Industry Placements and T Levels

What are Industry Placements?

Placements are win-win situations for employers and students. 

As a company, you’ll have access to a student for up to 45 days during an academic year, arranged to suit their business needs, typically for one day a week.

The Benefits of Industry Placements

  • You’ll benefit from our students’ new ideas, armed with the latest industry knowledge
  • You’ll be able to upskill your existing employees, giving them chance to manage a trainee. 
  • You’ll reduce recruitment costs
  • You’ll be supporting the future local workforce
  • You’ll be giving something back to the local community
  • You’ll be giving students priceless work experience
Interested in offering a placement? Speak to the team today!

What are T Levels?

T Levels at a glance

  • A more vocational alternative to A levels
  • A mix of classroom and workplace learning
  • Recognised by universities, with UCAS points
  • Include a minimum 45-day industry placement
  • Two-year course, equivalent to three A levels

T Levels are coming...

There will soon be a new option for post-GCSE education.

T levels are designed to offer a more vocational alternative to A levels, and will soon be on offer at Telford College.

These two-year courses are being rolled out across the country over the next couple of years as a fresh option for students after their GCSEs.

Each T level will be equivalent to three A levels, and include a mixture of classroom learning and ‘on-the-job’ experience.

They will include at least 45 days of industry placement with a local employer, focused on developing the practical and technical skills required for your chosen career.

In time, there will be more than 20 different T level options – but initially, Telford College will be focusing on three key areas . . . Digital, Health, and Construction.

The aim is to roll out the first T levels at Telford College in 2023, and further expand the programme in 2024.

We are already working closely with many local employers to ensure that students will be able to gain quality industry placements in their chosen fields.

Eventually there will be something for everyone – from agriculture to catering and engineering to finance.

T levels are based on similar standards to apprenticeships, and have been designed with leading businesses and employers to give you all the relevant knowledge and skills you need.

So, how exactly does it all work?

When you pass your T level, you will get a nationally-recognised certificate showing the overall grade you achieved – pass, merit, distinction or distinction*.

It will also give details of what you learned on the course to help you move into skilled employment or a higher apprenticeship.

Your T level will be worth UCAS points – a T level distinction* is worth the same as 3 A levels at A* – and will be recognised by universities and other education providers so you can choose to continue studying if you wish.

Like A levels, there are no tuition fees to study a T level if you start before you are 19. Colleges will set their own entry requirements.

T levels give students valuable experience in the workplace; and employers get early sight of the new talent in their industry.

T level students will typically spend 80% of the course in the classroom, and the other 20% in a meaningful industry placement, where they put their newly-learned skills into action.