Knowledge production

The Green Paper released by the Department of Higher Education and Training (January 2012) foregrounds knowledge production with a focus on increasing doctoral output and participation. CHET can take credit for foregrounding the ‘knowledge production’ dimension (which came directly from the HERANA academic core project).

In February 2012, CHET will facilitate a workshop on differentiation that will include representatives from the relevant ministries, from the National Planning Commission, the HE funding review committee, HESA, academics, consultants and the CHET network. This is a momentous attempt at ‘coordinating’ higher education in South Africa.

CHET is also developing a longitudinal data set on knowledge production in South African universities for a forthcoming book. The book will include a set of case studies on eight institutions which have improved their knowledge output over the last five years.