LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AA
Animation Arts (School of)
CAT
Credit Allocation and Transfer
CHE
Council on Higher Education
CT
Creative Technologies (School of)
DHESI
Department of Higher Education, Science and Innovation
DHET
Department of Higher Education and Training1
EL
Experiential Learning
FA
Film Arts (School of)
HEQC
Higher Education Quality Council
HEQSF
Higher Education Quality Sub-Framework
LMS
Learning Management System
MICT SETA
Media, Information and Communication Technologies SETA
NDP
Non degree purposes
NLRD
National Learner Records Database
NQF
National Qualifications Framework
OW
Open Window
OWC
Open Window Count
POR
Proof of Registration
RPL
Recognition of Prior Learning
SAQA
South African Qualification Authority
SETA
Sector Education and Training Authority
SIS
Student Information System
SRC
Student Representative Council
VC
Visual Communication (School of)
WDTL
Work Directed Theoretical Learning
WIL
Work Integrated Learning
DISCLAIMER The Open Window (OW) reserves the right to change the requirements for obtaining a qualification, as well as the course content, within the limits governed by the relevant national Quality Council, in order to adjust to educational, scientific, technological and other developments. OW reserves the right to postpone or cancel any academic programme or tuition advertised or offered and included herein should there be insufficient demand/enrolment for any particular academic programme. Any proposed changes need to be approved by OW’s Academic Committee in its annual Programme Review meeting.
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Name still in use, but the department has merged with the former Department of Science & Technology (DST) to form the new Department of Higher Education, Science & Innovation (DHESI)
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