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Lead Person Network event

The Lead Person Network (LPN) event took place yesterday in the Radisson Hotel in Glasgow. This replaced the annual Heads of Computing event, which had been running for years previously (the one exception being last year). The event went well. It was the usual mix of updates, keynotes and networking. I was both MC and presenter at the event. My presentation summarised changes to qualifications. The keynote, from Andy Neagle of Microsoft, was particularly interesting, and the demonstration of virtual reality,…

Annual Computing update event

The annual update event takes place on Friday (10 March) at the Radison Hotel in Glasgow. The team will be there to provide updates on a wide range of qualifications and the agenda includes a keynote talk (from Microsoft) and a demonstration of virtual reality. There are still places available so please register online if you want to attend. It’s open to anyone with an interest in vocational education. Contact Helen if you want to know more or,simply, register directly.

HNC/D IT review unit writing training

The people who are writing units for the refreshed HNC/D IT (now called HNC/D Technologies in Business) met on Saturday for some training. The meeting was held in SQA’s Glasgow offices. Some of the writers were old hands and some were brand new. It looks like a good team. There’s always something to learn about unit writing (I’ve been involved in the writing of hundreds of units and I’m still learning). It was an interesting day with lots of useful…

HND Computer Science review

I’m pleased to let you know that we have started the review of HND Computer Science. John Sutherland (formerly of Abertay University) is carrying out a scoping exercise to find out what (roughly) needs to be done to the existing award. Me and Helen met with John yesterday to outline the tasks involved. John has several questions to answer including: What should be included in an HND in Computer Science? What do universities expect from students who progress to their degrees?…

SQA Academy

SQA Academy is the name of the online service that we use to deliver our online learning to SQA staff, appointees (such as markers) and learners. For example, the e-learning material to support Internet Safety is hosted there. We’re also in the process of moving our HN e-learning material to the Academy site. The Academy team is currently reviewing the service and carrying out some online research into user satisfaction with it. Please complete the survey to help us improve…