The Digital Skills Partnership is running a CPD event to support lecturers with the delivery of the new HND in Cyber Security, on Wednesday 22nd May from 13:00 – 17:00 at the City of Glasgow College, 190 Cathedral St, Glasgow G4 0RF. This event will cover: • A presentation on Scripting for Security, presented by Sean McIvor, Incident Responder from Morgan Stanley. Sean will talk about the types of devices used in security scripting; scripting languages used and the ways…
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The validation of HND Cyber Security took place on Friday. I’m pleased to let you know that it went well. It was the same panel that validated the HNC (with the addition of a university representative) to ensure continuity from HNC to HND. The Qualification Development Team was represented by the Lead Developer (Joe Harkins of West College Scotland) along with me and Caitlin. The panel was fair and thorough. The outcome was that we have to address three conditions…
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The validation event for the new NPA in Data Science takes place on Thursday, 16 May. The qualification is the first of its kind. It’s an exciting prospect to teach data science and Machine Learning as part of the school curriculum. The purpose of a validation event is for a group of independent experts (the validation panel) to scrutinise the proposed qualification. The panel considers the aims of the award, its structure and how it’s assessed (among other things). The…
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The Qualification Support Team (QST) for Computing met yesterday in Glasgow. There was a very good turnout of members. The purpose of the QST, as the name suggests, is to support the current portfolio of qualifications. An important role for members is to consider proposed changes to qualifications, which are suggested by centres. But it also considers, and recommends, new support materials for qualifications, and monitors uptake and quality issues. The members are drawn from schools, colleges and training centres,…
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As many of you will be aware, we are at the final stage of developing the NPA Data Science, which will be available for delivery from August 2019. As part of the development process, SQA seeks feedback on qualifications as they are being developed. Therefore, before we take the award to validation on 16 May, we would greatly appreciate your views on the qualification so far. The link below will take you directly to the questionnaire, where you will be…
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We are hoping to extend the lapsing date for the following qualifications for a further two years. Details will follow in due course. GJ75 46 Diploma for Information Security Professionals at SCQF levels 6 GJ74 48 Diploma for Information Security Professionals at SCQF levels 8
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The College Development Network held its first annual Cyber Security Conference yesterday, as part of Cyber Security Week. The Conference was opened by Kate Forbes, Minister for Public Finance & Digital Economy. It was gratifying to hear Kate make reference to the range of qualifications in cyber security available to learners in Scottish colleges and schools. She made explicit mention of the NPA and HNC awards, currently available to centres, and the forthcoming HND. I was invited to deliver a…
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As many of you will be aware, we are at the final stage of developing the HND Cyber Security, which will be available for delivery from August 2019. More information about this development can be found in our blog post here. As part of the development process, SQA seeks feedback on qualifications as they are being developed. Therefore, before we take the award to validation in May, we would greatly appreciate your views on the qualification so far. The link…
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Following on from the creation of HNC Cyber Security last year, we’ve been working on the HND, which was announced last July. The development is nearing its completion. The qualification structure has been agreed for some time and we’ve been busy writing the component units for the last few months. Most of these are finished now and you will start to see published versions of the units appear on the website in the next few weeks. The validation event for…
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The Digital Skills Partnership will be running events in May with a specific focus on cloud architecture and cloud services. These events are primarily aimed at early stage lecturers who want to make sure they have a working knowledge of how industry is deploying cloud. The DSP will also be running an event to support lecturers with the introduction of the HND in Cyber Security. Details of this event will be released in week commencing 8 April. More information about…
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