The changing Level 3 qualifications market Rationale and Research questions

该研究项目涵盖了至少三个DTP的学科/途径，包括教育学，经济学和定量社会科学途径。以下是拟议研究的摘要（来自监督员的初步建议）：政府最近推出了一种新的资格类型，称为T级。T Level是技术课程，相当于3A水平，但提供课堂学习和“在职”经验的混合。其目的是提高青年人可获得的技术教育的质量，以满足劳动力市场的需求，并提供技能和知识，以提高青年人的生产力、以后的工资，从而提高生活机会，然而，迄今为止，人们对这些新的资格在改善青年人，特别是来自弱势背景的青年人的生活机会方面的有效性知之甚少。这个定量研究项目旨在填补这一研究空白。该项目将利用年轻人教育途径的行政数据来确定参加T级考试的学生类型，并通过他们的教育生涯跟踪他们，分析他们的成功率，以及他们进入进一步和高等教育及以后的发展。我们特别感兴趣的是那些来自弱势背景的人如何受到T水平的影响。

This research project covers at least three of the DTP's disciplines/pathways, including the Education, Economics, and Quantitative Social Science pathways. Below is a summary of the proposed research (sourced from the supervisors' initial proposal):The government has recently introduced a new type of qualification known as the T Level. T Levels are technical courses which are equivalent to 3 A levels, but offer a mixture of classroom learning and 'on-the-job' experience. Their aim is to improve the quality of technical education available to young people to meet labour market needs and provide the skills and knowledge to improve young people's productivity, later wages and, hence, life chances.However, to date, little is known about how effective these new qualifications are for improving the life chances of young people, especially those from disadvantaged backgrounds. This quantitative research project aims to fill this research gap. The project will use administrative data on educational pathways taken by young people to identify the types of students taking T Levels, and track them through their educational careers, analysing their success rates, and their progression into further and higher education and beyond. We are particularly interested in how those from disadvantaged backgrounds are impacted by T levels.