAWG), which has overall responsibility for strategic Quality Assurance of Academic Programmes at UCT (QAWG). QAWG's task teams are currently investing various aspects of the University's quality management systems.
Please direct your enquiries to Zone Mdledle.