Quality Assurance, Review and Accreditation

Part Five: What Is Accreditation and How Does It Work?

This Part provides a PowerPoint slide introduction to this topic, and deliberately includes considerable textual material to address:

• An example of accreditation requirements from the United States
• Accreditation details from the Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications (HKCAAVQ)
• Definitions and scope of accreditation
• Institutional and Program Accreditation
• Benefits of accreditation to different parties
• Details of each of 11 standards for institutional accreditation
• Nine main areas for institutional accreditation for the HKCAAVQ
• Definition of accreditation by the HKCAAVQ
• Principles of accreditation (HKCAAVQ)
• Purposes of accreditation (HKCAAVQ)
• Institutional accreditation with the HKCAAVQ
• Preparing for accreditation with the HKCAAVQ
• Institutional review and its outcomes (HKCAAVQ)
• Guide to the layout of each of the 9 main areas by HKCAAVQ:
  • Governance, management and institutional structure
  • Academic plans
  • Programme approval, monitoring and review
  • Staffing
  • Staff development
  • Students admission
  • Students services and student records
  • Quality assurance
  • Resources

Download the whole slide presentation ofAccreditation (pdf).

Link to Part One: What Is Quality Assurance and How Does It Affect Me?
Link to Part Two: The Work of the University's Quality Assurance Office and the Faculty Offices.
Link to Part Three: What Is Faculty Review and What is Self-Evaluation for faculty Review?
Link to Part Four: What Is Program Review and What Is Self-Evaluation for Program Review?
Link to Part Six: Preparing for Faculty Review

Link to Faculty Review

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