The Southern African Quality Assurance Network (SAQAN) invites to submit contributions to the SAQAN Journal for Quality Assurance in Higher Education.
The intention of the Journal is to create a space for quality assurance as a discipline and field of scholarly and professional activity, recognising that journals play a significant role in establishing disciplines’ credibility and have done so for centuries. Recognizing that quality assurance practitioners may not necessarily be trained in research, the journal will create space for quality assurance practitioners to start their writing journey with professional notes and reviews, rather than full-length papers. Research and writing support will also be provided to new authors. The launch and first developmental stages of the Journal will be supported by a collaborative agreement between SAQAN, the University of Johannesburg and the Council on Higher Education in South Africa.
The main objective of the SAQAN Journal for Quality Assurance in Higher Education is to establish quality assurance in higher education as both an academic and a professional practice in the Southern African region, on the African continent and beyond.
The theme for Volume 1, Number 1, of the SAQAN Journal for Quality Assurance in Higher Education is aligned with the conference theme of the 6th SAQAN Conference to be held in Zambia where the SAQAN Journal for Quality Assurance in Higher Education will be launched in September 2024. The theme of the 6th SAQAN Conference is Strengthening and harmonising quality assurance in the SADC region and beyond through sharing experiences and good practices.
In line with the sub-themes of the 6th SAQAN Conference in Zambia, papers are invited for the first issue of the SAQAN Journal for Quality Assurance in Higher Education on the following topics:
- External quality assurance of blended and online programmes and qualifications, especially in fields where most of the work is of a practical nature.
- Internal quality assurance of blended and online programmes and qualifications, especially in fields where most of the work is of a practical nature.
- The impact of technologies such as Artificial Intelligence, and others, on quality assurance in higher education, both positive and negative.
- Quality Assurance in Open and Distance Learning.
- Experiences and proposals for internalising the African Standards and Guidelines for Quality Assurance in Higher Education (ASG-QA) and the Continental Qualifications Framework.
- Experiences and proposals for using African Open Educational Resources (OERs) and microcredentials.
- Data analytics, such as graduate tracer studies and their role in quality assurance in higher education.
- Contextualising Quality Assurance in Higher Education.
The following types of contributions are invited:
a) Full-length conceptual papers
b) Full-length empirical research papers
c) Professional notes
d) Reviews.
All details are available in the official call.