2. Understanding Standards Event, May 2015
Level 1 & 2 Qualifications Update
Sandy Riddell
(Qualifications Manager, SQA)
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3. Level 1 & 2 Qualifications
National 2 Courses
The new National 2 Courses have been available since August 2013
There were 15 Courses (including the 4 languages: German; Spanish; Italian; and French)
We’ve added 3 more Courses for: Gaelic Learners; Gaelic Speakers; and Maths for Gaelic Speakers.
We have also amended the UASPs for two of the English and Communication Units (see Sept Update for details -

4. Level 1 & 2 Qualifications
National 1 Units
The new National 1 Units were developed and released to centres in 3 phases during 2013/14
The last phase of new Units were made available for centres in May 2014
There are now 76 National 1 Units available

5. Level 1 & 2 Qualifications
Freestanding Units at National 2 level
There were a number of Units that were not part of Courses within the Access 2 suite
Units now reviewed, revised and/or replace
The new range of Freestanding Units will be available from August 2015:
16 Units covering various topics (Comm’s, Media Studies, Ind’ Living, etc)
13 Units covering employment skills

6. Awards at Level 1 and 2
‘Awards’ are not part of the National 1 and 2 suite:
There are several Awards available at SCQF level 1 and 2:
Personal Development (level 2);
Personal Achievement (level 1&2);
Cycling (level 1&2);
Steps to Work (level 2)
Scottish Studies (level 2)

7. Lapsing dates for Access 1 and 2
Most of the old Access 1 Units and Access 2 Units & Courses will still be available up until July 2016
We would encourage centres to move over to the new Courses and Units by session 2015/16
Candidate’s cannot be resulted for the old (Access) Units after 1st August 2016

8. Level 1 and 2 Qualification Codes
All SQA qualifications have a six digit code, e.g.
Science: Practical Experiments (H8M6 72)
New Units codes start with ‘H’, Course codes start with ‘C’ and Award codes start with ‘G’
The last two digits indicate the level:
Product type and level
Level code
National 1 Units 71
National 2 Units 72
Units from Level 1 Awards 41
Units from Level 2 Awards 42

9. Level 1 & 2 Qualifications
Update to the Level 1 Personal Achievement Award:
Outcome 3 had included:
3.1 Communicate one thing about the activity which was liked/disliked
3.2 Communicate the reason for this view
Outcome 3 will change to:
3.1 Communicate whether you liked or disliked the activity

10. Level 1 & 2 Qualifications
Navigating the SQA website
Information about level 1 and 2 qualifications is now held in various sections of the SQA website
Documents relating to National 1 and 2 qualifications are held in a different section from level 1 and 2 Awards
The sheet enclosed in your packs lists a few URLs that may help you find the information you need.

11. Any Questions ??

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