{"id":3086,"date":"2019-06-04T19:59:40","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T18:59:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/?p=3086"},"modified":"2019-06-04T19:59:40","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T18:59:40","slug":"hn-computing-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/hn-computing-review\/","title":{"rendered":"HN Computing review"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s been a while<\/a> since I posted an update on the review of the suite of HN Computing awards. I’ve had a few queries recently asking what’s happening.<\/p>\n

The good news is that Computing is now in the first phase of “HN Next Generation” developments — it was originally planned to be in the second phase. This is a good thing — to review the awards using the old design rules, only to revise them again, at a later date, using the new rules<\/a> would be wasted effort. The not-so-good news is that we can’t commence the review until HN Next Gen starts. That won’t be long. HN Next Gen commences in August<\/strong> when Computing and some other subjects (such as Engineering) will be in the first group of qualifications to use the new design rules.<\/p>\n

We carried out a scoping exercise last year (and consulted on its recommendations). As a result of that we will revise\/create the following qualifications:<\/p>\n

HNC Computing
\nHND Computer Science
\nHND Networking & Infrastructure
\nHND Software Development.<\/p>\n

We’ve also created a Qualification Development Team (QDT) — so we will be good-to-go as soon as we’re given the green light. I plan to hold the first meeting of the QDT in August, once colleges return for the new term.<\/p>\n

Please contact Helen<\/a> if you want to know more about this development or volunteer for the QDT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It’s been a while since I posted an update on the review of the suite of HN Computing awards. I’ve had a few queries recently asking what’s happening. The good news is that Computing is now in the first phase of “HN Next Generation” developments — it was originally planned to be in the second phase. This is a good thing — to review the awards using the old design rules, only to revise them again, at a later date,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3086"}],"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=3086"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3087,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3086\/revisions\/3087"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.sqa.org.uk\/computing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}