Roles and Functions 

The objectives of JQRC are to operate within the limits of institutional autonomy, and act on behalf of the members to:

1.    provide for and implement a framework for peer review capable of assuring the quality of self-financing, sub-degree programmes of the continuing education units and other departments or colleges of the members;

2.    advise the members on the appropriate placement of these sub-degree programmes in the Qualifications Register to be drawn up by the Education and Manpower Bureau in Hong Kong;

3.    advise the members, as requested, on the standards of, and, if requested by a member of the Company, to validate, any self-financing programme which the member intends to offer; and

4.    assist the members to maintain and improve the quality of the provision of self-financing, sub-degree programmes through formative feedback and sharing of good practice.

The remit of JQRC covers the quality assurance processes for the self-financing sub-degree programmes offered by the continuing education units, community colleges, and other departments / divisions of the institutions proper.  JQRC does not perform an accrediting role but ensures that the internal quality assurance processes of the member institutions for self-financed sub-degree programmes are rigorous and are properly implemented.

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