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January 6, 2020

Happy New Year from the team

Happy New Year to everyone. We hope that you had a nice holiday. This year is shaping up to be a busy year. In February, we’re holding the 2020 Computing Conference in Stirling, which will be a much bigger event than usual. We’re hoping that up to 200 teachers attend. We’re also providing hands-on training for teachers of cyber security that month at various locations throughout Scotland. We’re expecting NPA Data Science to be offered by a lot of centres…

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December 23, 2019

Happy Christmas from the team

We stop today and return on Monday, 6 January. The team would like to wish you a Merry Christmas. We’ve had a busy year. Helen and Emma returned from maternity leave this year, returning the team to normal after Claudia, Caitlin and Lorraine provided cover. Caitlin and Lorraine found permanent positions within SQA and Claudia became a teacher. The annual Computing Conference took place in February. The early part of the year saw us working on HND Cyber Security and…

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December 20, 2019

Unit writers and vetters for PDA Cyber Security

We have made good progress in PDA Cyber Security and now we are looking for unit writers and vetters for the following units: Software Security Level 7 Application Security Level 7 Threat Analysis Level 8 Cyber Security Controls Level 8 Intrusion Detection, Analysis and response Level 8 Cyber Security Risk Management Level 9 Cyber Security Resilience Level 9 The unit outlines that provide info about the key knowledge and skills required are available on request. If you are interested, please…

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December 11, 2019

Computing Conference 2020

A few months ago, I mentioned changes to the annual Computing Conference. Next year’s conference is going to be bigger than normal and will include a wider range of subjects, and a different format. The event will take place on Wednesday, 5 February, 2020, at Stirling Court Hotel (part of the University of Stirling campus). We’re hoping that around 200 people will attend. The 2020 Computing Conference is aimed at teachers and lecturers, and will focus on a wide range of…

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December 11, 2019

Alternative assessments for NPA Cyber Security

Centres should have all received a set of the enhanced learning and teaching materials for the NPAs in Cyber Security. As stated in a previous post, we are also producing alternative assessments for this award. The assessments will follow a portfolio approach and will be based around tasks and activities that have been produced as learning and teaching materials for these NPAs. Therefore, learners will be able to generate evidence in the classroom and use it for assessment purposes. The…

Categories: Assessment, Computing, Cyber Security, NPA, Resources

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