BTECs | FE Week

Diplomas get a reprieve, and learners avoid the gap

The government’s decision to pause the defunding of diplomas and extended diplomas is a major victory for common sense

Three pathways, one goal: Getting young people back on track

Our phased transition to new qualifications will provide the certainty providers need, while ensuring no young person falls through the cracks

Level 3 clear-out: Hundreds of courses get fewer than 10 students

New figures show widespread low enrolment across vocational qualifications as ministers push ahead with controversial reform

MPs blast DfE for refusing to pause BTEC cutback

Education select committee ‘disappointed’ with government response

‘Significantly’ less than half of AGQs like BTECs will get the chop, government concedes

‘Through this process we expect to remove just a small proportion of the total level 3 BTEC and other applied general style qualification offer’

BTEC funding to be debated in parliament after petition hits 100k signatures

Over 20,000 people signed the petition in just two days

Keeping BTECs will allow T Levels to work

Preserving funding for applied general qualifications is the best way to ensure T Levels succeed, says Ian Pryce Can you remember that dress that went viral in 2015, generating more than 10 million tweets? There were furious rows about whether it was black and blue, or white and gold, yet everyone was looking at the […]

Scrapping BTECs is bad for levelling up and for BAME students

It’s difficult to see how reducing choice at level 3 by scrapping BTECs will improve social mobility and diversity, writes Kasim Choudhry Government plans to remove funding for qualifications such as BTECs could negatively impact progression opportunities for learners and the availability of skilled labour for employers, but for BAME learners, local communities and employers it could be a bigger blow. The government recognised and promoted the […]