New framework - Creative Art and Design
We’re delighted to announce that we’ll soon be launching a new framework for delivery in China.
Creative Art and Design has been developed in collaboration with CSCSE and is an exciting new offering for centres.
The framework offers candidates the opportunity to study the dynamic world of creative industries, with units introducing them to graphic design, illustration, and new media. You can read the full list of units below.
Candidates will gain practical skills and theoretical knowledge that meet the needs of employers and further education establishments, and the opportunity to prepare themselves for a career within the creative industries.
The full framework, including unit specifications, will soon be available on our website.
We plan to launch the framework with a webinar for centres in September 2025 and will provide dates and further information nearer the time.
Further webinars covering delivery of the framework in more depth will be held in 2026, in preparation for approval and delivery of the framework.
Timeline:
- Framework launch webinar in September 2025 - give an overview of the framework and prepare centres for approval
- Centres apply for approval (centres can start to apply for approval after the launch webinar)
- Training webinars for assessors in May and/or June 2026
- China centres start delivery in September 2026
If you have any queries regarding the new framework, please get in touch with jimmy.zhang@sqa.org.uk.
Units contained in the framework
Year 1 units:
- Visual Communication: An Introduction
- Digital Imaging
- Art and Design: Context
- Art and Design: Project
- Working in the Field of Visual Communication
- Visual Communication: Social Media
- Visual Communication: Sustainable Design
- Typography: An Introduction
- Graphic Design
- Developmental Drawing
- Illustration
- Photography: Image Editing
- Graded Unit 1
Year 2 units:
- Digital Imaging Project
- Creative Project for Artists and Designers
- Design Production
- Preparing for a Role in the Field of Visual Communication
- Typography
- Art and Design: Digital Media Project
- Graphic Design Project
- Illustration Project
- Developmental Drawing Portfolio
- Graded Unit 2