We will discuss the capabilities and limitations of current popular AI tools such as ChatGPT. Our goal is to explore what machine intelligence might look like, how far along we are, and what threats it may pose in the future. We will survey current uses of AI and ML in production environments as a baseline for informed forecasting.
CHEC Higher Education Leadership Development (HELD) is planning a series of Critical Conversations and Masterclasses to assist our universities in emerging key point. We would like your feedback on themes to guide future topics for the forthcoming 2023 series of CHEC Critical Conversations and Masterclasses. It will take around 10 minutes to complete.
You are invited to join us at STIAS for the first face to face closing ceremony of the CHEC capacity development programmes. If you are unable to join physically, a zoom link will be shared as well. Let’s get together and share our experiences.
Read the latest news from CHEC, including the appointment of our new CEO, Prof T Eugene Cloete and insights into our projects.
The Creating the Leading-Edge Programme (CLE) has been developed by and for the universities in the Western Cape and is presented under the auspices of the Cape Higher Education Consortium (CHEC). The purpose of the CLE is: “To build and develop human capacity to create a thriving and supportive HE workspace.”
The CHEC 2010 Working Group's Report on CHEC coordinated activities in relation to the 2010 FIFA World Cup describes the involvement of the CHEC member universities in this event.
CHEC has sent a letter supporting Cape Town's bid to become the World Design Capital in 2014. In addition, the four universities have collected information about qualifications / programmes as well as Centres and Institutes that contribute to making Cape Town a "design city", i.e. a city that uses design to develop solutions that make an impact in addressing socio-economic challenges.
The Board of the Cape Higher Education Consortium (CHEC), at its meeting on 28 October 2010, added its voice to the growing call from a wide range of organisations for the withdrawal of the Protection of Information Bill.
The programme for this event to be held at the Sports Science Institute includes three international speakers: Professor Geoff Scott, the Pro Vice-Chancellor (Quality) at the University of Western Sydney, A/Professor Simon Barrie, the Director of the Institute for Teaching and Learning at the University of Sydney, and Dr Caryn Musil, the Senior Vice President at the Association of American Colleges and Universities who oversees the Office of Diversity, Equity and Global Initiatives.
