Post-16 (16 - 25 Years)
- Written by: Lindsey Rousseau
The latest results of a Longitudinal Transition Study for young people with a vision impairment entering employment have been published by the Vision Impairment Centre for Teaching and Research (VICTAR) at the University of Birmingham and Thomas Pocklington Trust – https://www.visionuk.org.uk/
- Written by: Martin McLean
The 2015 NDCS/NatSIP Supporting transitions resource has been updated and the new version, now called 'Next Steps', is available through this link on the NDCS website: https://www.ndcs.org.uk/
- Written by: Lindsey Rousseau
The government has now published the 2019 T Level Action Plan at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/t-level-action-plan. The plan:
- confirms the rollout schedule for the remaining 15 T Levels in 2022 and 2023
- confirms the selection criteria for providers to deliver T Levels in 2022.
- confirms that the 2022 Expressions of Interest exercise will launch in early January 2020
- provides updates across core T Level policy including industry placements, T Level Professional Development and UCAS points, grading and certification
Alongside the T Level Action Plan, also published is the T Level Transition Programme Framework for Delivery. The T Level Transition Programme will be taught for the first time from September 2020, by providers taking part in its phased implementation. This is a new type of study programme specifically designed to help students to progress onto and succeed on a T Level. The T Level Transition Programme Framework for Delivery sets out the design of this new programme and how it should be delivered in this first year. This can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/t-level-transition-programme-framework-for-delivery-2020-to-2021
- Written by: Nicki Harris
The UCAS tariff for T Levels has been confirmed. This will provide assurance to potential T Level students and their parents that higher education is a recognised progression option.
The Department has today published a policy update which outlines the UCAS tariff for T Levels. The update also includes further information on T Level grading and certification:
- Students who pass all elements of their T Level will receive an overall grade of Pass, Merit, Distinction or Distinction*;
- They will get a nationally recognised certificate (‘T Level Certificate’) which will show their overall grade and a breakdown of what they have achieved across the T Level programme.
You can access the policy update here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/t-level-action-plan
You may also be interested to read the update on the UCAS website:
https://www.ucas.com/corporate/news-and-key-documents/news/ucas-tariff-points-allocated-t-levels
- Written by: Ian Noon
The Government must fix the broken education funding system, commit to a multi-billion cash injection for schools and colleges and bring forward a strategic ten-year education funding plan, say the Education Committee in its report, on 19 July 2019, on school and college funding.
- Written by: Nicki Harris
The Government today announced a second wave of further education providers who will deliver T Levels from 2021, this will bring the total number of T Level providers to over 100, offering 10 T Level courses. The list of providers can be found here
DfE have also published the response to the T Level funding consultation at https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/funding-for-the-delivery-of-t-levels which confirms how funding will be distributed, including:
- · Confirmation that additional funding will be provided to support T Level students who have not yet met the minimum English and maths requirement (GCSE or equivalent) so they can continue to gain these vital skills
- · Providing additional funding to support disadvantaged young people including while on an industry placement
- · Extra funding for T Level students who are aged 18 to ensure that they have access to the additional hours that are needed for larger T Level courses
· Introducing £3.75million of additional funding to help the early providers of T Levels and the transition programme meet some of the costs that are unique to these early providers
- Written by: Nicki Harris
On Sunday 19th May, DfE published an Industry Placements Policy Statement outlining their policy and plans for industry placements from September 2019, which can be accessed here https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/industry-placements-policy-framework
The Industry Placement Policy Statement identifies a series of additional models and approaches which ensure placements are high quality, meaningful and deliverable across different industries, as well as being accessible for all students:
- · Allowing students generally to work with up to 2 employers
- · Using on-site facilities for SEND and young offenders for part of the placement
- · Allowing a small proportion of occupationally relevant work tasters to count towards placement
- · Allowing part time work to count as long as it is occupationally relevant and at the right level
- · Placements recorded in hours rather than days - to reflect different working practices
- · Some route-specific models to reflect different industries
The Policy statement also announced a £7m Employer Support Fund pilot to trial the provision of financial support to employers and an Employer Support Package designed to build their confidence in effectively planning and implementing high quality placements, and the provision of good practice to enable accessibility of placements for all.
- Written by: Martin McLean
A new T Levels animation video has been launched on social media as part of a wider campaign, tying in with colleges week. The DfE would be grateful if you could share this video throughout your networks please – it can be found at https://youtu.be/Bv3zpEAm3sk
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