{"id":1606,"date":"2015-11-04T15:57:08","date_gmt":"2015-11-04T15:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/?p=1606"},"modified":"2021-05-25T11:40:31","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T10:40:31","slug":"considering-offering-cyber-security","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/considering-offering-cyber-security\/","title":{"rendered":"Considering offering Cyber Security?"},"content":{"rendered":"

We’ve had a great deal of interest in the new Cyber Security qualifications. Not only the NPAs<\/a> but also the National Unit<\/a>. The most common comment\u00a0is: “My school is interested in offering these awards but I’m not sure how I go about it.” So, here is an update on the current position.<\/p>\n

Both the National Unit<\/a> and the National Progression Awards<\/a> are available now<\/strong>. These qualifications are auto-approved<\/strong> for all Scottish schools and colleges. The NPAs have a Group Award Specification<\/a>, which includes advice about delivery and what you need to know. Each of the unit specifications<\/a> provides information on the contents of the units and specific advice about delivery of the unit.\u00a0There are extensive uShare resources<\/a> for the\u00a0NPAs to help\u00a0with teaching and learning. Assessment Support Packs are currently being produced for all of the units. These will be ready in the next few weeks. The assessment of knowledge will be done using SOLAR<\/a>, and this, too, will be available in the near future. SQA has\u00a0no plans to produce teaching and learning material to support these awards but other agencies may do so.<\/p>\n

Your starting point should be the FAQ, followed by the Group Award Specification<\/a>, followed by the unit specifications<\/a>. Contact Helen<\/a> for more information about the qualification; Ellen <\/a>for more information about assessments; and Caroline <\/a>for more information about SOLAR.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve had a great deal of interest in the new Cyber Security qualifications. Not only the NPAs but also the National Unit. The most common comment\u00a0is: “My school is interested in offering these awards but I’m not sure how I go about it.” So, here is an update on the current position. Both the National Unit and the National Progression Awards are available now. These qualifications are auto-approved for all Scottish schools and colleges. The NPAs have a Group Award…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[43,9,13],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1606"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1606"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1606\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3760,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1606\/revisions\/3760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}