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1. Since May 2007, following the election of the new administration, the Scottish Executive has been renamed the Scottish Government.
2. The five Core Skills are: Communication, Numeracy, Information Technology, Problem Solving and Working with Others ( SQA, 2006).
3. The skills and attitudes for employability, including self-employment, include the generic skills or attitudes valued by employers and specific vocational skills or knowledge. Opportunities for developing these skills and attitudes are highlighted in each of the Course and Unit Specifications ( SQA, 2006).
4. see http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2007/07/06105338/0 and http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Publications/2006/09/skillsforwork
5. This evaluation did not include collecting information on parents' or employers' views of Skills for Work courses. However, as noted in Skills for Scotland: a Lifelong Skills Strategy, the Scottish Government is planning to undertake research to investigate attitudes to vocational learning by a wide range of interested parties.
6. See Scottish Executive (2005a, paragraph 5.7) for recommendations on the range of organisations local authorities should consult with when planning the delivery of courses such as SfW.
7. Detailed guidance on these requirements is set out in the Lifelong Partners guidance (Scottish Executive, 2005a). It states that ' college staff who teach pupils in college should possess or be working towards an appropriate teaching qualification, or have other means to demonstrate that they can teach to the requisite standard'.
8. Data provided to NFER from SQA's database on 30 th November 2007 and analysed by NFER.
9. Similarly, a survey carried out by SQA ( SQA, 2006) of 325 candidates at the end of the first year of the pilot revealed that 97.8 per cent had enjoyed their SfW courses.
10. It is worth noting that this proportion only refers to candidates who were entered for a SfW qualification by their delivery centres and excludes any candidates who may have dropped out of their courses at an earlier date - no figures were available on how many young people did so.
11. According to information provided by The Scottish Government, SfW courses will have the same credit value in the Scottish Credit and Qualifications Framework ( SCQF) as existing National Courses, and will appear on pupils' Scottish Qualifications Certificates in exactly the same way as other courses. SQA have also submitted the SfW Higher ( SCQF Level 6) for inclusion on the UCAS Tariff at the same level as other Scottish Highers and will seek the continuing inclusion of all appropriate qualifications.
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