The HKCAAVQ is appointed as the QR (Qualifications Register) Authority under the Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications Ordinance (Cap 592) to maintain the QR – the free web-based database carrying the qualifications recognised under the Qualifications Framework.  The statistics of the QR as of 13 July 2018 is as below: - Qualifications Facts and Figures for July 2018  

Our former Executive Director, Ms Dorte Kristoffersen, Deputy Executive Director (Academic), Mr Robert Fearnside and Senior Registrar, Ms Susanna Lee have together written a chapter on ‘Tertiary regulation in Asia: emerging models’, for the recently published Handbook on the Politics of Higher Education. Please see flier attached, and https://www.e-elgar.com/shop/handbook-on-the-politics-of-higher-education. The book, edited by Professor Hamish Coates, will be launched at the conference ‘Constructing Higher Education Evaluation Systems for the Global Era’ to be held at Tsinghua University.

The CEF was established in June 2002 to encourage local workers to pursue further education by providing them with subsidies for continuing education and training, with a view to facilitating Hong Kong’s transition to a knowledge-based economy and adaptation to an increasingly globalized economy. For the purpose of enhancing the operation of CEF, the Labour and Welfare Bureau (LWB) has commissioned HKCAAVQ to provide a consultancy service to assist in implementing a series of enhancement measures with effect from 1 April 2019. These include the requirement that all CEF courses offered by non-self-accrediting providers registered before May 2008 must be accredited by HKCAAVQ and uploaded onto the Qualifications Register within 4 years in order to maintain their CEF registration. HKCAAVQ will organise briefings to advise interested CEF course providers affected by the new requirements on accreditation standards, processes and procedures, and supports from HKCAAVQ. The briefings are to be held at the HKCAAVQ office and are tentatively scheduled for October 2018. Accreditation for non-accredited CEF courses will commence in 2019 spanning across four years. Operators of courses that are not currently registered with CEF and that wish to undertake accreditation for the express purpose of registration of their courses with CEF should also attend the briefings.  Prospective new Operators should be aware that only courses that meet the Hong Kong Qualifications Framework (QF) standards can be registered in the Qualifications Register. The QF defines clear and objective standards applicable to qualifications in the academic, vocational and professional, as well as continuing education sectors. Its primary objective is to promote lifelong learning with a view to continuously enhancing the capability, professionalism and competitiveness of the Hong Kong workforce by assuring the quality of qualifications and the associated learning programmes as well as their relevancy to industry needs. For information please contact Mr Jerry Kok, Assistant Registrar, at 3658 0133 or jerrykok@hkcaavq.edu.hk. For details of the CEF enhancement measures, please click this LINK.  

Following the promulgation of the revised accreditation standards under the Four-stage Quality Assurance Process in April 2018, HKCAAVQ has developed a Manual of the Four-stage Quality Assurance Process as a single point of reference covering the process and standards for seeking accreditation under the Hong Kong Qualifications Framework. The revised Generic Level Descriptors (2018 Revised Edition) promulgated by the Education Bureau will also take effect for use with the revised accreditation standards for accreditation exercises where documents are to be submitted on or after 1 April 2019.

The HKCAAVQ is appointed as the QR (Qualifications Register) Authority under the Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications Ordinance (Cap 592) to maintain the QR – the free web-based database carrying the qualifications recognised under the Qualifications Framework.  The statistics of the QR as of 15 June 2018 is as below: - Qualifications Facts and Figures for June 2018  

The Government has obtained approval from the Finance Committee of the Legislative Council for funding of the Continuing Education Fund to support the implementation of various enhancement measures. The enhancement measures will be implemented with effect from 1 April 2019. For more details, please refer to the webpage at: https://www.wfsfaa.gov.hk/cef/en/news/news_20180516.htm.​

To enhance user-friendliness, a new function of keyword search is made available on the News section of HKCAAVQ website.  Members of the public may access the News section and input a string of keywords to look up the relevant news.    

The HKCAAVQ is appointed as the QR (Qualifications Register) Authority under the Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications Ordinance (Cap 592) to maintain the QR – the free web-based database carrying the qualifications recognised under the Qualifications Framework.  The statistics of the QR as of 11 May 2018 is as below: - Qualifications Facts and Figures for May 2018  

The latest HKCAAVQ Newsletter (Issue 14) has been published. Please click here to read our newsletter.

The HKQF International Conference 2018 themed "QF in the Next Decade: Quality, Progression and Recognition" is jointly organised by the Education Bureau of the Hong Kong SAR Government and Qualifications Framework Secretariat, and HKCAAVQ being the co-organiser, in celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Hong Kong QF. The 2-day Conference will be held on 17-18 September in the Conference Hall, Central Government Offices, 2 Tim Mei Avenue, Tamar, Hong Kong. For online registration, please visit the conference website: https://www.hkqfic2018.hk/en/index.html.

The HKCAAVQ is appointed as the QR (Qualifications Register) Authority under the Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications Ordinance (Cap 592) to maintain the QR – the free web-based database carrying the qualifications recognised under the Qualifications Framework.  The statistics of the QR as of 13 April 2018 is as below: - Qualifications Facts and Figures for April 2018  

The Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ) again joins the Federation for Self-financing Tertiary Education (FSTE) as an Associate Organiser of the annual conference to be held on 1 June 2018. Professor Anthony Cheung will speak to the theme of this year’s conference “Striving for Quality Education”, followed by concurrent sessions of a wide range of presentations.  Higher Education is becoming a major driver of economic competitiveness in an increasingly knowledge-based society.  The maintenance of standards and the overall quality of education provisions is of pivotal importance and has been a recurring concern in the society. Providing affordable programmes in a self-financing environment requires self-financing institutions to find an appropriate balance between quality and cost-effectiveness. In response to the concern, this Conference aims to examine relevant issues and facilitate the interflow of good practices among stakeholders. The conference will be held at PolyU Hung Hom Bay Campus. Online Registration can be done via the FSTE conference website. For details, please visit the conference website at https://www.fste.edu.hk/conference/2018/index.