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Literacy and Numeracy: Curriculum for Excellence Management Board Update

SQA welcomes the Curriculum for Excellence Management Board's proposals for the formal recognition of literacy and numeracy through the new qualifications system.

Literacy and Numeracy: CfE Management Board Update

HN Key Partners Group

The HN Key Partners Group was reconstituted in 2009. The reconstituted group's purpose is to act as an intelligence group, with major agencies sharing information.

Free Training Opportunities for ESOL Practitioners

Since the launch of the Adult ESOL Strategy for Scotland in 2007, SQA has been developing a suite of TESOL qualifications to provide professional development for ESOL practitioners in Scotland, in line with the Strategy's aspiration of 'a fully professional workforce with recognised career structures' and its recognition that 'ESOL practitioners need to show knowledge, technical competence, and expertise at a level consistent with effective programme delivery.'

HN & PDA Annual Report 2011-12

We are pleased to introduce the Higher National (HN) and Professional Development Award (PDA) Annual Report for session 2011-12. The report provides details on various development work in HN and PDAs, and is aimed at SQA Co-ordinators and practitioners in Scotland's colleges.

Catalogue of Higher National Units

This catalogue listed all Higher National Units, including Graded Units. It included both  consortium-developed Units (Units in popular subject areas which are developed directly under the management and guidance of SQA) and specialist Units (Units devised by an individual centre or small group of centres and validated by SQA to meet a specific need).

Qualifications Development/Revision Planner

As part of SQA's commitment to continuous improvement, we have established a planning tool for the development/revision of all Group Awards.

Developing Higher National qualifications: a toolkit for centres

Forms to support the toolkit for developing Higher National qualifications.

Looking for Principal Assessor or Senior Verifier reports?

Principal Assessor reports for 2008 are now known as External Assessment reports, and Senior Verifier reports are now known as Internal Assessment reports.