Network Event HNC/D Business

2. Network Event HNC/D Business 20th February 2012SQAQualifications Team Update

3. Welcome and Introduction Purpose of Events – to support practitioners with the delivery and assessment of HN Frameworks by: • Providing information • Facilitating workshops • Encouraging networking Theme for the day is: Continuing Partnership

4. Updates to Frameworks Optional Units reviewed (August 2011) • Marketing Research Theory FK8M 34 • Marketing Research Applications FK8L 34 • Sales Promotion FM0Y 35 • Full credit transfer from old to new units (HNC/D Marketing Arrangements Document) • End date of 31 July 2015 for old units (no entries accepted after this date)

5. Updates to Frameworks Optional Units under review in other subject areas • Creating a Culture of Customer Care DJ42 34 • HRM Core Activities DN72 34 • New codes will be available for implementation in August 2012 • New units will be included as either/or choice within HNC/D Business frameworks and old units will continue to run for 2 years • Full credit transfer from old to new units • Credit transfer guidance available within HNC/D HRM and HNC/D • Management Arrangement Documents • New Assessment Exemplars in production

6. Updates to Frameworks Optional Units added • International Marketing DV8K 35 • French: Basic Operational Reading and Writing Skills F2F9 33 • French: Basic Operational Speaking and Listening SkillsF20P 33 • German: Basic Operational Reading and Writing Skillls F2FB 33 • German: Basic Operational Speaking and Listening Skills F20S 33 • Italian: Basic Operational Reading and Writing Skills F2FC 33 • Italian: Basic Operational Speaking and Listening Skills F20T 33 • Spanish: Basic Operational Reading and Writing Skillls F2FE 33 • Spanish: Basic Operational Speaking and Listening Skills F20W 33

7. Management of Frameworks • Qualification Support Team (QST) – forum of subject specialists to provide advice and guidance to SQA Qualification Manager and Officers • Centre requests for addition of Units will be put to the QST to ensure consistency with aims of the Group Award (May of each year) • Centres should submit form DAVAL 2 ‘Alteration to an existing Group Award’ to qualificationsadmin@sqa.org.uk to request addition of a unit to an HN framework. • Form available at http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/7857.html

8. New Assessment Exemplars Published – • Marketing: An Introduction F7BX 34 (2nd) • Economic Issues: An Introduction F7J8 34 (2nd) • Business Accounting F84M 34 (2nd) • ITIB Spreadsheets F84V 34 (2nd) • Graded Unit 1 F8LD (2nd including re-sit) In Production • Business Culture and Strategy F7J7 35 (2nd) • Comm Analysing and Presenting Complex Comm DE3N 34 (2nd) • ICT in Business F84W 35 (2nd) • Managing People and Organisations F84T 34 (2nd) Feedback form http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/25151.html

9. Understanding Standards Material • Graded Unit 1: Exemplification of Marked Scripts • A, B and C Grade • Accessible at : www.understandingstandards.org.uk > Select a subject – ‘HN Beta’ > username ‘hnauthor’ > password ‘usw72’ > HN AIT Graded Unit 1 (2010)

10. SOLAR Open Assess Formative assessments available 11 topic-based questions – Marketing: An Introduction 13 topic-based questions – Behavioural Skills for Business www.sqasolar.org.uk/openassess For access contact solar@sqa.org.uk

11. Developments 2012/13 • Internal Assessment Reports http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/25737.html • Centre/Candidate Survey • Understanding Standards • Scotland’s Colleges – Money for Life Workshops http://www.scotlandscolleges.ac.uk/scotlandscolleges/events/events.html