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One of the strategic objectives of the Institution’s Institutional Development Plan (IDP) at Rhodes bck体育app_bck体育官网下载-二维码平台 is Quality Promotion. Its brief is to “ensure accreditation and recognition of all academic offerings/programmes of Rhodes bck体育app_bck体育官网下载-二维码平台 by respective national, professional and international authorities”.

The following quality promotion activities are coordinated by IRPQP under this objective:

• preparing the bck体育app_bck体育官网下载-二维码平台 for national and international audits
• programme accreditation with respect to requirements of  DHET, CHE, SAQA as well as professional associations
• review academic entities and programmes as well as support services
• providing support for development of proposals for new programmes/qualifications
• management of processes for internal accreditation of short courses
• facilitating policy development/update and maintenance of institutional policy database (online)

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View Institutional Planning and Review Framework

Glossary of Terms

New Programmes – The need for new programmes is identified in Faculties, followed by internal approval by the relevant structures, and external approval by the DHET, CHE, and SAQA.

Qualification/Programme Reviews - IRPQP supports the mandate of the Academic Programmes and Curriculum Quality Committee (APCQC) by gathering and centralization of data/evidence about reviews and the quality of qualifications/programmes for purposes of internal and external institutional audits. Academic departments carry out reviews for courses/modules and academic programmes with IRPQP and bck体育app_bck体育官网下载-二维码平台. How does this review process work at Rhodes?

Academic Programmes and Curriculum Quality Committee – Provide oversight of curriculum aspects in the internal processes for accreditation of new programmes/qualifications and review existing qualifications/programmes.

Institutional audits – The CHE conducts cyclic institutional audits on higher education institutions when the need arises. The institutional audits aim to facilitate quality promotion in institutions.

Review Framework – The Institutional Planning and Review Framework document aims to provide a conceptual framework for planning and review at Rhodes bck体育app_bck体育官网下载-二维码平台. It is intended to describe the institution's approach to accountability, improvement and resource allocation and align internal processes with the bck体育app_bck体育官网下载-二维码平台's overall vision and goals. 

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