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September 9, 2015

NPA PC Passport – Consultation Survey

As you may already know from previous blog posts and the FAQ, the Qualification Design Team (QDT) for NPA PC Passport have been working on a review of the current awards. We are now at the stage of consultation and the survey is now live. You can access it here: NPA PC Passport Consultation The aim of this survey is to get feedback on the draft qualification. This feedback will be used to gauge satisfaction with the proposed changes. You do not have to…

Categories: Computing

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September 9, 2015

Caroline is moving on

I’m delighted to let you know that Caroline has got a promotion within SQA to a new role in the Assessment Development & Delivery team. She will be involved in supporting the development of the SOLAR system. Caroline will be sorely missed by me and the wider Computing community. She has been supporting Computing qualifications for over 10 years now, first as an administrator and then as a Qualifications Officer. I know that staff in centres think very highly of her.…

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September 8, 2015

NPA Digital Literacy – units are live

The two new units in this award have now been coded and available on the SQA website. H9PT 43 Digital Skills H9PV 43 Computer Applications Both Assessment Support Packs (ASPs) and SOLAR assessment will be produced for these two units. They will be ready around December this year. H3LJ 09 Computer basics is an existing unit. An ASP is already available on the SQA secure. SOLAR assessment will also be produced for this unit. All the units are at SCQF level…

Categories: Computing

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September 7, 2015

e-Learning Materials – HN Units

I thought it would be a good time to remind you that we have a batch of interactive formative e-learning materials for a number of HN units that support our HN Computing awards. You can access these materials at http://hnd-computing.com/ The materials cover the following HN units: Computer System Fundamentals Developing Software: Introduction Professionalism and Ethics in Computing Team Working in Computing Troubleshooting Computing Problems Data Communication and Network Technology Software Development: Data Structures Network Operating Systems Please feel free to share…

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September 7, 2015

Digital Academy

The University of Strathclyde created a new Digital Academy in March of this year. The Academy is a collaborative initiative by the University and a number of colleges, which aims to increase the number of job-ready graduates in Computer Science and related subjects. It follows on from the successful Engineering Academy initiative. Students will undertake the first year of their degree programme in college and then progress directly into second year of one of a number of degree courses including Computer Science,…

Categories: Articulation, Development, HN

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