I closed the centre satisfaction survey this morning. It’s been open for 10 weeks. There were only 15 responses so it’s hard to place too much faith in the results. Overall, the results were good. In spite of the use of electronic communications, my annual update letters are still popular with centres (65% of respondents read them); unlike Twitter, which remains the least popular means of communication (7%). Not only were the update letter read – they were liked too…

Last year, as additional support for the new HNC Computing award, we produced e-materials for the following mandatory units: Professionalism and Ethics in Computing Developing Software: Introduction Computer System Fundamentals Troubleshooting Computing Problems Team Working in Computing This year we have managed to secure additional budget to produce e-materials for a further four units.  We have chosen to cover a single mandatory unit in each of the four new HND Computing awards (Software Development, Technical Support, Networking and Computer Science).…