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Academic Accreditation and Audit
學術評審及核證
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Implementation of Case Manager
System
Experience has revealed that both operators and HKCAAVQ benefit
from a more focused effort from and communication with each
other. Case managers were appointed in the reporting period to
foster timely and effective communication between HKCAAVQ
and individual operators. In respect of academic accreditation,
case managers handle general enquiries from operator, provide
information and advice to operators on HKCAAVQ’s recent
developments, and attend meetings held between HKCAAVQ and
operators on an institutional basis.
Looking Forward
As the Qualifications Framework has been launched for a number of
years, we expect that a growing number of experienced institutions
will launch Master’s Degree programmes, seek Programme Area
Accreditation status in the near future and begin to see the seeking of
private university status as the next step of their development. As for
transnational higher education, to encourage more new partnerships
to have their NLPs recognised under the QF in Hong Kong, we will
continue to reach out to institutions, QA agencies and government
bureaux in different parts of the world to introduce the NLP
accreditation service to them. We are developing an approach to
accredit online NLP, given the increasing requests for such a service.
The decline in the student population is and will continue to be
a major challenge in the higher education sector, particularly for
self-financing institutions. While being mindful of indications that
institutions are identifying ways to cope with the challenges arising
from the decline in the student population, e.g. delivering part of a
learning programme or the entire programme online, we will continue
to refine our QA approaches and processes for handling these new
developments in the sector effectively.
To adjust to the changing higher education environment, we will
continue the close communication with different stakeholders to
ensure that there is the highest possible degree of understanding
of accreditation purposes and requirements as well as the roles
and responsibilities of operators and HKCAAVQ in the accreditation
process.
推行個案經理制度
根據過往經驗，評審局及營辦者緊密溝
通對雙方均有裨益。在報告期內，評審
局推行了個案經理制度，以加強評審局
與個別營辦者適時及有效的溝通。在學
術評審方面，個案經理會處理營辦者的
一般查詢，通知營辦者有關評審局的最
新發展，並出席評審局與營辦者的會
議。
未來展望
資歷架構推出多年，評審局預期未來會
有越來越多院校開辦碩士課程、申請學
科範圍評審，以及申請成為私立大學。
在跨國教育方面，評審局將繼續向海外
院校、質素保證機構及政府部門介紹非
本地課程評審服務，鼓勵更多海外院校
於香港開辦資歷架構認可的課程。此
外，由於評審網上課程的要求日益增
加，評審局現正研究評審網上非本地課
程的模式。
高等教育界，尤其是自資院校，需要面
對學生人數持續下跌的重大挑戰。正當
院校尋求應對的方法，如以網上形式開
辦部分或整個課程之際，評審局亦會持
續優化質素保證模式及程序，務求更有
效應對高等教育界的各種新發展。
迎向未來，評審局會繼續與各持份者保
持緊密連繫，確保持份者清楚了解評審
目的及要求，以及在評審過程中評審局
和營辦者的角色和責任。