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HNC Graded Unit Exams

The following HNC Exam Exemplars are now published and available on the SQA Secure website via your SQA Centre Co-ordinator:

DH36 34 HNC Computing: Graded Unit 1 Exam (Exemplars 10, 11 & 12)
DE36 34 HNC Interactive Multimedia Creation: Graded Unit 1 Exam (Exemplars 4, 5 & 6)
DV6D 34 HNC Information Technology: Graded Unit 1 Exam (Exemplars 4, 5 & 6)

Please note that all published Interactive Multimedia Creation Exemplars cover Communication: Practical Skills. For centres who offer DH4F 34 Writing for the Media instead of the above Unit, please contact me direct and I shall provide further exemplar materials.

Digital Literacy

I've been doing some work on Digital Literacy this morning. This qualification is a National Progression Award (one of a suite of 17 that are available or we're working on) that should be appealing to a wide range of students. You can find out more here or contact Shirley (0845-213-5474) if you want to speak with someone.

Qualification Design Team for NC Review meets

The Qualification Design Team (QDT) responsible for the review of NC Computing met for the first time this afternoon.

The QDT has a wide ranging remit and will play an important role in shaping the new award(s). Members have been selected from a number of Scottish FE colleges (such as Telford College and Cumbernauld College) and include classroom practitioners with experience of delivering NC awards.

It was a good meeting with interesting debates about the role of core skills, vocational skills and assessment within NC programmes. I was particularly pleased that everyone agreed to try to be as innovative as possible when creating the new qualifications.

Subscribe to the public community for more information about this development or contact Walter Patterson directly.

Awarding Body Forum

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The first Awarding Body Forum of the year was held today, at the BCS headquarters in central London.

These meetings are organised by E-Skills and most awarding bodies attend. They provides opportunities for E-Skills to update the ABs on what's happening with National Occupational Standards and also give the ABs an opportunity to raise issues with E-Skills.

All of the ABs are in the throes of launching the new S/NVQs in Information Technology and this raised lots of issues.