Administration and IT
Administration and IT develops candidates' administrative, organisational and IT skills. Candidates develop an understanding of administration in the workplace and the IT skills required for the role.
13-AUG-2024
Based on feedback from the teaching profession, and as part of our ongoing review and maintenance of National Courses, we've clarified and streamlined the assessment standards in National 3 and National 4 Administration and IT units.
We've updated the course specifications and unit specifications to make it clear that learners do not need to demonstrate full accuracy to meet the outcomes and assessment standards for each unit. The updated documents are dated May 2024. We’ve also updated the course and unit support notes and unit assessment support packs to reflect these changes. These are dated August 2024
These changes should help to ease learner workload and avoid the need for learners to continually show the same skills (without added breadth or context) across the units.
All the updated documents are valid for session 2024-25 onwards.
View our online news article – update on National Courses for session 2024-25 onwards (13 March 2024).
21-AUG-2024
The 2025 Administration and IT assignments and electronic files will be available to download from the SQA Secure website from the following dates:
- National 5 Administration and IT – Monday 17 February 2025
- Higher Administration and IT – Monday 10 March 2025
You can arrange access to these secure materials through your SQA co-ordinator, who will also confirm the uplift details for your centre.
The closing date for requesting adapted coursework assessments for Administration and IT is Friday 20 December 2024.
Contact us
For more information on annually released coursework for Administration and IT, please email qualification.development@sqa.org.uk and direct your enquiry to Lindsay Thomson, Qualifications Manager or Kirstie Casson, Qualifications Officer.
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