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April 8, 2016

Revised Internet Safety Unit Spec available

As Bobby had already advised in an earlier post, the Internet Safety Unit Specification has been undergoing a review in order to add clarity and update the content to reflect some of the contemporary threats to online users, such as cyberbullying and sextortion. I have just been advised that the revised Unit Specification for Internet Safety is now available on the SQA website. Some changes have been made to the mandatory content, but they only involve minor amendments to the wording of some Outcomes…

Categories: Computing

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April 7, 2016

HN developments

Now that Emma has joined the team, we are able to progress some developments that were put on hold. As previously mentioned, Helen is the Lead Officer (LO) for advanced qualifications (SCQF Levels 7-10) and Emma is the LO for non-advanced (SCQF Levels 3-6). Helen gave me an update this afternoon on how the following developments are progressing. HNC Computer Science/HNC Data Analysis HNC/D Computer Games Development HNC/D Information Technology HNC/D Interactive Media. Most of these developments are at the…

Categories: Development

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March 31, 2016

Learner guides for digital literacy

I attended the launch of SQA’s new learner guides for digital literacy yesterday, which was held in the Wheatley Group offices in Glasgow. Some time ago, SQA signed up to the Scottish Government’s Digital Participation Charter and, as part of that initiative, we pledged to produce a range of learner guides to cover basic skills in computing. The guides are now available. There are 19 guides in total, covering such things as applying for a job, buying a train ticket, and…

Categories: Digital literacy

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March 29, 2016

Future Trends event

I attended an event about future trends in technology at the Microsoft offices in Edinburgh last Thursday. It was an interesting day – and very useful for me to think about how well the current qualification portfolio matches what’s happening in the wider world. The event focussed on data security, mobility, data science and the cloud. There are qualifications in all of these areas such as the new NPA awards in Cyber Security (data security), the NPA in Mobile Technology (mobility),…

Categories: PCP, Trends

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March 18, 2016

Countdown to the Digital Learner Guides launch event

The launch event for the new Digital Learner Guides is being held on Wednesday 30th March, 11am – 1pm. There will be keynote speeches from Scottish Government and SCVO as well as input from learners who have benefitted from using the guides. Some of the people involved in producing the guides will also be in attendance; with plenty of opportunity to ask questions, network and participate in discussions, it should be an interesting event! There are still some places available…

Categories: Digital Skills

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