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November 21, 2014

Heads of Computing Annual Event 2015

In the recent HN Update letter to centres, you were informed that we were in the process of discussing plans for the forthcoming meeting of Heads of Computing. The annual event will take place on Friday 30th January 2015 at 1000 hours (Registration from 0930 hours) in the Stirling Highland Hotel, Spittal Street, Stirling FK8 1DU. The event will cover current and future curricular developments as well as a number of spotlight items of interest to the field. Places are…

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November 19, 2014

HNC/D Computer Games Development review has commenced

SQA was the first awarding body in the UK to offer qualifications in computer games when we introduced the HNC/D Computer Games Development in 2005. We revised that award in 2009, and it is now due to be reviewed again. I met with Gill Flockart, of Dundee & Angus College, this afternoon to discuss the possible changes required to the existing award. Gill is going to scope the likely changes. She will consult widely during the scoping process to discover…

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November 19, 2014

PC Passport and NPA Digital Literacy reviews

Both PC Passport and NPA Digital Literacy are being reviewed during the current year. In fact, PC Passport was meant to be reviewed last year but, instead, we forked the development to create Digital Passport. We now want to turn our attention back to PC Passport. I intend to organise two “pre-QDT” meetings to discuss how to take each of these developments forward. These meetings would be wide-ranging discussions on what, if any, changes need to be made to these…

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November 18, 2014

Lead person network now established

We’ve just about got a lead person for each new college. We have lead contacts for 17 of the 19 Scottish colleges, and we hope to have a “complete set” in the near future. I’ve created a private group for the lead people so that we can easily communicate and share information. This lead person network will not replace the usual channels of communications, such as this blog and my annual update letters, but it does provide me with a…

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November 14, 2014

NPA Digital Literacy

As you may know, this award is due to be reviewed this year. The current award was introduced in 2007. I plan to convene a meeting of centres, with an interest in this award, in the coming weeks to decide the best way to progress this development. There are a number of options including leaving it as it is (but updating its contents) and bringing it into the Digital Passport family of awards. Please contact Liz if you are interested…

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