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Focus feature: T Levels two years on

Teething problems and tweaks notwithstanding, FE providers are unexpectedly positive about the biggest new technical and vocational qualifications in generations. How can DfE get them right in the long term? Jess Staufenberg finds out “What’s been really good about the T Level is it’s not just learning from a textbook. It’s been about learning through […]

Minister claims 90% of first-wave T Level students secured work placements

Unpublished internal data at the Department for Education was referenced at education questions.

DfE unveils plans for a new T Level in marketing

Officials want the qualification up and running from 2025

Donelan hints at more employer incentives for T Level placements

The further and higher education minister, Michelle Donelan, was quizzed by MPs on the House of Commons education committee this week.

No T Level achievement rates until wave 3 students complete

But national-level results for T Levels will be published from the get-go, with the first set of outcomes set to be released alongside A-levels in August

Pre-T Level course flops in first year

Just 1 in 7 students on the first transition programme progressed on to a full T Level

T Levels will make the qualifications system less confusing

But other qualifications, including BTECs, will continue to play an important role alongside T Levels and A levels, writes Alex Burghart The skills and post-16 education act becoming law last month was a watershed moment in bringing our skills system into the future. From our clear-eyed analysis of what works here and abroad, we found […]

Revealed: 38 BTECs facing the chop to clear way for first T Levels

They’re among 160 level 3 quals set to be defunded from 2024

Employers losing interesting in T Levels, survey reveals

5,000 employers were quizzed about their interest in offering T Level placements, apprenticeships and traineeships.