November 19, 2004 - Bobby -
IMGP0969 Originally uploaded by bobbyelliott. Joe Wilson and I went with a group of Scottish lecturers to Doncaster today to discuss games software. There were representatives of Cardonald College, Stow College, Fife College, Telford College and Motherwell College. We visited Doncaster College and Sheffield Hallam University. Doncaster College has recently invested in state-of-the-art hardware and software to permit the college to offer games development courses and Sheffield Hallam offer degree and post-graduate qualification in games development. It was a fascinating…
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November 16, 2004 - Bobby -
The units within the E-Qualifications suite of awards were uploaded to the SQA website this morning. You can find them via the HN search facility. We’ll also upload them to the E-Qualifications e-group later this week. The availability of the unit specifications means that the awards are now fully developed. The group awards have been available to centres for a couple of weeks. The full Arrangements can be downloded here. We’re still working on an approval procedure for these new…
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November 13, 2004 - Bobby -
Computing Moderators – Nov 2004 Originally uploaded by bobbyelliott. The moderators responsible for HN and SVQ qualifications met this morning. Unlike the previous moderators meeting, this one was subject specific. The meeting was led by Hugh McDiamid, the full-time Computing moderator. The purpose of the meeting was to update moderators on the developments relating to HN and SVQ awards – and there have been lots. We discussed the new HNC Computing award, the current HND Computing revision, links with vendor…
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November 11, 2004 - Bobby -
The final version of the E-Qualifications Arrangements were uploaded to the E-Qualifications e-group today.
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November 11, 2004 - Bobby -
Armenian delegation Originally uploaded by bobbyelliott. A delegation of from Armenia visited SQA this week to look at the Scottish qualification system. This morning I gave a presentation on PC Passport. They seemed genuinely interested (the translator asked how she can take PC Passport!) and they are considering offering PC Passport in Armenian schools and colleges.
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November 8, 2004 - Bobby -
I sent an update letter to centres last week. I send a general letter once every year which covers a wide range of developments and issues relating to Computing and Information Technology This one contains important information about run-out periods (for the HNC/D Computing), news about the HND Computing review, information about the recently validated HN awards in Networking, Multimedia and IT, and news about proposed Professional Development Awards. The letter also contains details about a forthcoming consultation event for…
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November 1, 2004 - Bobby -
Awarding Bodies defining evidence Originally uploaded by bobbyelliott. A number of UK awarding bodies met on Saturday to agree common evidence requirements for the new S/NVQs for Practitioners. The meeting took place in Birmingham. Participants included OCR, EdExcel and SQA. Although some work still needs to be done, the outcome will be that most UK awarding bodies will have common requirements with respect to the amount and type of assessment material expected from candidates.
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October 28, 2004 - Bobby -
We’re planning a launch event for the new SVQs. A small “event committee” met this afternoon to take this forward. Members include people from Marketing, Custom Relations, Qualifications staff and a representative from Scottish Enterprise. We intend to hold an event in February to launch the new SVQs for both IT User and IT Practitioner. Jack Robertson (who developed the IT User awards) and John Coleman (who developed the IT Practitioner awards) will play a major role on the day…
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October 26, 2004 - Bobby -
I met with Jane Richardson and Orla Nichorcora of Oracle yesterday afternoon. We have recently compared SQA and Oracle curricula to try to identify common areas. I commissioned a couple of consultants to map the Oracle Academy programme with Higher Information Systems and HND Computer Networking. We discovered that the Academy programme covers one unit within the Higher course and two units within the HND award. I plan to create a document which will describe the credit transfer arrangements between…
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October 25, 2004 - Bobby -
A sub-group of the validation panel met on Friday to check if their conditions and recommendations had been addressed. I got great news this morning – they had! So the qualifications are now validated and the following awards are now approved: Diploma in E-Learning Production Diploma in E-Assessment Advanced Diploma in E-Learning. It will take a week or two to put the awards (and the units) on our system but you should be able to offer these awards in the…
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