TY - JOUR AU - Favish, Judy PY - 2016/01/10 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Introduction to SAAIR Articles JF - South African Journal of Higher Education JA - SAJHE VL - 27 IS - 2 SE - Editorial DO - 10.20853/27-2-244 UR - https://www.journals.ac.za/sajhe/article/view/244 SP - AB - The theme for the 2011 forum of the Southern African Association of Institutional Research (SAAIR) was Enhancement . It was designed to provide opportunities for critical self-reflection to institutional researchers, planners, quality assurance professionals and other administrators, as well as academics, on how evidence-based practices can be used to improve the quality of teaching practices and graduate attributes. Papers reporting on: • strategic issues related to enhancement, • evidence-based innovations, • the use of information to promote reflective and responsive practices, • new ways of approaching operational tasks, • investigations or evaluations of interventions at UG or PG levels, • the use of IR/QA/planning to improve the quality of the student experience, and • conceptual papers exploring the relationship between institutional research and quality were specifically invited. ER -