HN Business Review Update - 2020
       
      Story so far
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      •   Scoping Late 2018, Centre surveys Summer 
          2019
      •   Hiatus due to Next-Gen delay
      •   Begin of Review late September 2019
      •   Update in line with developments in technology
      •   “Blank sheet” approach
      •   Unit revisions underway
      •   Proposed new HNC and HND frameworks in 
          place (mandatory sections)
      HN Business Review Update - 2020
       
      Aims of the Review
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      •   Increase flexibility of assessment
      •   “Mainstream” elements of Enhancements Pilot 
          Assessment approaches
      •   Increase flexibility of Group Award Structures
      •   Update in line with changes in theory and 
          practice
      •   Update in line with developments in technology
      •   “Blank sheet” approach
  Next-Gen
  First meeting re standards and assessments Feb ‘20
  Aim – iterative changes and piloting rather than block 
  fully formed untested Design Principles
  Desire to see mainstreaming of Enhancements Pilot 
  approaches
  Aim to have some outputs available August ‘20 (eg 
  Economic Issues: Intro)
  Meta-skills
  HN Business Review will mainstream many elements of 
  Enhancements Pilot
      New HNC Framework
       Unit Title                                                       Credit   SCQF
       Business Accounting*                                             2        7
       Business Communication^                                          1        7
       Business Fundamentals & Emergent Technologies**                  2        7
       Economic Issues: An Introduction**                               1        7
       Managing People and Organisations*                               2        7
       Marketing: An Introduction^                                      1        7
       Business: Graded Unit 1*                                         1        7
       TOTAL MANDATORY CREDIT                                           10
       TOTAL WITH OPTIONAL UNITS                                        12
      New HND Year 2 Framework
       Unit Title                                                          Credit   SCQF
       Business, Culture, Strategy and Leadership**                        3        8
       Business Law: an Introduction*                                      1        7
       Economics: Micro and Macro Theory and Application*                  1        8
       Economics: The World Economy*                                       1        8
       Preparing Financial Forecasts*                                      1        8
       Project Management (Technology) for Business Decision Making**      2        8
       Business: Graded Unit 2*                                            2
       TOTAL MANDATORY CREDIT                                              21
       TOTAL WITH OPTIONAL UNITS                                           30