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SQA News 10 October 2024

Core Skills units in Communication and ICT — Revisions to assessment support packs and exemplar packs

Please use the revised versions of the following documents with your candidates from this session onwards. If your candidates have already started these Core Skills units, they can complete their units using the older versions. However, for all new candidates, you must use the new versions, which are dated June 2024.

Updated NQ Core Skills ASPs

The following updated NQ Core Skills ASPs are now available from our  NQ Core Skills unit specifications and assessment support packs web page.

Updated workplace Core Skills ASPs

Updated workplace Core Skills ASPs are available from the Workplace Core Skills page of the SQA Accreditation website under the ‘Communication’ and ‘ICT’ tabs.

Updated exemplar packs

Updated exemplar packs for the NQ Core Skills ICT units and Communications units are available from the Core Skills section of the SQA Secure website (log in needed). You can arrange access to these materials through your SQA co-ordinator.

Video presentations on the Understanding Standards website

We’ve produced video presentations to explain the changes we made to both the Core Skills ICT and Communication documents. These are available from the Core Skills section of SQA’s Understanding Standards Website.