Recommendation 22

The Department only has targets in place for two of its four identified benefits – progression to further study or skilled employment and students’ readiness for their chosen career. It does not have targets to understand progress in employers’ confidence in T Level graduates or students’ earnings. As at June 2024, it was not yet monitoring employers’ feedback due to difficulties identifying a robust evidence source. It was also using student surveys as alternative evidence for student outcomes.69 The Department stated that 44% of T Level students progressed onto a university degree and 49% went on to paid work, including an 62 Q 10 63 Q 9 64 ITL0011, ITL0013 65 C&AG’s Report, Para 2.17, Figure 9 66 Q 61 67 C&AG’s Report, paras 13, 2.18-2.19 68 Q 61 69 C&AG’s Report, para 2.18, Figure 9 15 apprenticeship, with seven out of ten students studying a higher or degree-level apprenticeship. It also described how seven in ten T Level students go into areas related to their chosen specialism.70