Backgrounder

What are BTecs and how are they graded?

A BTec, which stands for the Business and Technology Education Council, is a practical qualification. Courses are assessed through exams, regular coursework and projects, and sometimes placements.
Students in England, Wales and Northern Ireland have received their A-level, T-level and BTec National results. The number of students getting top A-level results has reached a record high this year, ...
Students being left in “limbo” without exam results days after they were due to be published is “not good enough”, an education leader has said. Exam board Pearson apologised over the weekend as some ...
As Pakistan steps into a new era of digital transformation and global collaboration, the skills needed to thrive are changing fast. Around the world, ...
英國駐港總領事Andrew Seaton於首屆「BTEC傑出學生頒獎禮」上表示,英國教育機構為香港學員提供完善的進修及升學方案,而 ...
Manchester City’s charity, City in the Community (CITC) hosted an event for prospective BTEC students at Failsworth sports ground, which saw grassroot football clubs compete against each other in a ...
THE first ever "site visit" of BTEC's Community Education and Development Sub-Committee this week afforded BTEC'S Marisa Hall and committee member Diane Gordon the opportunity of learning from some of ...
BTEC students fear they will give their families Covid after getting just hours’ notice that they must attend January exams in person – despite the national lockdown. On Tuesday evening, the ...
Nearly half a million UK pupils face a fresh round of results chaos after exam board Pearson pulled its BTec results on the eve of releasing them. Pearson said it would be re-grading all its BTecs to ...
Thousands of students and pupils across Northern Ireland have finally received their BTec results. Many were supposed to receive them alongside GCSEs on Thursday 20 August but they were not released ...