Performance Management: HEQSF Scorecard David Bleazard Director: Institutional Planning [email protected] Presentation to the HEDA User Group November 2013 Performance_Management_Nov201 3_1
Dec 29, 2015
Performance Management: HEQSF Scorecard
David BleazardDirector: Institutional Planning
Presentation to the HEDA User GroupNovember 2013
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Objective
• To show how CPUT is adapting the Performance Management Scorecard to track the HEQSF programme development process
Background
• The alignment of qualifications to the new Higher Education Qualification Sub-Framework (HEQSF) is a huge challenge for UoTs– B.Techs being phased out– New qualification types include Higher Certificate, Diploma,
Degree, Professional Degree, Advanced Diploma
• CPUT estimates that it will have to develop about 200 new qualifications during the next five years
• The processes for development and approval of the qualifications are complex, both internally and externally
Stages and Steps
Category A qualifications: Minor amendments required to align to HEQSFApproximately 40 qualifications – mostly postgraduate qualifications
Category B qualifications: Less than 50% change to existing curriculumApproximately 70 qualifications – mostly National Diplomas
Category C qualifications: More than 50% change to existing curriculumApproximately 110 qualifications – more than half are B.Tech qualifications to be phased out and replaced by HEQSF aligned qualifications
Applied Technology
• How to keep track of all the processes and their associated documentation?
• The idea arose of using the newly developed Performance Management Scorecard to track and report on progress
• The various stages (and steps within stages) of the HEQSF process have been incorporated within the model
• Custom-built reports have been developed by IDSC to report on progress to Faculties and Departments
Reporting
• Reporting was a primary requirement in the conceptualisation of the HEQSF Scorecard
• Two levels of reporting are currently available– Detailed Report– Overview Report
Suggested Enhancements
• Alphabetic Order– Alphabetic ordering of Faculties and Departments can be
achieved, but is clumsy
• Entering Performance– When data is entered in the Performance Agreement
window, the cursor jumps to the top of the page; it should stay at the level of the amended item
• Deletion Warnings– Warnings should appear before Faculties, Departments or
Qualifications are deleted
• Removing Documents– It should be possible to remove a document uploaded in
error
Challenge
• The main challenge in using the HEQSF Scorecard arises from the complexity of the process
• A great deal of information for a wide variety of qualifications needs to be captured and updated
• Only one person, the Head of Academic Planning, is managing the process and implementing the tracking