{"id":2222,"date":"2017-05-04T14:49:47","date_gmt":"2017-05-04T13:49:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/?p=2222"},"modified":"2017-05-04T14:49:47","modified_gmt":"2017-05-04T13:49:47","slug":"hncd-computer-science-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/hncd-computer-science-review\/","title":{"rendered":"HNC\/D Computer Science review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/hnd-computer-science-review\/\">previously mentioned<\/a>, we started scoping the changes needed to <em>HND Computer Science<\/em> in February. We also considered the need for a separate <em>HNC Computer Science<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The consultant has now completed the work. His report makes interesting reading. His main conclusions are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>no need for a separate HNC<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>significant changes to the HND.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The report contains a lot of details about why he recommended these actions and also a lot of information about the sorts of changes needed to the HND. These include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>inclusion of maths in the mandatory section<\/li>\n<li>greater focus on computer science knowledge and skills<\/li>\n<li>review of the Graded Unit<\/li>\n<li>clearer distinction between HND Computer Science and HND Software Development.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We consulted with a lot of people to come up with the report (including employers) and there was a great deal of consensus about what needs changed so I&#8217;m confident that the report (and its recommendations) is accurate.<\/p>\n<p>I now have to consider his suggestions and decide on a course of action. But whatever I decide, the award will have to be revised to address some of the identified issues. I&#8217;ll let you know what we plan to do in a future post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As previously mentioned, we started scoping the changes needed to HND Computer Science in February. We also considered the need for a separate HNC Computer Science. The consultant has now completed the work. His report makes interesting reading. His main conclusions are: no need for a separate HNC significant changes to the HND. The report contains a lot of details about why he recommended these actions and also a lot of information about the sorts of changes needed to the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2222"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2223,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2222\/revisions\/2223"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}