SQA courses

The Department for Education (DfE) has given some providers specific designation to offer courses delivered by the Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA). If you have this, you should choose an Advanced Diploma or Advanced Certificate qualification for these courses.

You must use these qualifications for courses that previously had a qualification of Higher National Diploma (HND) or Higher National Certificate (HNC).

If you've listed these courses with HND or HNC qualification before, you must start phasing them out. You can use the Available course years function to do this. You should create new versions of the courses with the correct qualification for new students.

If you have not received confirmation of designation from DfE, you must not enter these courses on CMS as they're not eligible for funding.