Event Report – BTEC Practitioner Group Meeting
Linking London held the second BTEC Practitioner Group online meeting of the academic year 2024/25 on the 14th January.
After a warm welcome from Andrew Jones, Director at Linking London, delegates heard first from Ria Bhatta, Head of Stakeholder Engagement at Pearson who gave the group a useful summary of the key outcomes of the DfE rapid review of Level 3 qualifications including the impact on BTEC subjects, the future and next steps.
Following this we then heard from Noni Csogor, Research and Policy Manager at The Sixth Form Colleges Association who gave the group an update of the Protect Student Choice Campaign efforts to prevent the defunding of BTECs and other applied general qualifications, including the latest developments, what they want from the review, the challenges faced and next steps.
Lastly, attendees then had a chance for Q&A and to discuss the implications of these changes on their curriculum offerings.
The next BTEC Practitioner Group Meeting will be in the summer term, date and time TBC.
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