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Accreditation
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Accreditation c
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HKCAAVQ accredits academic and vocational and professional ൙ᄲ҅࣬ኽՉ൙ᄲᅺ๟ʿ๟ۆdމኪஔ
education and training (VPET) programmes by applying its ʿᔖุਖ਼ʑ઺ԃሙ೻ආБ൙ᄲd˸ᆽڭ
accreditation standards to ensure that the learning programmes and ᐏ༟ዝݖ࿴Ⴉ̙ٙሙ೻ʿՉᐄ፬٫༺Ց
their operators meet the minimum quality standards for recognition Չ͉ᅺ๟d˙̙༱ΐ׵༟ዝΤ̅f
under the Hong Kong Qualifications Framework (HKQF) and entry into
the Qualifications Register (QR).

Accredited programmes are placed on the QR, a publicly available ʊஷཀ൙ᄲٙሙ೻dѩ༱ΐ׵༟ዝΤ̅
website that lists all of the quality assured programmes and ၣࠫɪf༟ዝΤ̅݊ɓࡈʮකٙၣɪ༟
qualifications in Hong Kong, including those offered by the self- ࣘࢫd༱ΐʊஷཀሯ९ڭᗇ೻ҏٙሙ೻
accrediting, publicly-funded universities. Summary reports of ʿ༟ዝd຅ʕܼ̍Ո௪ІБ൙ᄲ༟ዝ༟
accreditation outcomes are published on the HKCAAVQ website to ࣸٙ৫ࣧٙሙ೻ʿ༟ዝf൙ᄲ҅ึίՉ
help learners make an informed decision on their studies. ၣ१ʮ̺൙ᄲజѓ࿜ࠅdމኪ͛౤Զ༟
ࣘd՘п˼ࡁЪ̈ආࡌӔ֛f

Major Developments ˴ࠅ೯࢝

Joint Review with Quality Assurance Agency ၾߵ਷৷ഃ઺ԃሯ९ڭᗇዚ
for Higher Education (QAA), ࿴ආБᑌΥᄲൖ
United Kingdom (UK)

HKCAAVQ and QAA have a long history of cooperation underpinned ൙ᄲ҅ၾߵ਷৷ഃ઺ԃሯ९ڭᗇዚ࿴Ϟ
by the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which was last ڗಂٙΥЪᗫڷdᕐ˙࡝׵2019ϋᚃᖦ
renewed in 2019. Both agencies have committed to working together ሓ༆௪ҙ፽dቩոڗಂΥЪਿᓾfᕐ˙
to enhance external quality assurance in both UK and Hong Kong. ߧɢ׵̋੶Շή̮ٙ௅ሯ९ڭᗇd຅ʕ
That includes seeking to strengthen cooperation in the quality ܼ̍రӋ̋੶ί࠰ಥٙߵ਷ྤ̮઺ԃሯ
assurance of UK transnational education (TNE) in Hong Kong. ९ڭᗇ˙ࠦٙΥЪf

Under the provisions of MoU, QAA and HKCAAVQ undertook a ίሓ༆௪ҙ፽ٙ࣪ݖɨd൙ᄲ҅ၾߵ਷
joint exercise in May 2018, involving an accreditation exercise by ৷ഃ઺ԃሯ९ڭᗇዚ࿴ί2018ϋ5˜ආ
HKCAAVQ and a review of the partnership between a UK university БᑌΥᄲൖd༈ᅼόፄΥə൙ᄲ҅ٙሙ
and a local operator in Hong Kong by QAA. ೻൙ᄲʿߵ਷৷ഃ઺ԃሯ९ڭᗇዚ࿴ٙ
৫ࣧΥЪᄲൖf

The members of the HKCAAVQ accreditation panel, also the UK QAA ίߵ਷Ϟᗫ৫ࣧʿՉί࠰ಥٙᐄ፬٫ٙ
reviewers, with the consent of the UK university and its local operator Νจɨdߵ਷൙ᄲࡰீཀΝࣛዄ΂࠰ಥ
in Hong Kong, were able to use the information gathered through ൙ᄲʃଡ଼ϓࡰdί൙ᄲ҅ٙ൙ᄲཀ೻ʕ
the joint exercise to inform the QAA’s TNE review. This approach ϗණ޴ᗫ༟ࣘdԶߵ਷৷ഃ઺ԃሯ९ڭ
was proven to have reduced the administrative burden on the UK ᗇዚ࿴ίᄲൖࣛЪމਞϽfவ၇˙جಯ
university and Hong Kong operator in respect of TNE review. ჀəՇήሯ९ڭᗇዚ࿴ၾᐄ፬٫ٙБ݁
ࠋዄf

24 Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications
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