T Levels implementation - content, assessment, support for providers, and student inclusion
This conference will examine the implementation of T Levels including issues surrounding:
- content,
- assessment,
- support for providers, and
- student inclusion.
The conference comes as the education sector and employers prepare for the implementation of the first wave of T Levels qualifications.
T Levels are being launched in digital, construction, education and childcare from September 2020, with a further 10 to be taught from 2021 and 15 more by the end of September 2023.
It also follows the announcement from the DfE of 64 further providers to deliver the second wave of T Levels by 2021, bringing the total to more than 100 further education providers.
Keynote contributions and case studies
The agenda includes keynote addresses from:
- Sue Lovelock, Deputy Director, T Levels Delivery Division, Department for Education;
- Carmel Grant, Deputy Director, Technical Education Implementation and Delivery, Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education; and
- Lucy Sydney, Director of Strategic Relationships for Vocational and Technical Qualifications, Ofqual.
Further speakers include: Dr Fiona Aldridge, Learning and Work Institute; Cerian Ayres, Education and Training Foundation; Jenifer Burden, Gatsby Foundation; Mark Compton, Access Creative College; Jim Grant, Cirencester College, Gloucestershire; Sonali Parekh, Federation of Small Businesses; Cindy Rampersaud, Pearson Education; Catherine Sezen, Association of Colleges; Amy Smith, Framestore and Media, Broadcasting and Production T Level Panel; Suzanne Straw, NFER and Anna Withrington, Digital T Levels Panel and IBM UK.
The agenda
- Implementing T Levels and their potential contribution to the wider vocational system;
- Design and assessment of the new qualification – supporting providers, preparing the workforce, and quality assurance;
- Delivering the first wave of T Levels – content and standards;
- ‘Regulating T Levels – assessment’;
- Key issues for the industry placements – funding, accessibility and inclusion; and
- Policy priorities ahead of the implementation of the first wave.
