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Podcast: Don't throw the BTEC baby out with the T level bathwater

Podcast: Don't throw the BTEC baby out with the T level bathwater

Date9th Sep 2021AuthorJames KewinCategoriesPolicy and News

On 9th September 2021, SFCA's deputy chief executive James Kewin spoke to Sarah Montague on BBC Radio 4's World at One about the #ProtectStudentChoice campaign. Listen below, and learn more about the campaign here.

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The Edge Foundation - February 3

Join us as we argue against removing funding for BTECs because 👉It will leave many of our students without a viable pathway at the age of 16 👉It will hamper progress to higher education or skilled employment Learn more 👉https://t.co/HeSlBys3S5 #ProtectStudentChoice https://t.co/mAz3hRRfAj

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@SFCA_Info - February 3

Interesting blog on test anxiety: while there are individual students for whom it can be debilitating, in general some level of anxiety about exams is normal and doesn't affect performance. Thanks @AQ_insight https://t.co/4hvCb2nwje

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@SFCA_Info - February 3

Brilliant news - well done to your students Lauren! It would be so damaging and counterproductive to get rid of qualifications that lead so many brilliant young people into nursing, midwifery, and social care. Yet that's what govt plans to do from 2025... #ProtectStudentChoice https://t.co/5t7eOY6As8

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FE Week - February 2

✝️ Sixth form colleges with a religious character can finally apply to become an academy https://t.co/vkS61jW8s7

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Tom Hunter - January 30

A cross-party group of Peers have written to Education Secretary @GillianKeegan calling on DfE to halt plans to cut funding to level 3 applied general qualifications, such as BTECs The respected former ministers have accused the Govt of backtracking on promises over qual reform https://t.co/KnuiNWnF91

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The Edge Foundation - January 30

We need @educationgovuk not to break its pledge to only remove a small proportion of Level 3 quals. Read the story 👇 and #ProtectStudentChoice analysis of the latest changes and what ministers need to do next. https://t.co/6ATXlGgevo https://t.co/EzcX4ZzUcK

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Liz Bentley-Pattison - January 30

#ProtectStudentChoice Former UK education ministers attack plan to reduce vocational qualifications https://t.co/vOUK8dnslW

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@SFCA_Info - January 30

The @educationgovuk response to letter from Peers about the #ProtectStudentChoice analysis is worse than the usual boilerplate. No apology for misleading Peers. Inaccurate claims about the quals that will go. Ladders are being pulled up rather than put in place. https://t.co/BIJuEBHVBc

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NEON - January 30

Former UK education ministers attack plan to reduce vocational qualifications #ProtectStudentChoice #Education https://t.co/ZS5LHpXT7o

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@SFCA_Info - January 30

The letter signed by Lords Blunkett, Baker, Willetts, Johnson, Watson and Baroness Garden can be read below. The #ProtectStudentChoice coalition is very grateful for their support and the letter deserves more than a @educationgovuk boilerplate response: https://t.co/dp330ecBF2

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@SFCA_Info - January 30

The #ProtectStudentChoice campaign is delighted to have the support of Lord Blunkett and other supportive Peers. Their letter, based on the campaign's analysis, is covered in this piece by @RichardA that is well worth a read 👇 https://t.co/NkDPZWMJfW

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Geoff Barton - January 30

All credit to former education secretaries who are joining the fight against the DfE’s misguided plan to scrap dozens of well-respected and much-needed vocational courses. #ProtectStudentChoice https://t.co/CwEE46ecjj

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@SFCA_Info - January 27

Really enjoyed this blog from @head_teach on the problems of getting too far away from the 'shop' or classroom floor - a risk MATs and college groups in particular, but all large institutions, need to think about. https://t.co/ljirZSdxIj

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FE Week - January 27

🪓 More than half of reformed applied general qualifications will be axed by government edict, new analysis reveals. Leaders warn this ‘ideologically driven’ reform could cause ‘significant chaos’ #ProtectStudentChoice https://t.co/VjL2dHplcg

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Poetry By Heart - January 27

There's a special connection between #PoetryByHeart and sixth form colleges so we were delighted to be asked to write this piece on the competition and its impact on young people for @SFCA_info #edutwitter #poetry https://t.co/id2bOv0BQS

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Geoff Barton - January 27

Hard to see how in any way this decision could be in the interest of young people, the skills agenda, or the econony: 'More than half of reformed AGQs will be scrapped by government edict': https://t.co/bwRdBj4wZ2 #ProtectStudentChoice https://t.co/LiXpjdk5vW

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University Alliance - January 27

The government has reversed its commitment to defund only a "small proportion" of AGQs - which provide well-established progression routes into HE. Read the #ProtectStudentChoice analysis of the @educationgovuk plan here, and its impact on student choice👇 https://t.co/cUdVRoETCD

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UCU - January 27

The government needs to step back from plans to renege on promises to axe only a small number of BTECs Figure show that around half are still under threat #ProtectStudentChoice https://t.co/zDsEKTeKtq

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Billy Camden - January 27

Top analysis by #ProtectStudentChoice. Cross-party group of peers led by Lord Blunkett set to confront @GillianKeegan on the issue. ‘This, at best, is an act of considerable bad faith and, at worst, an indication the government’s word isn’t worth the paper it was written on’🔥 https://t.co/vkldiHN7qt

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@SFCA_Info - January 27

The #ProtectStudentChoice analysis of the latest @educationgovuk plan for AGQs like BTECs is available on the campaign site. Read how the government has broken its pledge to only remove a small proportion on quals and what ministers need to do next. 👇 https://t.co/j2yXgeZwkv

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