I had lunch with Ron Dillin today. Ron and I were colleagues at Stow College in the early Nineties and it was good to catch up with things... and Ron's views are always sensible and thought-provoking.
We spent most of the time discussing issues facing FE Computing departments - particularly recruitment and student achievement (historically poor in this subject area). He also reminded me of the gender imbalance in Computing courses (typically, 10% of students are women).
We discussed at some length what could be done about these problems. I was particularly interested to know what SQA could do to help things. I plan to arrange a Head of Computing meeting later this year and it seems worthwhile to include these issues on the agenda.
These problems are not unique to FE. HE has the same issues (Ron gave the example of a university Computing Science department receiving 60% fewer applications last year than in 2003). But maybe we can put our heads together and do something to help things.
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HN Unit - D76D 35 - Internet: Web Server Management
We have made a slight change to the above HN Unit with the removal of the cutting score of 60% under Evidence Requirements for Outcome 1.
Please ensure you download the most up-to-date version from the SQA website. This is now identified as Version 02 (July 08) within the Administrative Information section of the specification.
Please ensure you download the most up-to-date version from the SQA website. This is now identified as Version 02 (July 08) within the Administrative Information section of the specification.
Core skills in Digital Passport
The National Units within Digital Passport were recently published. They were published before they were audited for core skills.
I got notification yesterday of the results of the audit. I'm pleased to report that the Units within Digital Passport carry the ICT and Problem Solving core skills (at each level). The unit specifications will be updated accordingly in the next few weeks (but the unit codes will not change). Digital Passport develops all five core skills but these two will be automatically certificated for anyone who completes the award.
I got notification yesterday of the results of the audit. I'm pleased to report that the Units within Digital Passport carry the ICT and Problem Solving core skills (at each level). The unit specifications will be updated accordingly in the next few weeks (but the unit codes will not change). Digital Passport develops all five core skills but these two will be automatically certificated for anyone who completes the award.