As you may know may, the “subject team” within SQA comprises me, Emma and Helen. We are collectively responsible for developing and maintaining vocational Computing qualifications such as NPA Cyber Security and HNC Computing. We’re easily contactable — either by email or instant messaging. Other subject teams are responsible for National Qualifications (such as Higher Computing Science) and digital qualifications (such as PC Passport). Of course, we can’t do our job without you. We need practitioners to help us develop…

The validation event for HNC Esports took place on Tuesday afternoon. The purpose of the event is for a panel of independent experts to review the proposed qualification. The panel consisted of representatives of colleges, universities, employers, national organisations and SQA. It was convened by a retired HMI. The Qualification Development Team (QDT) was represented by myself, the lead developer and the lead officer. It was a good constructive meeting, with the focus on quality improvement. A few issues arose including…

Further to my post in April, I am pleased to advise that the outstanding assessments for the NPA Computing Technologies have now been released. Therefore, there are assessments on SOLAR for all the units listed below: J8DW 44 – Computing Foundations J8DY 44 – Computing Project J8DW 45 – Computing Foundations J8DY 45 – Computing Project J8DW 46 – Computing Foundations J8DY 46 – Computing Project A list of all available assessments can also be viewed on the Solar website. In…