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360º PERSPECTIVES | ISSUE 7 | 2020/2021
Law Faculty uses CHE review to roll out improvements HE COUNCIL ON HIGHER EDUCATION (CHE) is mandated to carry out quality assurance audits of higher education institutions through its Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) and to ensure that quality assurance mechanisms are in place at universities, as prerequisites for accreditation of degree programmes. In 2016 and 2017, the CHE subjected the LLB programmes of the 17 law faculties in the country to a national review. The Faculty of Law at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) is still reaping significant rewards from the process.
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“The review process forced us to stop and reflect on the faculty’s mission, vision, values and strategic objectives and how they fit into the university’s Institutional Operating Plan 2016–2020 (IOP 2016–2020), as well as the kinds of changes we needed to make to the LLB curriculum to prepare law students for the changing world of work,” explains Professor Jacques de Ville, Dean of the Faculty of Law. “To further prepare law students for the changing world of work, whether as legal practitioners, legal advisors or academics, the new curriculum seeks to impart not only knowledge but also skills or graduate
