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May 18, 2016

Yammer

I noticed, recently, that the SQA Computing network on Yammer has reached 100 members. After a slow start, this network is really beginning to take off. It was originally intended as another support channel to centres (in addition to Groupspaces) but it’s been re-purposed as a dedicated platform for qualification development. It’s well suited to this purpose, given its excellent discussion, collaboration, polling and document sharing facilities. In the last few weeks there have been high quality discussions about Graded Units and grading…

Categories: Yammer

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May 17, 2016

Qualification Support Team meeting

The Qualification Support Team (QST) for Computing met today. The QST is one of a number of external committees that advises SQA. The QST’s specific role is to advise how best to support qualifications. It also considers proposed changes to qualifications that are normally submitted by teachers and lecturers. The committee is made up of practising teachers and lecturers who are best placed to tell us what centres need from SQA. Today’s meeting was good. We discussed support materials, qualification changes,…

Categories: Qualifications, SQA

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May 13, 2016

External committees

I’ve been working on a diagram to show the various external and internal committees (and meetings) that the team use for advice and support. The main strategic influence is provided by the Sector Panel, which is made up of representatives of colleges, schools, universities, industry, national organisations and professional bodies. The Qualification Support Team (QST) advises us about the support that is needed by centres to help them deliver our awards. The Lead Person Network (LPN) consists of a representative of each college so…

Categories: SQA

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May 13, 2016

New report on digital skills

A new report, produced by the Edge Foundation, entitled The Digital Revolution [PDF], highlights the importance of digital skills to the UK economy. The report quotes Davos when it describes the current changes in society as the Fourth Industrial Revolution, which I previously mentioned. It points out the significant changes in employment that are about to occur in most advanced economies – particularly the decline in administrative and manufacturing jobs, and the increase in technical positions. The report makes eight…

Categories: Digital literacy

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May 12, 2016

HNC/D Interactive Media update

We’ve recently agreed the validation date for the revised HNC/D Interactive Media. The validation will take place on Tuesday, 7 June. We hope to have the revised awards available to centres from 1 August. We’re currently looking for members for the Validation Panel so please contact Helen if you’re interested (please note that anyone involved with the development is not eligible to serve on the Panel). This has been a big update. For one thing, the QDT is proposing title…

Categories: HN

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