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‘Travel must do more to fight for its future after govt training axe’

Training
Michael Renshaw
21 April 2023

News the government is to remove funding for Level 3 Travel and Tourism comes as a great shock and disappointment, not only to staff at Sunderland College, but also to most people across the further education (FE) sector who deliver and assess these qualifications. 

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When, a few years ago, it was learnt there would be no T-level in travel and tourism, we expected a new A-level type of qualification similar to the old Vocational Certificate of Education (AVCE) would replace BTEC Nationals, which have been offered since I joined New College Durham back in 1973.