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NQ Announcements
2013 National Course Assessment Survey
SQA designs, develops, quality assures and manages Scotland’s national qualifications system. Part of these responsibilities includes maintaining national qualification and assessment standards from year to year.
We are asking teachers, lecturers and learners to comment on this year’s Course assessments.
To take part, follow the links below:
Report: Development work on National Qualifications 2012/2013
You can access a report on development work (766 KB) relating to National Qualifications - National Units, National Courses, and Group Awards made up of National Units (Awards, National Certificates, National Progression Awards and Professional Development Awards).
The report covers information on:
- new and revised National Courses developed for implementation in 2012/2013 - including Skills for Work Courses and their approval implications
- National Courses that have been removed from the Catalogue of National Qualifications and actions to be taken with their Units
- new and revised Units, which are not part of the National Courses and their approval implications
- Awards, National Certificates, National Progression Awards and Professional Development Awards - developed since the last report published in (2011/2012), and their approval implications
- National Units that will not be in the catalogue from session 2012/2013 onwards, some of which are subject to the conditions of a completion period.
- National Units, their Superclass and Verification Groups
- National Courses
- Standard Grade Courses
- National Qualification Group Awards – National Certificates and National Progression Awards
It is important that this information is forwarded to relevant departments/managers within your centre. If you need any further information about the content of the report, please contact Alex Grant on 0345 213 5573 or at alex.grant@sqa.org.uk
New National Qualifications - Appointee Vacancies
Implementation of policy on low uptake National Courses
This letter gives an update on Courses to be removed from the NQ Catalogue after the July 2010 and the July 2011 examination diet.
National Assessment Bank Support Materials
Lists of currently available National Assessment Bank support material have now been published on the website. To view these lists, please visit the Internal Assessment Support Materials page.
Estimates, Absentees and Assessment Appeals 2010
Estimates, Absentees and Assessment Appeals (EAAAs) for the 2010 diet has been updated. This document will support our work with teachers, lecturers and partners to enhance understanding of standards.
Catalogue of National Qualifications
The Catalogue can be accessed using the following link - Catalogue of National Qualifications (4 MB).
You can search for and find information more easily and we will be updating this information regularly, so that you will be able to access the most up-to-date information on National Qualifications in a single location, at any time. The Catalogue includes listings of:
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Related Information
Documents
- Catalogue of National Qualifications (4 MB)
- NQ Notification of changes to Unit Specifications and Frameworks
- National Units to be withdrawn (47 KB)
- NQ Report 2012-2013 (766 KB)
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