1. Scotland’s Colleges is a trading name of both the Scottish Further Education Unit and the Association of Scotland’s Colleges College Curriculum in the Senior Phase of Curriculum for Excellence Exploring the potential of other awards

2. Scotland’s Colleges is a trading name of both the Scottish Further Education Unit and the Association of Scotland’s Colleges Today SQA’s qualifications of the future The potential of other Awards in the curriculum

3. Scotland’s Colleges is a trading name of both the Scottish Further Education Unit and the Association of Scotland’s Colleges SQA Mythbuster Mythbuster

4. Scotland’s Colleges is a trading name of both the Scottish Further Education Unit and the Association of Scotland’s Colleges Timelines for new qualifications 2010/11: Implementation of Curriculum for Excellence 2012/13: Literacy and Numeracy Qualifications (SCQF 3, 4, 5) 2013/14: National 4 and 5 to replace Standard Grade, Intermediate 1 and Intermediate 2 2014/15: Highers 2015/16: Revised Advanced Highers

5. Scotland’s Colleges is a trading name of both the Scottish Further Education Unit and the Association of Scotland’s Colleges Design Principles for National 4 and 5 The new courses will use a new type of unit – more skills-based, less prescriptive and more user-friendly. These units will require knowledge and understanding as well as skills. The specifications will be more flexible and open. They will have fewer, broader outcomes that encourage holistic assessment, and will rely on assessors to exercise professional judgement instead of having to satisfy long lists of criteria. Both National 4 and 5 will be based on a nominal 160 hours of study, and in both there will be flexibility in the number of units.

6. Scotland’s Colleges is a trading name of both the Scottish Further Education Unit and the Association of Scotland’s Colleges SQA Qualifications Employability Award (SCQF 3 and 4) Leadership Award (SCQF 5 and 6) NQ Personal Development (SCQF 3 and 6) Steps to Work (SCQF 3 and 4) Volunteering award www.sqa.org.uk Angela.Baird@sqa.org.uk

7. Scotland’s Colleges is a trading name of both the Scottish Further Education Unit and the Association of Scotland’s Colleges NQGA NPA Enterprise and Employability (SCQF 4 and 5) www.sqa.org.uk Sharon.O’Neil@sqa.org.uk

8. Scotland’s Colleges is a trading name of both the Scottish Further Education Unit and the Association of Scotland’s Colleges NQGAs and Open University Units http://openlearn.open.ac.uk/

9. Scotland’s Colleges is a trading name of both the Scottish Further Education Unit and the Association of Scotland’s Colleges NQGAs and the John Muir Award Open to all Free Simple framework Enables learners to develop the 4 capacities Encourages cross curricular learning Contextualises learning Celebrates achievement in the outdoors Makes sense of wider themes like climate change, sustainability, citizenship, biodiversity Engages partnership working eg with Rangers http://www.jmt.org/jmaward-home.asp

10. Scotland’s Colleges is a trading name of both the Scottish Further Education Unit and the Association of Scotland’s Colleges Tel: 01786 892009 aileen.duffy@scotcol.ac.uk www.scotlandscolleges.ac.uk Contact Details