Computing & Digital Blog

December 2, 2016

HNC/D Computer Games Development is now validated

I was delighted to discover this morning that the conditions and recommendations imposed by the Validation Panel at the recent validation event have now been addressed and the award is now validated. That was great news. The development started in May last year, so it’s taken a while but I think that the final form of the qualification looks great. The QDT has made several improvements to the existing qualification – including a new approach to mathematics – and generally…

Categories: Development

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December 2, 2016

Diploma in Digital Application Support at SCQF Level 6

A new guidance document regarding evidence required has now been published at http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/76674.html, under the heading Information about delivery, assessment, quality assurance and support material Its called Guidance for Design Software and Imaging Software units and has been created to show where evidence can be generated for Design Software units and Imaging Software units.

Categories: Computing

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November 18, 2016

A Digital Strategy for Scotland – 2017 and beyond

Earlier this month Scottish Government Ministers confirmed their intention to refresh Scotland’s current Digital Strategy, published in 2011, which describes actions to enhance digital connectivity, increase economic growth and activity by growing the digital economy, promote digital participation and develop digital public services. It is anticipated this refreshed strategy will set out a range of ambitions and actions to ensure that Scotland has a clear vision of its place in the modern, digital world, and they are looking for citizens…

Categories: Digital Participation, Digital Skills

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November 17, 2016

Scottish Cyber Awards

I attended the inaugural Scottish Cyber Award ceremony last night, which was held in the Waldorf Hotel in Edinburgh. SQA sponsored the Education Prize and I was there to award it. It was an enjoyable evening, with prizes awarded to lots of Scottish companies and organisations for their outstanding achievements. The keynote speech was given by the Cabinet Secretary for Finance, Derek MacKay, who emphasised the vital important of cyber security and cyber resilience for Scotland. I was delighted to award…

Categories: Cyber Security

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November 12, 2016

Cyber Resilience Learning Network

The Scottish Government has created a National Leadership Group (NLG) on cyber security and part of that Group’s remit was to form sub-groups dedicated to specific aspects of cyber security. I was invited to the Cyber Resilience Learning Network (CRLN). The committee met for the first time on Friday in the Scottish Government offices in Glasgow. The sub-group’s remit is essentially to explore ways of improving cyber resilience (which is about education and behaviours more than systems and processes) among…