Professional body accreditations and reviews The CAPQP team supports and assists faculties and departments with professional body accreditation and reporting requirements. Engagements with the Faculty of Health Sciences that commenced in 2020 continue, and workshops to assist in the development of responses to professional body requirements and reports have been held with: • Optometry and • Nursing Science (the process started in 2022 and the visit is scheduled for March 2023. In addition to the requirements of professional bodies, CAPQP continues to receive requests for workshops that relate to curriculum alignment. SANC (for Nursing) and ECSA, (for FEBE) site visits and audits are scheduled to resume in 2023. The Master of Commerce in Industrial Psychology had an accreditation visit by HPCSA in November 2022. Also, 4 departments in the Faculty of Engineering and Built environment went through an accreditation visit by ECSA. CAPQP is fully involved in supporting these departments in their preparations for the visit. The support involves facilitating workshops on the development of the SelfEvaluation Report, responding to panel reports, checking evidence files and briefing both staff and students. Review of the UJ Research Centres and Institutes At the request of the University Research Committee (URC), CAPQP worked with the Executive Director: Research and Innovation to develop the review mechanisms, tools, and process, and assist with the facilitation of reviews of the individual centres and institutes. A key principle underlying these reviews is that the work of the University remains abreast, if not ahead of, the changing external environment and its demands. A fully developed understanding of the needs of the external environment is not straightforward although essential to its obligation to society. Contemporary considerations include the need for alignment to the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the decolonisation of curriculum and pedagogy, and importance of the Centres and Institutes to the work of the University. Reviews enhance the positive aspects of the research entity and identify areas for improvement or enhancement through the engagement with the Centre / Institute and the recommendations of an expert, peer panel. These reports are then provided to university management who reach a determination based on the University’s requirements. Critical self-reflection is core to the process and informs the production of the SER, the selection of the expert panel members, the identification of themes of enquiry, and the production of the final report. As part of the process, bench-marking activities, external input, and feedback obtained, consultation processes, and other sources of input are shared in the The Master of Commerce in Industrial Psychology had an accreditation visit by HPCSA in November 2022. 2022 ANNUAL REPORT: DIVISION FOR TEACHING EXCELLENCE 82
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