Local MP visits Buckinghamshire College’s Aylesbury Campus for T Level Week

Rob Butler MP visited Buckinghamshire College’s Aylesbury Campus to celebrate the first ever ‘T Level Week’ and to meet students embarking upon this new qualification.

Rob said:
“It was good to join Buckinghamshire College Aylesbury campus staff and students today as part of T Level Week. There is huge enthusiasm for T Levels locally, and I was impressed by the newly opened facilities for digital, childcare and health & science courses.”

T Levels seek to widen the opportunities available to post-16 year olds by putting technical and academic qualifications on an equal footing. They offer a blend of classroom learning alongside an ‘on-the-job’ industry placement, which not only makes them highly desirable as a qualification but directly relevant to employers. It is hoped that T Levels will become one of the main choices for students after GCSEs, alongside apprenticeships and academic programmes.

Rob added:
“T Levels are widening the opportunities available for more young people in Aylesbury and giving them skills that are in high demand by employers. I would like to congratulate all the students who have embarked upon their first year of T Levels at the Aylesbury Campus of Buckinghamshire College and the staff who have worked so hard to deliver this new qualification so successfully. I strongly encourage year 11 students to consider T levels as a great opportunity for the next step of their education.”