{"id":4033,"date":"2022-10-12T14:38:39","date_gmt":"2022-10-12T13:38:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/?p=4033"},"modified":"2022-10-12T14:38:39","modified_gmt":"2022-10-12T13:38:39","slug":"diploma-in-digital-technology-at-scqf-level-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/diploma-in-digital-technology-at-scqf-level-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Diploma in Digital Technology at SCQF Level 8"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>As you know from <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/diploma-in-digital-technology\/\">previous posts<\/a>, we have been developing a new Diploma in Digital Technology at Level 8.<\/p>\r\n<p>I\u2019m pleased to let you know that the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/diploma-in-digital-technology-scqf-level-8\/\">three new qualification pathways<\/a> at SCQF Level 8 are now operational. These are:<\/p>\r\n<p>&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/sqa\/102749.html\">Diploma Digital Technology: Cyber Security SCQF Level 8 (<strong>GT8Y 48<\/strong>)<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/sqa\/102756.html\">&#8211; Diploma Digital Technology: Data Analytics SCQF Level 8 (<strong>GT90 48<\/strong>)<\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/sqa\/102757.html\">&#8211; Diploma Digital Technology: Software Development SCQF Level 8 (<strong>GT91 48<\/strong>)<\/a><\/p>\r\n<p>These new qualifications replace two existing qualifications:\u00a0<strong>Diploma in Data Analytics<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Diploma in Information Security Professionals<\/strong> (both Level 8). Please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/diploma-extensions-2\/\">previous post<\/a> regarding the lapsing dates for the existing qualifications (31 December, 2022).<\/p>\r\n<p>The new qualifications are now operational and will go into lapsing on <strong>31\/12\/2027<\/strong>. We are also currently working on a new Guide to Assessment which we hope will be available to centres soon.<\/p>\r\n<p>Please contact <a href=\"mailto:megan.sharkey@sqa.org.uk\">me<\/a> if you have any questions.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you know from previous posts, we have been developing a new Diploma in Digital Technology at Level 8. I\u2019m pleased to let you know that the three new qualification pathways at SCQF Level 8 are now operational. These are: &#8211; Diploma Digital Technology: Cyber Security SCQF Level 8 (GT8Y 48)&#8211; Diploma Digital Technology: Data Analytics SCQF Level 8 (GT90 48)&#8211; Diploma Digital Technology: Software Development SCQF Level 8 (GT91 48) These new qualifications replace two existing qualifications:\u00a0Diploma in Data&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":78,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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\/4033"}],"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\/78"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4033"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4033\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4041,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4033\/revisions\/4041"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4033"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4033"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4033"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}