Young people

BTEC survival hope after Smith’s policy shift

Courses that 'overlap' with T Levels faced the cut under plans inherited from the Conservatives

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Apprenticeships, Young people

Just over half of T Level students satisfied with course, DfE survey reveals

Most common reasons for apprentice dropouts and levels of OTJ compliance also revealed

Josh Mellor
Josh Mellor
Young people

How we’ll go about reforming the level 3 landscape

Skills minister Jacqui Smith sets out the government's guiding principles for reviewing qualifications to meet the needs of learners...

JL Dutaut
Jacqui Smith
Skills reform, Young people

Wave 3 T Level contracts set to more than double in value

Government continues to respond to affordability concerns from awarding bodies

Shane Chowen
Shane Chowen
Assessment, Young people

Results 2024: 7 key trends from VTQ and T Level results

North West tops the table on T Level awards while engineering students most likely to struggle with industry placements

Anviksha Patel
Anviksha Patel
Young people

First T Level relicensing winners and huge contract boosts revealed 

One awarding giant decided not to re-tender at all as 4 contracts get reassigned

Billy Camden
Billy Camden
Young people

Why Gordon Brown is wrong to go against Labour’s T Level promise

Labour's commitment to pause and review the defunding of T Level alternatives is right - not least because of...

JL Dutaut
Alice Barnard
Young people

Nobody benefits from endlessly delaying level 3 reform

A 'pause and review' can't be an excuse to change direction again. Here are four ways to make sure...

JL Dutaut
James Scott
Politics, Young people

Labour must keep choice at the heart of post-16 pathways

Having a choice of technical education options, including T Levels, is the best way to create a system that...

Shane Chowen
Laura-Jane Rawlings