{"id":1830,"date":"2016-04-21T16:45:58","date_gmt":"2016-04-21T15:45:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/?p=1830"},"modified":"2016-04-21T16:45:58","modified_gmt":"2016-04-21T15:45:58","slug":"pc-passport-is-now-validated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/pc-passport-is-now-validated\/","title":{"rendered":"PC Passport is now validated"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got good news this morning. PC Passport has been validated. A number of conditions were placed on the award at the recent validation event<\/a>, and it has taken time to address these conditions but I’m delighted to let\u00a0you know that the revised award\u00a0is now validated.<\/p>\n

Emma is now busy “operationalising” the new\u00a0award. That means adding codes, publishing the Group Award Specification, and creating a subject page. This will all be done in the next week or two. In the meantime, you might want to check the FAQ<\/a> for the qualification, which should answer most of your questions about the revised qualification. Please note that all of the component Units were validated some time ago <\/a>and are available on the SQA website<\/a> (the FAQ<\/a> has direct links to each of them).<\/p>\n

It’s been a long development. Much longer than we planned. That was due to a number of reasons but the main one was that the development forked into two developments – PC Passport<\/em> and Digital Passport<\/em>. We did that because the changes needed to PC Passport (to embrace changes to applications, the rise of social media, new literacy skills, etc.) would have made it unrecognisable.\u00a0 Digital Passport<\/a> has been available for some time<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I hope that the you like revised award. We think that it’s an improvement over what’s there in a few respects:<\/p>\n