Vocational courses equip students with practical skills and a portfolio of work, but some worry that only A-levels will get them into a top university In the past, the BTec coursework-only ...

Queen Mary University of London welcomes applications from students currently studying Level 3 BTEC qualifications and will consider you for entry to the majority of our undergraduate courses. The ...

MINISTERS are facing growing calls to cancel vocational exams amid concerns over students’ safety and fairness. It comes as Boris Johnson said pushing ahead with all exams this summer “as normal” ...

Professions struggling with staff shortages may suffer if BTec funding withdrawn, say vice-chancellors The government’s planned cull of technical qualifications could prevent thousands of ...

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As thousands of students across the country await their A-Level results, even more are preparing to receive their BTEC grades. Those who partook in a vocational subject, described by UCAS as ...

BTec qualifications should not be scrapped in England, say groups representing students and staff in schools, colleges and universities. The plea comes as the Department for Education confirmed plans ...

A BTec student who has been offered a place at university said practical qualifications can be more appropriate than academic ones such as A-levels. Tasnim Bhuiyan, 21, from Cardiff is one of ...

A "made in Wales" solution is needed to tackle issues with qualifications as students await BTec results, the head of Colleges Wales has said. Iestyn Davies said more needed to be done to support ...

Pearson, a learning company, has partnered with the Buddha Group of Institutions, an educational establishment in Karnal. This collaboration aims to offer students at the Buddha Group of Institutions ...