{"id":16,"date":"2015-06-10T10:48:35","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T10:48:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/hospitality\/?p=16"},"modified":"2021-04-20T15:26:57","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T15:26:57","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qualifications.gov.scot\/hospitalityfoodanddrink\/2015\/06\/10\/welcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to\u00a0the first post of our new blog for the Hospitality, Food and Drink sectors.<\/p>\n<p>The team for NQ\/SVQ\/HN qualifications in Hospitality, Food and Drink will be using the blog to keep you up-to-date with our activities in these sectors.<\/p>\n<p>This first post provides an update for staff involved in our HN qualifications in hospitality and professional cookery.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Annual Surveys<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thank you to all who have managed to complete the annual survey(s) for 2014\/15.\u00a0 Please note that the surveys will remain open until 30 July for anyone who hasn\u2019t had the chance to complete one yet.\u00a0 Links to the surveys can be found at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/sqa\/25193.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HN Hospitality subject pages<\/a> of our website.<\/p>\n<p>There is a question in the survey to gauge interest in a networking event for staff in May\/June; insufficient responses were received to justify arranging an event at this time of year, therefore we will consider this again in the autumn.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Qualification Support Team (QST) Activities<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The QST have been reviewing the HN Hospitality and Professional Cookery units with a view to making small changes that will help to reduce assessment, allow flexibility, etc.\u00a0 The units currently under review are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fermented Patisserie Products<\/li>\n<li>Pastry<\/li>\n<li>Specialised Patisserie<\/li>\n<li>Food and Beverage Operations<\/li>\n<li>Hospitality Supervision<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Once any revision to the units has been completed the associated assessment support material will be revised as appropriate.\u00a0 This is an on-going process and we will let you know as and when other units are reviewed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ushare<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ushare is a new platform that allows users to share links to learning and teaching materials online.\u00a0 Hospitality\/Professional Cookery is one of the first subjects with resources on Ushare.\u00a0 You can view these resources at the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.sqa.org.uk\/sqa\/25193.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HN Hospitality subject pages<\/a> of our website.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Professional Development Awards (PDAs):<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A proposal to develop four PDAs in hospitality and professional cookery has recently been approved.\u00a0 At this stage, tentative titles for the new qualifications are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Professional Cookery<\/li>\n<li>Professional Patisserie<\/li>\n<li>Hospitality<\/li>\n<li>Revenue Management<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is envisaged that the first three will be constructed from existing HN units, but there will be some bespoke units developed for revenue management.<\/p>\n<p>Work on the PDAs will take place over the period September 2015 \u2013 March 2016.\u00a0 If you are interested in being involved in the development work for the PDAs please contact <a href=\"mailto:christine.keenan@sqa.org.uk\">christine.keenan@sqa.org.uk<\/a> or <a href=\"mailto:carol.mcevoy@sqa.org.uk\">carol.mcevoy@sqa.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to\u00a0the first post of our new blog for the Hospitality, Food and Drink sectors. 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