Computing & Digital Blog

April 27, 2023

New NPA Digital Passport qualification available at SCQF levels 4, 5 and 6

We are pleased to advise that our new National Progression Awards titled ‘Digital Passport’ are now available. The development of these awards came about following a review of some of our existing digital qualifications and the feedback we received from practitioners. View our blog post on revisions to Digital qualifications. These are new qualifications. They do not replace the existing Digital Passport qualifications (GJ7W 44, GJ7X 45 and GJ7Y 46), which have recently been revised and are now titled ‘Digital…

Categories: Digital Skills, qualification development

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April 25, 2023

Digital qualifications portfolio revisions

Last year, we revised some of our National Progression Awards. These important changes are summarised in our changes table: Changes table – summary The previous versions of these qualifications will run in tandem with the new versions until July 2025. Therefore, it is very important to use the correct group award codes and unit codes when searching for qualifications, or, when referring to them in any communications to us. Please use the changes table to check the correct titles and…

Categories: Digital Skills

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April 24, 2023

NU Internet Safety (J5V4 44) – assessment now available on SOLAR

Last year, we revised the Internet Safety (H1F6 10) unit. The new version is titled Internet Safety (J5V4 44). We are pleased to let you know that a new SOLAR assessment is now available for this unit. The assessment covers the knowledge and practical skills of the unit’s three outcomes. The assessment is now live and can be accessed via the SOLAR platform. If you need to be set up to access SOLAR, please get in touch with the team…

Categories: Digital Skills

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April 6, 2023

NPA Esports

I’m pleased to let you know that the new National Progression Award (NPA) in Esports at SCQF Levels 4,5 and 6 is now operational. These are: NPA Esports at SCQF Level 4 (GV1H 44) NPA Esports at SCQF Level 5 (GV1H 45) NPA Esports at SCQF Level 6 (GV1H 46) We have also now published the Group Award Specification for this new NPA. As you will know from previous posts, the units for these qualifications went live in January this…

Categories: Computing

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March 28, 2023

Diploma updates

As you know from previous posts, the new Diploma in Digital Technology at SCQF Level 8 has replaced the existing level 8 diplomas in Data Analytics (GL30 48) and Information Security Professionals (GJ74 48). We are currently developing 3 new pathways for the Diploma in Digital Technology at SCQF Level 8, these are: Diploma in Digital Technology: Cloud Infrastructure Diploma in Digital Technology: IT Support Diploma in Digital Technology: Network Infrastructure The above pathways will replace our current level 8…