Subjects & Qualifications
What are Core Skills?
For more information about what Core Skills are all about, visit our About Core Skills section.
Core Skills news headlines
- Version 2 of the NQ Core Skills Units and ASPs now available
- NQ Core Skills exemplar materials - first phase available on the secure site (see the latest Core Skills Bulletin for more information)
- Core Skills Bulletin - read the latest issue (205 KB)
Core Skills Units and Assessment Support Packs (ASPs)
Select the relevant icon below to find Units and ASPs in each Core Skills subject.
Valid/Lapsing dates for Core Skills Units
Workplace Assessed Units
New versions of the Workplace Assessed Core Skills Units were introduced on 1st August 2008 and have been available and open for entries since that date. Centres can continue to use the old versions of the Workplace Assessed Core Skills Units and enter candidates using the old codes during their lapsing period, which runs until July 2011. No entries or results can be accepted for the old versions of the Workplace Assessed Units after July 2011.
We would encourage centres to move over to the new Workplace Assessed Units, and enter candidates using the new codes, at the earliest opportunity.
NQ Units
Centres that were approved to offer the NQ Core Skills Units prior to 1 August 2008:
- Can continue to deliver and provide results for the predecessor NQ Core Skills Units until 31 July 2010
- Are automatically approved to deliver the revised NQ Core Skills Units from 1 August 2008
Contact Information
- Sandy Riddell
Project Manager
Tel: 0845 213 5569 - Sarah Cameron
Qualifications Officer
Tel: 0845 213 5527
Alternatively, you can get in touch with us through:
- our general mail box: core.skills@sqa.org.uk
- Business Development & Customer Support Team
Tel: 0303 333 0330
Related Information
- NQ Core Skills Unit code changes (175 KB)
- Workplace Core Skills Unit code changes (60 KB)
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