New NPA Digital Passport qualification available at SCQF levels 4, 5 and 6

We are pleased to advise that our new National Progression Awards titled ‘Digital Passport’ are now available. The development of these awards came about following a review of some of our existing digital qualifications and the feedback we received from practitioners. View our blog post on revisions to Digital qualifications. These are new qualifications. They do not replace the existing Digital Passport qualifications (GJ7W 44, GJ7X 45 and GJ7Y 46), which have recently been revised and are now titled ‘Digital…

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Changes to qualifications in the digital portfolio

Please note that following recent revision work, including updates to unit specifications, changes have been made to some of the National Progression Awards in the digital portfolio. These changes are summarised in the table below and relate mainly to qualification titles and codes. For more details, please refer to the group award specification for each qualification. These can be accessed through the subject page of our website. The previous versions of these qualifications will run in tandem with the new…

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Review of digital vocational qualifications SCQF levels 3 – 6

We have now gathered feedback from our recent survey on the changes proposed to the units and assessments under review and will be starting work on these revisions shortly. As always, we contract practitioners to work with us to write, vet and provide additional support to our qualifications. If you are interested in getting involved in this review please complete and return the attached Expression of Interest form to qualsdigital@sqa.org.uk or get in touch if you would like further information.…

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Digital literacy – collaborators wanted!

The digital world changes rapidly and constantly. Specifically in digital literacy, it is challenging to keep qualifications up to date to meet the needs of learners now and for their future. We need to take cognisance of existing government policy and skills frameworks as well as the expectations of educational practitioners and employers. We are well into the 21st century and want all citizens to be confident using digital tools. They should benefit from processes made more agile by communication and…

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