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The Department for Education has today confirmed its intention to conduct a review into higher-level technical education.

The review will look across level 4 and 5 provision, focusing on how technical qualifications at these levels can better address the needs of learners and employers.

This includes ensuring that learners can progress from the new T levels, and other full-time education, into the workplace. It will also consider how these qualifications work for those in the workforce looking to upskill or retrain.

The��announcement follows the recent disclosure��of the first T level subjects that will be taught from 2020.

‘Good for our economy’

Apprenticeships and skills minister Anne Milton said: “High-quality technical education helps young people and adults get into new, fulfilling and better-paid careers. That’s good for them and good for our economy. This is the way we build a better, higher skilled workforce.

“We are already taking steps to improve technical education with investment in apprenticeships and the creation of T levels. This review is the next logical step in that process.”

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