Daily Maverick reports that the University of Cape Town (UCT) is in danger of losing its undergraduate law degree.  

In a move described as "unprecedented", the Council for Higher Education (CHE) has served SA’s most prestigious university with notice of the withdrawal of accreditation for its LLB programme unless certain conditions focusing on transformation are met.  Without such accreditation, universities are not permitted to offer the degree in question.  Only programmes accredited by the CHE’s Higher Education Quality Committee can be offered by a higher education institution, whether public or private.  The Committee’s report on UCT’s LLB focuses on the programme’s curriculum design, transformation and graduate rates.  Its wording is damning.  “There is no indication of proper and sound planning, no clear targets and timelines provided to convince the Higher Education Quality Committee of the urgency and commitment to address the stipulated conditions,” it charges.  UCT now has six months to address the Higher Education Quality Committee’s concerns to the body’s satisfaction.

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