As many of you will be aware, we are at the final stage of developing the NPA Data Science, which will be available for delivery from August 2019. As part of the development process, SQA seeks feedback on qualifications as they are being developed. Therefore, before we take the award to validation on 16 May, we would greatly appreciate your views on the qualification so far. The link below will take you directly to the questionnaire, where you will be…
We are hoping to extend the lapsing date for the following qualifications for a further two years. Details will follow in due course. GJ75 46 Diploma for Information Security Professionals at SCQF levels 6 GJ74 48 Diploma for Information Security Professionals at SCQF levels 8
The College Development Network held its first annual Cyber Security Conference yesterday, as part of Cyber Security Week. The Conference was opened by Kate Forbes, Minister for Public Finance & Digital Economy. It was gratifying to hear Kate make reference to the range of qualifications in cyber security available to learners in Scottish colleges and schools. She made explicit mention of the NPA and HNC awards, currently available to centres, and the forthcoming HND. I was invited to deliver a…
As many of you will be aware, we are at the final stage of developing the HND Cyber Security, which will be available for delivery from August 2019. More information about this development can be found in our blog post here. As part of the development process, SQA seeks feedback on qualifications as they are being developed. Therefore, before we take the award to validation in May, we would greatly appreciate your views on the qualification so far. The link…
Following on from the creation of HNC Cyber Security last year, we’ve been working on the HND, which was announced last July. The development is nearing its completion. The qualification structure has been agreed for some time and we’ve been busy writing the component units for the last few months. Most of these are finished now and you will start to see published versions of the units appear on the website in the next few weeks. The validation event for…
The Digital Skills Partnership will be running events in May with a specific focus on cloud architecture and cloud services. These events are primarily aimed at early stage lecturers who want to make sure they have a working knowledge of how industry is deploying cloud. The DSP will also be running an event to support lecturers with the introduction of the HND in Cyber Security. Details of this event will be released in week commencing 8 April. More information about…
The NPA Data Science units are currently being validated. We are now, therefore, looking for writers to produce the Assessment Support Packs (ASP’s) for the Data Citizenship Units. If you would be interested in writing these ASP’s for this project, please add your name to the Register of Interest, which you can access via the link ;
As regular readers will know, Helen and Emma have been on maternity leave during the last year. I’m pleased to let you know that Helen returned today. Helen has been on leave since last April. During that time she has been covered by Claudia and Caitlin. Helen will resume her responsibilities for the “advanced” part of my portfolio — Higher Nationals and PDAs. This means that she will pick-up a number of developments including HND Cyber Security and the review…
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