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During the year the HKCAA carried out accreditation exercises and related work with the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, the Open Learning Institute, the Lingnan College and the Hong Kong Institute of Education. Seven exercises were conducted, including two institutional reviews, two validations, two revalidations and the monitoring of requirements placed on one degree programme which had been previously validated. As a result of its institutional review of the Open Learning Institute of Hong Kong, the Council was pleased to be able to recommend the institute be awarded self-accreditation, subject to the completion of a transition period of one year during which final arrangements for the transfer of full responsibility for academic accreditation could be made.
As the initiator of the International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education, the HKCAA had administered the Network since its inception in 1991. The Network had developed considerably with 80 member organisations from 38 countries, and it was considered time for others to play a leading role. Thus, in July 1995 the HKCAA passed on that responsibility to the New Zealand Universities Academic Audit Unit,
The Council values its strong links in the region and in October 1994 received a delegation from the State Education Commission of the People's Republic of China. Five more key liaison events with China occurred during the year in particular a Council delegation in June 1995 to Beijing to meet the State Education Commission and to visit institutions and discuss higher education and its evaluation. Furthermore, the HKCAA continued its work with the Chinese Society of Higher Education Evaluation to organise an international conference, to be held in Beijing on Quality Assurance and Evaluation in Higher Education.
The Council's role in the provision of advice and information on academic accreditation and the comparability of standards increased significantly during the year particularly in response to requests from various Government Branches and departments. For instance, during the year the HKCAA considered over 200 cases from the Civil Service Branch of which around 90% related to qualifications of prospective Government employees which were obtained in the PRC and Taiwan.