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October 8, 2018

Sector Panel meeting (2018)

The Sector Panel for Computing met on Friday in Glasgow. The Panel is one of the ways that me and my team get feedback from stakeholders. It’s been around for a (very) long time — going back to the 1990’s, when I was a college representative on it. The Sector Panel’s main role is to provide strategic advice to SQA about what’s going on externally and what we should be doing in response. There are 27 members representing employers, universities,…

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October 4, 2018

CPD events in cyber security for college lecturers

I previously mentioned that the Digital Skills Partnership (DSP) planned to provide CPD to college lecturers who want to know more about cyber security in general and the new HNC Cyber Security qualification in particular. I’ve now received more information about these events. 14 November at Edinburgh College: Introduction to Cyber Security presented by Bill Buchanan of Napier University and Federico Charosky of Quorum Cyber. You can book online here. 21 November at Glasgow Clyde College: Introduction to Cyber Security…

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September 28, 2018

Caitlin Introduction

Hi all, Firstly I’d like to introduce myself, I’m Caitlin Boyle a recent Business Graduate. I previously completed a Management Graduate Programme within the private sector. As I am new to SQA, I’m on a steep learning curve, it may take me some time to get up to speed. Therefore, I appreciate your cooperation. I will be working alongside Bobby and Lorraine. Lorraine will be responsible for the non-advanced qualifications. I am taking over the following Advanced HN Qualifications; HNC…

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September 26, 2018

HND Cyber Security structure

The last time I posted about this development, I pointed out that the next milestone was to come up with a structure for the qualification. The Qualification Development Team met on Friday, in Glasgow, to discuss this. We produced a draft framework, which incorporates the existing HNC award and also includes new  units, such as Cyber Security Mathematics and Blockchain. We would be pleased to hear your views on the framework so either leave a comment below or add your…

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September 17, 2018

NPA Cyber Security support materials

As regular readers will know, we published the teaching and learning materials for NPA Cyber Security in late July. These have been well received in centres. But we’re now starting to receive enquiries from teachers about their use in the classroom, which is not something we can really help with. However, we have created a Yammer support group for teachers, where you can ask questions about the materials. You can find the group here. You will have to join SQA…

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