There was a good response to the request for members of the Qualification Development Team (QDT) for HNC Esports. The QDT has now been constituted and the work of developing the qualification is underway. QDTs play a vital role in qualification development in Scotland. They comprise representatives of schools, colleges, universities, training organisations, national organisations and employers, and are responsible for designing the qualification and developing its contents. This qualification is part of SQA’s Next Gen initiative so, once developed,…

My apologies for the lack of information about this development. It’s been a while since I shared information about it. I had hoped to have the refreshed qualification available to centres for the start of this term (August) but a number of factors prevented that. As previously stated, the structure of the qualification is unchanged. But some of the units (including the mandatory units) have been revised. These are: Data Science (Levels 4, 5, 6) Data Citizenship (Levels 4, 5,…