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January 14, 2015

PC Passport review

We are now proceeding with the review of PC Passport. This was “parked” to permit the team to focus on Digital Passport but we’re now in a position to get on with this review. To that end, we’ve arranged a meeting on Saturday, 24 January in Stirling to discuss the nature of the changes required. It’s not too late to get involved. We’re particularly looking for representatives of the school and training sectors. Please contact Helen if you want to…

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January 13, 2015

Heads of Computing event

The annual event for Heads of Computing in Scottish colleges is taking place on Friday, 30 January in the Stirling Highland Hotel. The agenda has now been finalised and includes some interesting talks from a range of experts. The event will also update you on some important developments such as the review of HNC/D Interactive Media and NPA PC Passport. It’s usually an interesting and informative day so I hope that you can join me and my team. You can…

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January 12, 2015

Digital Passport and PC Passport update

We are piloting a new qualification this year called Digital Passport. It’s a National Progression Award (NPA), available at SCQF Levels 4, 5 and 6. A small number of centres (including schools, colleges and training centres) are offering the award this year to try out the contents and support materials. We are receiving a lot of enquiries about the award from centres that plan to introduce it next year (session 2015/16). They typically want to know more about the award…

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January 6, 2015

Product Marketing

I met with Karen MacGregor this afternoon. Karen is the new Product Marketing Manager (PMM) with special responsibility for Computing. PMMs are responsible for developing business cases for new (or revised) qualifications. They take suggestions from the ideas capture form right through the a completed business case, after which me and my team take over. Please contact Karen if you have any suggestions or ideas about new awards. I’ve updated my organisation chart to include Karen.

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