The HNC Computing validation was held today. The outcome was that the award was “not validated until conditions are met”. But the Design Team were happy at the outcome. The conditions related to the qualification structure, core skills and the Graded Unit. So Mike and his team will be busy over the next few weeks adjusting the award to satisfy these conditions. We’re confident that the required changes can be done quickly and that the new award will be available…
The annual SVQ Quality Network meeting was held today in Jury’s Inn (Glasgow). Twenty two training providers attended. The purpose of QN meetings is to share good practice (between verifiers and centres) but today’s meeting was dominated by the changes to the IT User SVQs. Chris Morrow of E-Skills attended and provided an overview of the main changes to the National Occupational Standards. Jack Robertson (SQA) showed how the new Standards have been translated into qualifications. I explained the timeline…
The moderation of the HNC examination is taking place today, tomorrow and Friday. Around 10 moderators are presently in residence in the Hilton Hotel in Glasgow to look through candidate scripts from 25 centres. Once complete, each centre will receive feedback on the quality of their marking. For the first time, every centre submitted a prior-approved question paper – which makes moderation much easier. Either myself or Hugh McDiarmid (full-time moderator) will post a summary of the moderation event on…
The E-Skills Sector Skills Council arranges regular meetings of the Awarding Bodies which offers S/NVQs in Information Technology. There was an Awarding Body Forum yesterday in London. The main item was the new Occupational Standards. All of the Awarding Bodies plan to launch new qualifications based on the new Standards. SQA will introduce new awards in August 2004. There a Quality Network meeting on 27 May where these developments will be discussed. Chris Morrow of E-Skills also talked about their…
We’ve just completed a series of launch events for PC Passport. The events were held in locations across Scotland including Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness. They went very well. Over 800 people attended the events. Most of the people who came along were employers or training providers. We’ve also received hundreds of enquiries by phone and e-mail. You can find out more about PC Passport by contacting Joan Morris.
Welcome to the SQA Computing web log. This blog will be used by Computing staff within SQA to keep teachers and lecturers up-to-date with Computing-related developments within SQA. Please note that this blog is not hosted by SQA and that this blog is maintained on a voluntary basis by SQA staff. Please bookmark this page and visit regularly.
The web log of the qualification team for Computing within SQA. Look out for news about Computing qualifications and related information.
