{"id":3849,"date":"2021-09-14T11:24:33","date_gmt":"2021-09-14T10:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sqablogs.lndo.site\/computing\/?p=3849"},"modified":"2021-09-14T11:24:33","modified_gmt":"2021-09-14T10:24:33","slug":"vocational-diploma-extensions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing-digital\/vocational-diploma-extensions\/","title":{"rendered":"Vocational diploma extensions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As mentioned in a previous <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing-digital\/vocational-diploma-update\/\">post<\/a>, we were seeking extensions to the below diplomas. I am pleased to confirm that the extension request for these has now been approved. Please see the new lapse dates for the diplomas below:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Diploma in Digital Application Support at SCQF Level 5 (GL2J 45) \u2013 <strong>31\/12\/2023\u00a0<\/strong>(previously 30\/09\/2021)<\/li>\n<li>Diploma in Digital Application Support at SCQF Level 6 (GL2K 46) \u2013 <strong>31\/12\/2023\u00a0<\/strong>(previously 30\/09\/2021)<\/li>\n<li>Diploma for Information Technology and Telecommunications Professionals at SCQF Level 5 (GL2L 45) \u2013 <strong>30\/04\/2023\u00a0<\/strong>(previously 30\/09\/2021)<\/li>\n<li>Diploma for Information Technology and Telecommunications Professionals at SCQF Level 6 (GL2R 46) \u2013 <strong>30\/04\/2023\u00a0<\/strong>(previously 30\/09\/2021)<\/li>\n<li>Diploma for Information Technology and Telecommunications Professionals at SCQF Level 8 (GL2T 48) \u2013 <strong>30\/04\/2023\u00a0<\/strong>(previously 30\/09\/2021)<\/li>\n<li>Diploma for Information Security Professionals at SCQF Level 6 (GJ75 46) \u2013 <strong>30\/04\/2023\u00a0<\/strong>(previously 31\/01\/2022)<\/li>\n<li>Diploma for Information Security Professionals at SCQF Level 8 (GJ74 48) \u2013 <strong>30\/04\/2022\u00a0<\/strong>(previously 31\/01\/2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Work is still on-going by SDS and SQA to redevelop the qualification frameworks. We are currently working on the Level 8 Diploma in Digital Technology which will replace the existing Level 8 diplomas in information security and data analysis. We are expecting that the other diplomas will also be revised in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Please contact <a href=\"mailto:megan.sharkey@sqa.org.uk\">me<\/a> if you have any queries regarding this.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As mentioned in a previous post, we were seeking extensions to the below diplomas. I am pleased to confirm that the extension request for these has now been approved. Please see the new lapse dates for the diplomas below: Diploma in Digital Application Support at SCQF Level 5 (GL2J 45) \u2013 31\/12\/2023\u00a0(previously 30\/09\/2021) Diploma in Digital Application Support at SCQF Level 6 (GL2K 46) \u2013 31\/12\/2023\u00a0(previously 30\/09\/2021) Diploma for Information Technology and Telecommunications Professionals at SCQF Level 5 (GL2L 45)&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post","format-standard","category-computing-posts"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing-digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing-digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing-digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing-digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing-digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3849"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing-digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3849\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing-digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing-digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing-digital\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}