The team met this afternoon to look over the results of the recent survey we carried out to find out your satisfaction with the service we provide. As previously noted, the results were re-assuringly positive, with very low rates of dissatisfaction (5%), but there are areas that we need to work on to improve the service. Some of the weaker areas, such as SOLAR and the SQA website, are not the responsibility of my team, but others are, and we…
I closed the satisfaction survey this afternoon. It’s been running for the last month so, I think, people have had enough time to respond. There were 55 responses in total, which is not bad, but not quite as many as I had hoped for. Most of the respondents (almost three quarters) were from the college sector, which was expected. I don’t plan to share the results since the information will be used internally to improve the service that we provide.…
Yesterday afternoon, I posted something on the HN Review blog about an event organised by Scotland’s Colleges. Every year, Scotland’s Colleges organises a Network event to bring together practitioners from all over Scotland. I posted my comments on the HN blog because my own contribution to the day was about the on-going HN Review. But a number of SQA developments featured during the event, including the new NC in Computer Games Development and the NPA in Mobile Technology. It was…
Cally Beck of IBM has asked us to highlight this opportunity for Scottish HN Candidates. We are aware it is late in the academic year to initiate work for this but we are hopeful that there may be some appropriate project work that a student could submit. “The award is the GuideShare Europe academic excellence award. GuideShare Europe (GSE), is IBM’s large enterprise client user group, large companies in all sectors, including Bank of America, HSBC etc. We are asking…
In September 2006 we launched what was probably the world’s first Internet Safety qualification, consisting of a single Unit at Intermediate 1 (SCQF Level 4). This qualification was aimed mainly at secondary school and college students and has seen a substantial uptake from these groups. However, there have been significant changes in Internet use since 2006, particularly the increased use of Social Networking and the associated dangers. A minor revision of the qualification was undertaken in late 2010, prior to…
I updated the HN Review blog this morning with the latest information about that development. The review of HNC/D Computing and HNC/D Networking is a major project for the team – so major that it has its own blog. I’m sure that anyone with an interest in the associated qualifications will already follow that blog but, for those who don’t, this might be a good time to provide an update. Consultation is a key part of any HN development and…
Over the Summer period I will be putting forward any changes to unit specifications that have been agreed by the QDT as well as updates to the framework sections in the Arrangement documents for all HNC/D awards. All changes/updates will be implemented and ready for the start of the new session. Any changes relating to HN Units/Awards are tracked and listed on the SQA website here
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