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January 5, 2021

Welcome back

Me and the team would like to wish you a Happy New Year.  It goes without saying that we hope 2021 is better than 2020. I posted a review of 2020 at the end of last year. The highlights were the development of two new Professional Development Awards – one relating to cyber security and one relating to data science. We’re expecting 2021 to be busy. Computing is part of the “HN Next Gen” project, which aims to create new…

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December 24, 2020

Review of 2020

Twenty twenty has been quite a year, one none of us will forget. Me and the team have been working from home since March, which is likely to continue for the foreseeable future. Given the nature of our work, we adapted pretty quickly and, in terms of productivity, had a normal year. We commenced the year with the annual Computing Conference, which took place in February. One hundred and sixty people attended and, from the feedback, it was a great…

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December 18, 2020

CBQs – Further extension

Due to the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, SQA Accreditation has offered to provide a 6-month extension to all qualifications that had a lapsing date of up to 31st March 2021. Therefore, the following CBQs will be extended for another six months. Please see updated dates below: Code: GL2J 45  Title: Diploma in Digital Application Support at SCQF Level 5 End Accreditation Date (lapsing date): 30/09/2021 End Certification Date (finish date): 30/09/2024 Code: GL2K 46 Title: Diploma in Digital Application Support…

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December 18, 2020

NPA Computer Networks – Subject page live

As advised in a previous post, the revised NPA Computer Networks at SCQF level 5 was in the final stage of operationalisation. I am pleased to advise that the subject page for this award is now live. You will find all relevant information regarding this award on the subject page, such as the Group Award code (GR7X 45) and a link to the Group Award Specification. The qualification structure has remained the same in the revised NPA Computer Networks. You…

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December 10, 2020

HND Data Science

Further to my last update, I’m pleased to let you know that we will accelerate the development of HND Data Science so that it’s included in the first phase of HN-Next Gen. This means that two Computing qualifications will be available from August 2021. HNC Computing HND Data Science. The other HNDs (Computer Science, Networking & Infrastructure, and Software Development) will be developed in phase 2, for availability in August 2022. These new qualifications will be different from existing Higher…

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