How effective have T-levels been in increasing student and business involvement in technical education? Which factors increase student uptake and business recruitment of people with T-levels?

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Our goal is to increase productivity and growth by bringing education and business closer together and improving the quality of our skills programme, so that we meet current and future business skills needs.

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