19th April 2024- T Level Newsletter
May 2024 T Level data collection – for 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024 & 2025 providers
We issued the May 2024 data collection on 15 April 2024, and this will be open until Friday 10 May. It is important to complete this form before the deadline, as the May 2024 data collection is the last opportunity to add new T Level routes from the 2025 to 2026 academic year.
We will use the data from this collection for T Level planning and reporting, and specialist equipment allocations planning. Please complete the form here: T Level Data Collection.
If you have any queries about completing this form, please email TLDC.ENQUIRIES@education.gov.uk.
Manage T Level Results service webinars
In preparation for T Level results day this year, we are running several webinars on the Manage T Level Results service. If you have 2022 learners expecting results this August, click here to find out more.
Industry Placement - Employer Support Fund (ESF)
The Employer Support Fund was made available as a one-year trial fund in FY23-24 to support employers with the costs associated with industry placements. The fund came to a close on 31st March 2024 and we emailed providers on the 17th of April to inform them of the closure of the fund. We are grateful for all the efforts happening in your institutions to ensure that every student has access to a placement. Overall, the ESF have proven to be a valuable way of testing employer need and we will be monitoring the evidence from the pilot to inform any future support offer.
In the meantime, we remain committed to delivering high-quality industry placements and encourage you to make use of the extensive additional support available on our provider and employer support websites. Please do also continue to upload any outstanding ESF claims to the online ESF data tracking tool by 5th May 2024. If you have any questions, you can get in touch with us at Employer.SUPPORTFUND@education.gov.uk.
Content and assessment review
As part of our commitment to continuous improvement, over the next 12 months DfE and IfATE, in conjunction with Ofqual, will oversee a review of the content and assessment of all T Levels - starting with wave 1 & 2 T Levels in the Construction, Digital, Education & Early Years and Health & Science routes.
As part of this work, we want to hear more from providers on their experience of T Levels; in particular, the content and delivery of assessments. This includes holding a series of workshops with providers, which you may have been invited to take part in.
To support this, we have sent a survey to all providers who have delivered assessments in these T Levels: https://forms.office.com/e/uiEEDZUGGZ
If you have received a link, then please do make sure you take the opportunity to share your feedback by 5pm on Monday 29 April, which will play a key part in this review work, and in the ongoing development of T Levels.
Careers Guidance Grant Monitoring Forms
This is a reminder to all providers who received the T Level Careers Guidance grant, the deadline for returning the Monitoring Form was 31 March 2024.
If you have not yet sent your Monitoring Form, we would appreciate it if this form can be returned to us as soon as possible so we can review the recruitment activities you engaged in using the allocation.
If you are not the careers lead at your institution, please may you forward this message to them. You can return your completed form to TLevel.DELIVERY@education.gov.uk and if you have any questions, please use the same email address.
Understanding T Level destinations
The Gatsby Foundation, working in partnership with RCU and T Level providers, has recently published a report on destinations of the first cohort of T Level students. The report summarises the range of progression paths followed by a sample of students, drawing from providers own destinations insight. The report sits alongside a developing suite of case studies to celebrate the success of T Level students – the report and first case study are available here. Data collection for the 2022/23 cohort is currently underway – Wave One and Two providers should have been contacted directly and your support for this project would be very much appreciated. If you would like to discuss this research, or recommend one of your T Level graduates for inclusion in a future case study, please email sarah.herdan@gatsby.org.uk.
Upcoming T Level Question Time event
The next T Level Question Time event takes place on Tuesday 30 April (3.30pm to 4.30pm). Have your questions on T Level planning and delivery answered live by an expert panel, including:
- Michelle Young: Director of CEMAST CETC and Construction at Fareham College
- Jill Nichols: Head of Route Reviews, IfATE
- Cath Sezen: Director of Education Policy at the Association of Colleges
- Elise James: Education Advisor and T Level Professional Development Quality Manager
AoC Updates
The AoC Events and Support Brochure
Please click on Events & Support Brochure for T Level & T Level Foundation Year Providers to access webinars, provider insight days and other supportive engagement opportunities being delivered by AoC as part of the support programme available for all T Level Providers.
Awarding Organisation Updates
Pearson:
Pearson’s April E-Bulletin was published and included the following:
- Key Dates Schedules consultation
- 2024 Provider Approval window
- Craft and Design and Media, Broadcast and Production update
- Summer 2024 face-to-face T Level events
NCFE:
Preparing for the summer assessment series: NCFE have created a T Level summer assessment series webpage, so you have everything you need to know in one place. This webpage includes information on Occupational Specialisms (OS) and moderation, the Employer Set Project (ESP), core exams and the use of AI tools, along with other reminders on special considerations, reasonable adjustments, and assessment variation requests. Visit the summer assessment series webpage.
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