Young people

Here are 3 urgent ways T Levels still need reforming

Everything from too-strict entry requirements to the exams timetable are stopping T Levels from working on the ground, writes...

Jess Staufenberg
Vernon Shaw
Young people

DfE seeks brokers for SME T Level placements

Up to £350 will be paid per placement to the winning contractors

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Young people

‘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...

Will Nott
Will Nott
Young people

What providers need to know about applying to deliver T Levels from 2024

This will be the fifth and final year of T Level rollout

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Skills reform, Young people

Ofqual proposes stricter controls on BTECs that survive qualifications cull

Regulators have unveiled plans for more “rigorous” controls over the BTECs and other post-16 qualifications which survive a planned...

FE Week Reporter
FE Week Reporter
Young people

Universities are stuck between a rock and a hard place on T Levels

Accepting students with T Levels is more complicated than it looks, writes Nick Hillman There is just one objective...

Jess Staufenberg
Nick Hillman
Young people

T Level mess is not a good look for universities – here’s what they should do

The HE sector needs to engage with the Department for Education and FE providers quickly, writes Mary Curnock Cook...

Jess Staufenberg
Mary Curnock Cook
Young people

DfE keeps T Level placement capacity proof a secret to protect policy ‘safe space’

Officials say the evidence should be 'sheltered from external distractions'

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Young people

Confused and frustrated: Most universities reject first cohort of T Level students

DfE urges transparency amid looming UCAS deadline

Billy Camden
Billy Camden