Tracey Duffy

T Level - Industry Placement in the 2nd Year

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Hi, I am looking for some advice here please.

Our Agriculture T Level has a year out placement in the 2nd year.

Both internal auditors and awarding bodies are saying we cannot offer a 3 year T Level despite the guidance shown below.

How T Level funding is different from the way we fund 16 to 19 study programmes

We have built on the existing arrangements to distribute T Level funding for 16 to 19 year olds, including:

·         4 additional funding bands to accommodate the different sizes of T Levels

·         funding based on the hours above the usual full-time rate for study programmes spread over 2 years because T Levels are usually 2-year programmes – where institutions deliver T Levels over 3 years to ensure that students undertake a 12 months’ long industry placement, we will only fund the T Level for the first 2 years of the programme

 

How are providers remaining audit compliant and providing evidence for that placement year claim in the ILR for the 2nd year. I would be grateful if anyone currently running a placement year also could advise on this. Many thanks,

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Steve Hewitt

Get the horrible feeling that you may be the first to do this...

Receiving funding in Y2 when they're out and nothing in Y3 when they're in sounds like a *massive* fudge as well for a whole bunch of audit reasons, although, if you're tracking the placement hours (kind of like a reverse apprenticeship???), that would seem pretty solid evidence?

Tracey Duffy

Thanks Steve, causing me a headache this..

I did think we need to just do it as you say and argue over it if audited as we could evidence the claim in delivery for all years of the ILR Claim and other evidence to triangulate.