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November 9, 2017

Digi:Know event

The SQA digital volunteers recently participated in a Digi:Know event held in partnership with Thenue Housing Association Smart Communities team. The event took place at the Scottish Veterans Centre in Cranhill and was basically a flexibly planned drop-in event where participants were paired up with a digital volunteer for help and support to improve their digital skills. 11 digital volunteers from SQA took part in the event and between us we delivered around 18 hours of training and support. It was a…

Categories: Digital Skills

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November 4, 2017

NC/NPA Computer Games Development meeting with Leads

Emma and I met with the two Lead Developers for the review of NC Computer Games Development and NPA Computer Games Development. One of the leads (for the NC) is an experienced college lecturer and the other (for the NPA) is an experienced school teacher. The QDT met last month and today’s meeting was to ensure that the leads were clear about their roles. As previously noted, the NPA is not going to change structurally (at all). But we will…

Categories: Computing

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October 30, 2017

Professional Development Award in Cyber Security

As part of the HNC Cyber Security development, we will also create a new suite of Professional Development Awards (PDAs) in Cyber Security. PDAs are like NPAs – but higher level. They have flexible design rules (for example, they can consist of anything from two credits to 12 credits) and are intended for people in employment who want to update their professional skills. We plan to create three new qualifications: PDA Cyber Security at SCQF Level 7 PDA Cyber Security…

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October 27, 2017

Development planning

I recently updated the portfolio diagram, which illustrates the range of vocational qualifications available to schools, colleges and training centres. You can download it here. I know that many schools (and some colleges) do their curriculum planning for next year around this time, so it seems like a good time to remind you of the choices available to centres. Schools may be particularly interested in Cyber Security (SCQF Levels 4, 5 and 6), Digital Passport (SCQF Levels 4, 5 and…

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October 27, 2017

NPA Digital Media units are now available

I received notification this morning that the revised units that are part of the refreshed NPA Digital Media have now been published. Six revised units are available for download. HW4W 44 Digital Media: Audio (SCQF Level 4) HW4W 45 Digital Media: Audio (SCQF Level 5) HW4Y 44 Digital Media: Moving Images (SCQF Level 4) HW4Y 45 Digital Media: Moving Images (SCQF Level 5) HW4X 44 Digital Media: Still Images (SCQF Level 4) HW4X 45 Digital Media: Still Images (SCQF Level…

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