Subjects & Qualifications
Personal Development
These courses, available at SCQF Levels 2-6, aim to help learners become employable, contributing and independent members of society, through the development of basic life skills. The skills can include anything from planning a household budget to developing an understanding of leadership styles.
To build up a range of personal, social and vocational skills, learners choose one Unit from each of these three groups – Self in Society, Practical Abilities and Self and Work. Assessment is based around the individual learner’s own personal development needs.
For information about the Access 1 and 2 levels, please refer to the Access 1 & 2 website.
(2 MB)Amazing Things
A guide to the youth awards in Scotland (2 MB).
Personal Development Support Events
Please find the Presentations and handouts from Personal Development Support events below:
- Aims and Intro Support Meeting (571 KB)
- Our Lady's High School (2 MB)
- Midlothian Training Services (Programme for Alternative Vocational Education) (56 KB)
- Self in Society (54 KB)
- Practical Abilities (76 KB)
- Self and Work (67 KB)
- Self Awareness (37 KB)
- Higher Personal Development
New Courses and Units in Personal Development
Details of the new Courses and Units can be found in the Arrangements Documents section for each level. Also note that the Course in Personal & Social Education (C067) has been withdrawn, as of July 2008. The component Units of this Course will continue for one year, after which they will be also be withdrawn. Full details are available on the Arrangements Documents section.
To learn more about General Assessment Principles, differentiation between levels, integration of units and their assessment and how they are applied to NQ Personal Development, you can visit the Understanding Standards Website.
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