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September 16, 2013

Visiting centres

I received a request this morning from a college to visit the centre to discuss Computing awards. I was delighted to accept. I’ve mentioned previously that me and my team are available to visit your centre. I’ve enjoyed my previous visits. We’re happy to visit you to discuss qualification developments or help you deliver SQA awards, so please don’t hesitate to ask me or Caroline or Hilary. It’s not only good for you (I hope) but it’s good for us…

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September 9, 2013

SQA and social media

Qualifications Development staff within SQA take a day out each year to look at best practice, internally and externally, to ensure that each of the qualification teams are aware of these practices and consider applying them to their own work. I was invited to describe my team’s use of social media to communicate with centres. As many of you will know, we’ve been using these tools since 2004 and, over time, I think this blog and some of the other…

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September 7, 2013

HND Computer Science

The recently completed HN Review not only updated existing HNC and HND awards but also introduced a new qualification entitled HND Computer Science. Anecdotal evidence seems to point to this new award being very popular in centres (more so than I anticipated). We’re delighted to be the only awarding body in the UK with this unique HND. Initial feedback from centres has been positive but some people have commented that the contents of the award don’t quite match the title.…

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September 4, 2013

Introducing the new Nationals

This video, about the new school qualifications, was recently released on the SQA channel on Youtube. It’s an excellent introduction to the new qualifications. You can find more videos here.

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August 29, 2013

Sector Panel meeting

The Sector Panel for Computing & IT met today. The Panel meets once per year to provide advice and support to me and my team about strategic developments in the sector. There was an excellent attendance today, with 18 people attending, representing schools, colleges, universities, training providers, employers, IT vendors, and professional bodies. We have recently expanded the membership of the Panel to try to get more diverse views, and today’s meeting certainly achieved that goal. There was lively debate…

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