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December 7, 2017

Diplomas in IT & Telecoms Professionals

I’m a member of a working group that is looking at replacement qualifications for the existing Diploma in IT & Telecoms Professionals, which exists at SCQF Levels 5, 6 and 8. The group met this morning to look at the replacement qualifications. Tech Partnership is proposing to replace these qualifications with three new awards: Diploma in IT Infrastructure Diploma in IT Solution Development Diploma in Digital Telecoms. These will be available at SCQF Levels 6 and 8 — so there…

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December 6, 2017

Group Award codes: Dig. Media and Web Design

The revised NPAs in Digital Media (SCQF Levels 4 and 5) and Web Design (SCQF Level 5) have now been coded and are available to centres. The awards were validated in November, without conditions, which reflects the hard work that went into this revision. The new codes are: GN59 44 – Digital Media (SCQF Level 4) GN58 45 – Digital Media (SCQF Level 5) GN57 45 – Web Design (SCQF Level 5) These awards will replace Digital Media Basics (G9FD 44), Digital Media…

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November 28, 2017

HN design and assessment

I attended a meeting yesterday afternoon about possible changes to Higher National Qualifications (HNQs). SQA has been considering ways of reducing assessment within HNQs for some time and the purpose of yesterday’s meeting was to consult with internal staff about some of the possible changes. People, generally, liked the HN unit specification so that’s unlikely to change. But there may be ways of encouraging more holistic assessment. The Graded Unit specification appears to have more issues so this may be…

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November 22, 2017

HNC Cyber Security unit writing

We are looking for volunteers to write and vet the following units as part of the HNC Cyber Security development. No. Unit title SCQF Level New/ Rev.   Mand./ Opt. 1 Data Security 7 New M 2 Computer Programming 7 New M 3 Penetration Testing 7 New O 4 Internet of Things 7 New O 5 Scripting for Security 7 New O 6 Securing networking devices 7 New O 7 Social Engineering 7 New O 8 Digital Forensic Case Studies…

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November 22, 2017

HNC Cyber Security qualification survey

As part of the qualification development process, SQA seeks feedback on qualifications as they are being developed. This questionnaire relates to the development of HNC Cyber Security. Your feedback will be used by the Qualification Development Team (QDT) to refine the qualification. The Group Award Specification (GAS) provides information about the proposed qualification. It would be beneficial for you to have this available before answering the questions. However, you will be able to answer most of the questions without this…

Categories: Computing, Cyber Security, HN

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