I recently gave you early notice about a forthcoming event to introduce new support materials for NPA Cyber Security. I can now confirm that the event will take place on Tuesday, 19 June at Royal College in Glasgow. You can book a place at the event here. It’s first-come-first-served so please book your place soon if you’re interested in attending. Attendees will receive paper copies of all of the materials (sent after the event) and some of the writing team…
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May 30, 2018 - sqablogs -
As previously blogged, the PC Passport workbooks have been added to the SQA website. Additional supplementary materials will be added in the coming weeks containing worked examples and sample answers.
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May 29, 2018 - sqablogs -
Last week I had the opportunity of attending the Women in STEM Conference 2018, which took place in London. It was a big event, with over 150 attendees (disappointingly, only a handful of male representatives) from a range of sectors, including education and industry. It was a very full day, with 12 speakers who gave interesting insights into the different approaches and initiatives being implemented across the country in order to attract more young females into STEM careers. Some of…
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May 23, 2018 - sqablogs -
I’m currently organising the QST (Qualifications Support Team) meeting for late June 2018 in Glasgow (date and venue TBC). The QST meets once a year to discuss and support any improvements to the HN/NC group awards within the Computing/IT portfolio. The members of the QST are from colleges, schools and training providers and are a great way to let SQA know what support materials are needed to help centres deliver these awards. This is a voluntary position but travel expenses to…
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As regular readers will know, we’ve been developing teaching, learning and assessment material to support the NPA Cyber Security for some time. We recently completed draft versions of the materials and we’re currently piloting this material in 20 centres across Scotland. Once the pilot is complete, we will finalise the material and have a formal launch event on Tuesday, 19 June in Glasgow. The aim of the event is to let you see what’s available to help you deliver the…
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May 22, 2018 - sqablogs -
New Learning & Teaching Materials for the NPA PC Passport (SCQF Levels 4, 5 & 6) have been published on the SQA website. The Workbooks for Presentations, Spreadsheets and Word Processing can be found under the Qualification content and delivery tools tab, towards the bottom of the subject page. Each Workbook takes an integrated approach to learning and teaching. If you require any further information or have any questions, please contact me.
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The validation event for the new HNC Cyber Security was held on Friday in the Grand Central Hotel in Glasgow. The event was the culmination of a year of intense work to produce a new qualification in this important field. The purpose of validation is to scrutinise a new qualification by a panel of independent experts. The panel consisted of representatives of industry, education and SQA. The event went well. The proposed qualification was validated with a few conditions and…
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May 16, 2018 - sqablogs -
A quick update from the previous blog post about the NPAs Computer Games Development (SCQF Levels 4, 5 & 6): The Group Award has now been validated along with the units. I’m currently in the process of operationalising it (unit coding, subject page, etc.) and it will be available to Centres within the next few weeks. The current award will finish on the 1st of August 2020. If you have any queries at all about this Award, please contact me.
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May 15, 2018 - sqablogs -
The framework of the HNC/D Digital Design and Web Development ( GL7Y 15 and GL80 16) has now been updated to include four optional units: F8R6 34 Games Design Theory (1 HN Credit, SCQF level 7) HH3G 34 Games Design: Pitch a Treatment (1 HN Credit, SCQF level 7) F8R5 34 Games Development: Character Creation and Storytelling (1 HN Credit, SCQF level 7) F6BX 35 Narrative and Genre in Computer Games (2 HN Credits, SCQF level 8) The Group Award Specification for…
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The NC Computer Games Development was validated last Friday. For more information, please read the recent post on our blog regarding this validation event. We are now looking for volunteers to write the ASPs for the new/revised units. We will be developing ASPs for the following units: Code Unit title SCQF Level Credit value New/ Rev. Mand./ Opt. HY2F 45 Gameplay 5 6 Rev. M HY2D 45 Computer Games: Portfolio 5 6 New M HY2D 46 Computer Games: Portfolio 6 6…
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