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ICT for Librarians

January 11, 2005 - Bobby - 0

I met with Rhona Arthur of SLIC this morning to discuss a new IT qualification aimed at librarians. Rhona has received funding from the Big Lottery Fund to improve the IT skills of UK librarians – and she wants SQA to provide a qualification. It’s early days but at this stage the goal is to produce an Advanced Diploma (maybe called Advanced Diploma in ICT for Librarians). Ted Hastings will lead the Qualification Design Team. This is an exciting project…

Welcome to June

January 10, 2005 - Bobby - 1

June McCamlie joined the SQA Computing team today. She was seconded from South Lanarkshire College where she was a Lecturer in Computing. Her initial appointment lasts until 31 March. June will assist with a variety of tasks – but especially the HND Computing review.

Candidate portfolios for IT User SVQs

January 6, 2005 - Bobby - 0

The SQA website has been updated to include the candidate portfolios for each of the units in the SVQs for IT Users.

E-Qualifications update letter

January 6, 2005 - Bobby - 0

A letter has been sent to centres today that provides important information relating to the new suite of E-Qualification awards. This letter should arrive in centres early next week. Please note that the letter includes details about a forthcoming launch event which will take place on 18 March at the Stirling Highland Hotel. We are currently accepting online registrations for this event.

Back at the office today

January 5, 2005 - Bobby - 0

Most SQA staff returned from annual leave today. We’re looking forward to the coming year. I’m hoping that the focus this year is supporting the introduction of new qualifications – rather than creating lots of new ones. The team has managed and supported the development of 25 new qualifications in the last 18 months – so it’s time to consolidate. The main tasks facing the team include: validating the revised HND Computing producing support materials for the new HND Computing…

HN Computing update letter

December 21, 2004 - Bobby - 0

I sent an update letter to centres today (it will be dispatched to centres on 6 January). The letter includes details about assessment exemplars, an update on the HND review and the final version of the credit transfer table. Most of the SQA team are about to stop for their Christmas holidays (SQA stops on Thursday but some staff are taking annual leave or TOIL before then). We return on 5 January. Have a good holiday.

Introduction

December 13, 2004 - Bobby - 1

My name is Caroline Douglas and I would like to take this opportunity to both introduce myself and also inform you that I will be taking over the role of Qualifications Officer within SQA for the area of Computing and IT from 5th January 2005. I look forward to working with you in the New Year.

Updated E-Qualifications FAQ

December 8, 2004 - Bobby - 0

I updated the E-Qualifications FAQ last night. It now includes the latest information relating to this new suite of awards, including a full list of group award and unit numbers.

HND Computing review

December 2, 2004 - Bobby - 0

I’ve updated the HND Computing blog today to include information on credit transfer. The blog is an experiment. Blogs seem well suited to curriculum development since they provide a chronological sequence of events – but the number of hits on this site has been disappointing so far. Time will tell if it’s worthwhile to spend time on similar blogs in future.

Sector Panels

November 23, 2004 - Bobby - 0

I attended a meeting last week about Sector Panels. SQA is looking at the possibility of creating Sector Panels to provide advice and support to Qualifications Managers. The Panels would advise QMs about external trends and also identify priorities for development. The QM would then decide if these developments were feasible and, if so, ask the Qualifications Support Teams to assist him to produce the required awards. New Panels will be created in four subject areas – and Computing is…