SAQAN Conference 2018: 4th Southern African Regional Conference on Quality Assurance in Higher Education Maseru, Lesotho Maseru, Lesotho, October 8-10, 2018 |
Conference website | https://sites.google.com/bothouniversity.ac.bw/saqan2018 |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=saqanconference2018 |
Abstract registration deadline | February 28, 2018 |
Submission deadline | February 28, 2018 |
CHE (Council on Higher Education, Lesotho) and SAQAN (Southern African Quality Assurance Network) will hold a conference on Quality Assurance in Higher Education in October 2018. The main objective of the conference is to bring together quality assurance practitioners and researchers in the SADC region and beyond to share experiences, best practices and approaches towards promoting the culture of quality assurance in Higher Education. It is also intended as a platform for exchanging research findings pertaining to quality assurance. Quality assurance professionals from Southern Africa and other regions on the continent are invited to submit paper abstracts and/or poster abstracts with a view to presenting at the conference. Authors of abstracts which meet the standards will proceed to develop full papers/posters. The Theme of the Conference is “Quality Assurance in Higher Education: Theories, Perspectives and Practices Geared towards Attainment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development in the Southern African Region and beyond ”.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference.
Abstracts should not be more than 300 words long and should have a title, name(s) of the author(s) and affiliation(s), a list of 5 keywords and contact details of the author(s). The deadline for the submission of abstracts is 28th February 2018. The Organising Committee will confirm acceptance of abstracts by 10th March 2018. Abstracts should be sent to the following email address:
info@che.ac.ls
The papers or posters for the conference should address one of the following sub-themes:
- What performance indicators reveal about quality assurance in higher education: Does it yield expected outcomes?
- Maintaining quality in the face of massification in higher education;
- Success stories in quality assurance in higher education in the age of declining financial resources;
- Towards harmonisation of qualifications in the SADC region – what activities, instruments, mechanisms and processes advance harmonisation?
- Institutional auditing/accreditation versus programme accreditation as a QA approach: Is this duplication/complementarity;
- Quality assurance of Higher Education as a means towards attainment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
- Impact of establishing credit system as a means to enhance mobility of students across different institutions and or borders; and
- Role of student engagement in quality assurance.
List of Topics
- What performance indicators reveal about quality assurance in higher education: Does it yield expected outcomes?
- Maintaining quality in the face of massification in higher education;
- Success stories in quality assurance in higher education in the age of declining financial resources;
- Towards harmonisation of qualifications in the SADC region – what activities, instruments, mechanisms and processes advance harmonisation?
- Institutional auditing/accreditation versus programme accreditation as a QA approach: Is this duplication/complementarity;
- Quality assurance of Higher Education as a means towards attainment of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development;
- Impact of establishing credit system as a means to enhance mobility of students across different institutions and or borders; and
- Role of student engagement in quality assurance.
Committees
Organizing committee
- Mr Motlalepula Khobotlo: khobotlom@che.ac.ls; 00266 22313503
- Ms. Makaizer Mohlouoa: makaizer@che.ac.ls: 00266 22313503
- Prof. Mokaeane Polaki: mv.polaki@che.ac.ls: 00266 22313503
Venue
The conference will be held in Maseru, Lesotho
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to ...
- Mr. Motlalepula Khobotlo: khobotlom@che.ac.ls; 00266 22313503
- Ms. Makaizer Mohlouoa: makaizer@che.ac.ls: 00266 22313503
- Prof. Mokaeane Polaki: mv.polaki@che.ac.ls: 00266 22313503