The Walter Sisulu University (WSU) has announced that the Council On Higher Education (CHE) has re-accredited the University for its Bachelor of Laws degree.
In addition to the LLB re-accreditation, WSU has also been recently accredited in the Bachelor of Social Work programme.
Vise Chancellor Professor Rob Midgley said he was very proud of the concerted efforts by his team who worked tirelessly to get re-accredited.
In 2015/2016 the CHE undertook a national review of the LLB programme, a peer-driven exercise that focused on the re-accreditation of existing programmes based on the CHE’s programme accreditation criteria and LLB qualification standard.
WSU duly submitted its plan to CHE in October 2017 and subsequently learned that the university was unable to convince the CHE that it's emergency remedial measures were sufficient to warrant the continuation of its LLB programme. Accordingly, WSU’s LLB programme accreditation was withdrawn.
Professor Midgley has stringent measures in place to make sure that the institution does not relapse into its previous state with all its academic programmes.
He cautioned that the accreditation was conditional until a South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) ID is acquired which may take up to a month before the university registers new students into the LLB programme.
Source: Walter Sisulu University News
