I’ve been working on the Group Award Specifications and unit specifications for these courses in the last few days so this seems a good time to update you on how things are progressing. The first thing to tell you about is the title changes. Digital Media Basics (Level 4) and Digital Media Editing (Level 5) are now simply Digital Media (at Levels 4 and 5). We’ve also tidied (and simplified) the unit titles. We’ve done something similar with Web Design…

I was interviewed by David Noble of EduTalk recently and the show is now available online. David asked a wide range of questions about school and college qualifications and you might find the interview of interest. The questions were wide ranging and included the current areas of skills shortage, future trends in computer education, vocational qualifications in schools with some discussion about specific qualifications such as PC Passport. Forgive me speaking for most of the time. The focus was vocational (not…

There was a Quality Network (QN) meeting yesterday in Glasgow. The Quality Network event is organised by SQA for training providers who deliver SVQs and CBQs. The purpose of this annual event is to update training centres about recent developments and, more importantly, to provide an opportunity for them to share best practice. We stopped organising QN meetings a few years ago but the increasing interest in CBQs (largely as a result of the growing importance of Modern Apprenticeships) made…