2. Support Events for Teachers and Lecturers 146 subject support events for new Higher courses held for 7439 delegates from November 2013 – March 2014 92 Understanding Standards events on Course Assessment at National 5 www.sqa.org.uk/cfeeventswww.sqa.org.uk/cfeevents 77 Advanced Higher events held from Jan - Apr 2015

3. SQA Support SQA Support SQA’s team of CfE Support Managers provides a dedicated resource and support for every school and college throughout Scotland in relation to the new National Qualifications: www.sqa.org.uk/cfeteam SQA will continue to update you on a monthly basis through our e-update which you can now subscribe to: http://mailer.sqa.org.uk

4. UASPs are available from the secure site – www.sqa.org.uk/sqasecure www.sqa.org.uk/sqasecure Contact your SQA Coordinator for further information Unit Assessment Support Packs are confidential materials and you must ensure the security of these documents Unit Assessment Support Packs

5. http://www.sqa.org.uk/events2013 Usernameevents2013 Passwordcfe2013 Presentation and Workshop Materials

8. Advanced Higher will not dual run

9. National Qualifications Support Additional Exemplar Question Paper for each relevant new Higher published Jan 2015 SQA Understanding Standards packages are now available and further releases will occur between Jan – Aug 2015 covering National 1 to Higher: http://www.sqa.org.uk/sqa/71902.html Between Nov 2014 and Feb 2015, Understanding Standards events on N5 Course assessment are being delivered: www.sqa.org.uk/cfeevents

10. 2014-15 is the final session in which the existing Higher will run in centres. Only the new Higher will be available from August 2015 Candidates who receive a ‘No Award’ result or want to upgrade for an existing Higher Course in 2015 will therefore be unable to re-sit the Course assessment in 2016 SQA will include the existing Higher Units in the new Higher Frameworks with a finish date of 31 st July 2016 Arrangements for Higher 2015/16

11. Until this date, candidates who have passed all of the Units in an existing Higher Course, but not achieved the Course assessment, may have their Unit passes carried across to the new Higher Course (all Units, not partial) This means that they will only be required to complete the new Higher Course assessment in 2016 This arrangement is also available in session 2014-15 for candidates who failed an existing Higher Course in the 2014 Diet, but whose school/college is now offering new Higher Courses only Arrangements for Higher 2015/16

12. September 2014 November 2014 February 2015 May 2015* N3 - N5 Understanding Standards events for Nominees Higher/National 1 and 2: Understanding Standards events for Nominees Round 1 Verification: National 1 to Higher Unit Assessments Round 2 Verification: National 5 and Higher Course Component assessments and National 4 Added Value Unit assessments Verification Timeline 2014/15 * for subjects that require it, visiting verification activities will take place during March/April/May

13. Quality Assurance Key Messages  After each round of verification activity, SQA published common key messages and subject specific key messages that have been identified by the verification teams Generic key messages –www.sqa.org.uk/cfeqawww.sqa.org.uk/cfeqa Subject specific key messages – available on each subject page –www.sqa.org.uk/cfesubjectswww.sqa.org.uk/cfesubjects

14. Internal verification Toolkit Web-based resource to support schools Clarifying guidance on internal verification Explaining the cyclical process of IV – wider aspects than cross-marking Giving practical advice on how to implement and record internal verification Providing simple forms which schools can use or adapt if they wish (not mandatory) www.sqa.org.uk/IVToolkit