Section 1 - Recommendations from the evaluation and consultation reports

The HN Key Partners’ Group identified a number of issues and recommendations from the reports that required action. These are as follows.

Assessment
- Some centres felt there was too much assessment in some HNC/Ds
- Some centres felt there were too many Exam-based Graded Units in HNC/Ds
Higher National Key Partners’ Group
- It was recommended that the remit and membership of HNKPG should be reviewed and refreshed to reflect post-HN modernisation issues
Interagency working
- More joined up working between COLEG, SFEU and SQA was seen as desirable
Qualification Support Teams
- QSTs were considered to be valuable to the ongoing maintenance of HNC/Ds and this model should be adopted for all Group Awards
- Changes to recruitment were recommended to ensure representation from a wider range of centres
Communication
- Centres agreed it was important to maintain a coherent catalogue and agreed to work in partnership with SQA to achieve this
- Clear lines of communication between centres and SQA needed to be established post-modernisation
Marketing and Promotion
- It was felt that a more coherent approach to marketing and promotion would be beneficial