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August 26, 2016

HNC/D Interactive Media is validated

I’m delighted to tell you that the revised HNC/D Interactive Media is now validated. The conditions, which were imposed at the recent validation event, have now been lifted and the revised awards are now approved (as of yesterday). The revised qualifications have new titles, which are: HNC Digital Design & Web Development (which replaces HNC Interactive Media) HND Digital Design & Development (which replaces HND Interactive Media) HND Web Development (which replaces HND Interactive Media). As you can see, there are…

Categories: Development

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August 19, 2016

Update on PC Passport

As some of you are already aware, the revised NPA in PC Passport was validated in April, and is now available to centres. You can find all relevant information for this qualification on a subject page on our website and in the FAQ. The FAQ contains useful links to the Group Award Specification and unit specifications. This qualification is supported with the Assessment Support Packs (ASPs). The following packs have been developed and are available on SQA Secure website: SCQF level 4:…

Categories: Computing, NPA, PCP, Qualifications

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August 16, 2016

Getting the latest units and frameworks

We get a lot of queries around this time of year about what units have changed over the last 12 months. We appreciate why you ask — it’s vital that you teach the right thing. Our advice is simple: download the latest version of every unit that you’re about to teach. You can download unit specifications on the SQA website — here for non-advanced and here for advanced. Simply search for each unit that you’re teaching and download the resulting PDF. That’s the…

Categories: Computing

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August 15, 2016

Welcome back

Welcome back to Scottish teachers and lecturers. I know many of you return to work today. I hope that you had a good holiday. A lot has went on over the Summer. A new NPA in Software Development is now available. The new HNC/D Digital Design & Web Development (aka HNC/D Interactive Media) is almost ready. We’ve been working with Police Scotland on a refreshed Internet Safety Award. The ASPs for PC Passport are almost complete (update to follow). A Quality Network…

Categories: SQA

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August 11, 2016

Learning Guides – on social media

Since their launch in March, the Digital Learning Guides have been used by a number of organisations who are helping to ensure that they reach the right people. Charities, housing associations, local authorities, supportive companies – all are using and sharing the guides amongst their customers, staff, volunteers and service users. One of the more recent companies to recognise and use the guides is an online organisation called UCanDoIt; they are a UK-wide resource-sharing charity who have added the Learning Guides to their catalogue…

Categories: Digital Skills

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