Relief at UCT as law faculty retains its LLB accreditation
The University of Cape Town (UCT)’s law faculty is breathing a sigh of relief following the decision by the Council for Higher Education not to withdraw its LLB accreditation. Late in 2017, the council, which is responsible for quality assurance in the higher education sector, downgraded UCT’s LLB programme. The programme had been criticised for failing to enhance throughput and graduation rates, and for its failure to address race and gender equity issues. The council had given UCT six months to deal with the issues raised, failing which its LLB accreditation would be downgraded from "notice of withdrawal of accreditation" to "confirmation of withdrawal of accreditation". Under current rules, only programmes accredited by the council’s Higher Education Quality Committee can be offered by a higher education institution. In a letter to Prof Lis Lang, UCT’s deputy vice-chancellor for teaching and learning, the council said it had reviewed the university’s progress report together with...
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