1. Alevels VS BTECS
(Interview Bulletin- Draft Script)
Angle- Investigative- DoBTECstudentsdeserve aplace inuniversity?
Do BTEC studentsdeserve aplace at university? It’sthe topicof debate thatarisesonstudent
forumseveryyearas studiersand holdersof the qualificationfighttoprove theirworth,butwhatis
the true realityof studyingaBTEC? Undertakeninvocational subjectareassuchas businessstudies
and engineeringthey’re nowconsideredtobe the equivalentof Alevelswith more than 100,000 UK
BTEC studentsapplyingforuniversityeachyear- 95%of those beingexceptedontoa degree level
programme,includingthose atcompetitiveRussell groupuniversities.Sowhyissuch a pessimistic
lightshone onthe qualification? We caughtupwithEccles SixthFormCentre BTECand Alevel
educator,Paul Rossingtontogethistake on the matter.