NQ Advisory Groups
NQ Strategic Group
The NQ Strategic Group brings together a wide range of stakeholder and user representatives to advise and guide SQA’s decisions on NQ policy and delivery. The membership of the Strategic Group is as follows:
- SQA
- Scottish Government
- Scottish Youth Parliament
- National Union of Students NUS
- Educational Institute of Scotland EIS
- Colleges Scotland
- National Parent Forum Scotland NPFS
- Educations Scotland (ES)
- School Leaders Scotland (SLS)
- Scottish Council of Independent Schools (SCIS)
- Universities Scotland
- Association of Directors of Education in Scotland (ADES)
- Student Partnerships in Quality Scotland (Sparqs)
- NASUWT
- Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association (SSTA)
Minutes
- NQ Strategic Group minutes 1 March 2024 (80 KB)
- NQ Strategic Group minutes 26 January 2024 (90 KB)
- NQ Strategic Group minutes 24 November 2023 (84 KB)
- NQ Strategic Group minutes 27 October 2023 (78 KB)
- NQ Strategic Group minutes 29 September 2023 (78 KB)
NQ Partner Communications Group
In addition, the NQ Partner Communications Group brings together external representatives to advise specifically on how SQA communicates NQ matters to schools, colleges, teachers, lecturers and learners and other members of the education community. The membership of the Partner Communications Group is as follows:
- SQA
- Scottish Government
- Scottish Council of Independent Schools (SCIS)
- Connect Scotland
- The Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS)
- Scotland’s Rural College – Student Association (SRUC)
- NASUWT
- Educational Institute of Scotland (EIS)
- Scottish Secondary Teachers’ Association (SSTA)
- National Union of Students (NUS)
- School Leaders Scotland (SLS)
- National Parent Forum Scotland (NPFS)
- Association of Directors of Education in Scotland (ADES)
- Colleges Scotland
- SQA Coordinators
Minutes
- NQ Partner Communications Group minutes 18 April 2024 (76 KB)
- NQ Partner Communications Group minutes 7 February 2024 (117 KB)
- NQ Partner Communications Group minutes 16 January 2024 (140 KB)
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