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May 12, 2016

Introduction – Aneta

Hello everyone As Bobby already advised in his previous post I recently joined the Computing team to cover Emma’s maternity leave. I joined SQA in April 2014 as part of the Logistic and Customer Engagement team and then moved to the NQ Biology and Human Biology team as a Qualifications Officer in May 2015. As I was solely dealing with National Qualifications and school sector I welcome the opportunity to work in and learn about vocational part of SQA qualifications.…

Categories: Computing

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May 11, 2016

Team changes

Regular readers of the blog will know that there have been team changes over the last few weeks. Emma replaced Caroline some time ago. Emma stopped for maternity leave on Friday and Aneta replaced her this morning. So the team comprises me, Helen and Aneta. Helen is the Lead Officer (LO) for advanced level awards (SCQF Level 7 and above) and Aneta replaces Emma to be the LO for non-advanced awards (SCQF Levels 6 and below). Or, to put it more simply,…

Categories: SQA

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May 10, 2016

Certify Scotland – Unlimited free MOS to SQA centres until 30 June 2016

Prodigy Learning and Microsoft are offering unlimited free MOS exams to SQA centres in Scotland this May and June to Certify Scotland! All SQA centres in Scotland are being offered the opportunity to register and deliver unlimited MOS exams for free (to registered students at their Centre) until June 30, 2016! As part of the campaign, Prodigy Learning is providing eligible SQA centres: • Free registration and setup as a Certiport Test Centre • Free unlimited GMetrix MOS Practice Tests…

Categories: Computing, PCP, Promotion & Marketing

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May 7, 2016

Old and new PC Passport

We’ve had a lot of enquiries about the new PC Passport. One of the most common questions is: can I still run the current award next year? The current award goes into lapsing in January next year (2017) and we will continue to accept entries for the “old” award until then. So if you have plans to offer the current version of PC Passport next year (session 2016/17) then there will be no problems — so long as you get your…

Categories: NPA, PCP

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May 6, 2016

Training opportunity for NQ Computing Science courses at Higher and Advanced Higher levels

As part of SQA’s Digital Media and IT Vendor Alliance (DIVA), our partner Oracle Academy is in a position to offer industry-relevant CPD online training courses to aid delivery of the new Computing Science qualifications. The courses cover Computing Science Information System Design and Development units at Higher and Advanced Higher (SCQF levels 6 and 7). This CPD activity is available from Oracle Academy free of charge but applicants will need to commit to: Java Fundamentals: 90 hours virtual study…

Categories: Computing, DIVA, Event, Vendor

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