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June 16, 2015

HNC/D Information Technology update

We met with Chris Deegan, of City of Glasgow College, this morning to discuss this development. Chris has been appointed Lead Developer for this project. A QDT has been created and has already met. We’ve agreed a working title for the revised award. We’re changing its name for HNC/D Information Technology to HNC/D Technologies in Business. The purpose of today’s meeting  was to discuss the role of the Lead Developer and the next steps that Chris has to carry out. Chris will…

Categories: Computing

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June 15, 2015

PC Passport review

I’ve been meaning to find the time to update you about PC Passport. This award has been under review since January, when the first QDT meeting took place. We’ve made a lot of progress since then. The qualification FAQ summarises the current state of the development. We’ve agreed a structure (at all three levels) and we are currently writing the units. They’re coming along well. We hope to validate the qualification late 2015 and have it available to centres from January…

Categories: Development, NPA, PCP, Vendor

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June 15, 2015

Grade Boundaries

As I said in my previous blog, we have now reached Grade Boundaries in the procedural process. The Grade Boundary is a vital part of the whole process where we set the C, A and upper A pass marks. This involves meeting the Principal Assessor and Principal Verifier, reading a large amount of statistics and other information, and then making a decision on what the pass mark will be. Once an agreement has been made we meet with the Qualifications…

Categories: Computing

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June 12, 2015

Digital Passport update

We’ve recently received a lot of enquiries about the NPA in Digital Passport. This qualification was devised last year and piloted during the current session. The pilot comes to an end this month. The award will be open to all centres from 1 August, when there will be a web page on the SQA website detailing the contents of the award and a list of resources to help you deliver it. It is auto approved for all Scottish schools and…

Categories: Computing

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June 11, 2015

Central verification of HNC examinations

The central verification for the HNC Computing Graded Unit (Examination) takes place today. The Senior External Verifier (David Drennan) and his team are in the building looking over hundreds of exam papers and scripts to ensure that they meet the national standard. I visited the team at lunchtime to see how things are going. They’re going well. David told me that the standards were good and that, so far, there were no serious issues. We had an interesting discussion about permitting…

Categories: Computing, Standards, Verification

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