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Suzanne Hattingh replied to the topic CHE Accreditation: FAQs on essential requirements and costs in the forum
Higher Education and training 1 year, 2 months ago
No, you can’t be accredited for a qualification that is registered on the NQF under the name of another provider. There is no rule about the extent to which they need to differ. I have not dealt with a case in which SAQA rejected an application because the qualifications were too similar – but I would imagine that it could happen. You will…[Read more]
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Suzanne Hattingh replied to the topic CHE Accreditation: FAQs on essential requirements and costs in the forum
Higher Education and training 1 year, 2 months ago
Thanks John, please add to the list so that we can also benefit from your insights.
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Suzanne Hattingh started the topic CHE Accreditation: FAQs on essential requirements and costs in the forum
Higher Education and training 1 year, 2 months ago
I’ve given answers to the questions that I am often asked by private providers seeking my help with their application for accreditation with the Council on Higher Education. I’ve also include the table of costs.
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Suzanne Hattingh started the topic Accreditation assistance needed with NATED Diploma in CT in the forum
Accreditation Processes 1 year, 5 months ago
Who can assist a private training provider with accreditation and DHET requirements for offering a NATED Diploma, specifically with uploading to the TXT Files of DHET. Preferably someone based in CT who can visit the provider.
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Suzanne Hattingh replied to the topic Learning Material in the forum The Help Desk 1 year, 8 months ago
Hi, I tried to send email but your email is not working. try the following for learning material:’zelda@gemtrain.co.za’; ‘helene@gemtrain.co.za’
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Suzanne Hattingh replied to the topic 4IR & Covid-19: Imperatives for restructuring the SD system in the forum
Training Service Providers 1 year, 11 months ago
In case you missed by note on another group re the NSA Webinar on impact of COVID on PSET: The webinar was interesting to get the latest thinking from DHET and key role players – and for confirmation about the significant impact of COVID and 4IR. It was good to hear that DHET understands the impact on various aspects of the Post-School E&T S…[Read more]
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Suzanne Hattingh replied to the topic NSA webinar on COVID-19 impact on Education Skills Development & Training in the forum Post-school Education & Training – including TVET 1 year, 11 months ago
The webinar was interesting to get the latest thinking from DHET and key role players – and for confirmation about the significant impact of COVID and 4IR. It was good to hear that DHET understands the impact on various aspects of the Post-School E&T System. However, what I found very disappointing is that there was not enough recognition for the…[Read more]
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Suzanne Hattingh replied to the topic 4IR & Covid-19: Imperatives for restructuring the SD system in the forum
Training Service Providers 2 years ago
Thanks Louis and Colette. Maybe COVID will finally get policy and decision makers to take the changes that are needed to the system seriously. Unfortunately, there are also many working “on the ground” who benefit through contracts and work opportunities to keep the status quo as is – for example compiling WSPs, running learnerships only for…[Read more]
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Suzanne Hattingh started the topic CHE requirements re Online Exams in the forum
APPETD Association for Private Providers of ETD 2 years ago
What is the latest CHE requirement for Private Higher Education Institutions relating to the writing of exams in a physical location? Is there any confirmation that CHE will accept online exams – i.e. as summative assessments not as formative assessments.
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Suzanne Hattingh started the topic 4IR & Covid-19: Imperatives for restructuring the SD system in the forum
Training Service Providers 2 years ago
4IR and Covid-19 have forced us into a new reality that requires the re-examination and restructuring of our PSET system to prepare the workforce for the new world of work. The attachment describes the new ‘jobless’ world of work, changes in the nature of work, jobs and fixed occupations, and the skills required for flexible, temporary, vir…[Read more]
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Suzanne Hattingh started the topic CHE lifts restrictions on contact delivery in the forum
Accreditation Processes 2 years, 1 month ago
Private higher education providers will know that CHE has been strict about programmes being either accredited for contact or distance delivery. Covid-19 has forced CHE to change. The 17 April memo to accredited providers states: “The restrictions on all programmes accredited for contact delivery are lifted. All programmes accredited by the CHE…[Read more]
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Suzanne Hattingh started the topic CHE Accreditation of PHEIs in the forum
Accreditation Processes 2 years, 2 months ago
There are many documents to be submitted for the CHE accreditation of Private Higher Education Institutions (PHEIs). I’m sharing this template that I use with clients for project managing the preparation of the documents. We use it to record responsibilities, time frames, to track progress and to record any notes on the documents. The template…[Read more]
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Suzanne Hattingh started the topic Rethinking education and skills development system in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 2 years, 7 months ago
“Education needs a total ‘face-lift’; the entire education environment, from pre-school to post-graduate education, needs to be re-imagined and aligned with emerging skills requirements. One of the key imperatives to both escape the Dead-end scenario and to achieve the Accomplished Game Changers scenario is a total re-haul of the education / tra…[Read more]
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Suzanne Hattingh started the topic RPL and CAT requirements for CHE Accreditation in the forum
Accreditation Processes 2 years, 10 months ago
The latest CHE and SAQA requirements for Recognition of Prior Learning and Credit Accumulation and Transfer are included in the attachment. This is a useful reference document for writing your RPL & CAT policy for CHE accreditation. Make sure that your processes and procedures are aligned to these requirements.
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Suzanne Hattingh replied to the topic CHE Accreditation – Adherence to national policies in the forum Accreditation Processes 2 years, 11 months ago
The policies and other documents to be submitted for CHE Accreditation must be aligned with the terminology as formally approved by SAQA and the CHE. I’ve compiled a summary from such policy documents with most of the terminology that you will be using for CHE accreditation. I use it for easy reference – and hope you also find it useful.
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Suzanne Hattingh started the topic CHE Accreditation – Adherence to national policies in the forum
Accreditation Processes 2 years, 11 months ago
The policies required for CHE Accreditation must be aligned to relevant national policies of SAQA, Council on Higher Education and DHET. I’m sharing this list of the documents to which the accreditation documents should be aligned. I hope you find it useful. Please share any updated policies that I might have missed so that we can be sure that we…[Read more]
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Suzanne Hattingh started the topic Preparing the workforce for 4IR in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 2 years, 12 months ago
Skills@Work published my article on: Preparing the workforce for the fourth Industrial Revolution.
Topics covered include:
Changes in the nature of work and occupations
Changes in employer-employee relationships
Skills required by the workforce of 2025-2030
Preparing for a new partnership with machines
Are we training people for a world that no…[Read more] -
Suzanne Hattingh started the topic CHE Accreditation Requirements – Summary in the forum
Accreditation Processes 2 years, 12 months ago
I’ve created a 3-pages summary of all the policies, documents and other information required for CHE accreditation. I hope you find it useful.
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Suzanne Hattingh started the topic Do you have the skills set required in the GIG economy? in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 3 years, 2 months ago
The world of work in the 4th Industrial Revolution will result in a larger part of the workforce being engaged in alternative work arrangements, with many doing work for more than one organisation at the same time. This will be increasingly common in the ‘GIG economy’: a labour market characterised by flexible, on-demand work in short-term con…[Read more]
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Suzanne Hattingh started the topic Are you ready for Industry 4.0? in the forum
4th Industrial Revolution 3 years, 3 months ago
How should we respond to the challenges of the 4th Industrial Revolution? In a presentation in January at the 2019 SALSA Seminar of the Legislatures of South Africa, I posed these questions that we need to ask as individuals, leaders and critical thinkers.
1. What are the main Threats and Opportunities of Industry 4.0 and how they affect my…[Read more] - Load More