All-Party Parliamentary Group for T Levels

T Levels

All-Party Parliamentary Group for

The All-Party Parliamentary Group on T Levels is an informal cross-party group of Parliamentarians which serves to provide a forum to engage with interested stakeholders and promote the value of T Levels in collaboration with industry.

About the Group

This forum will ensure that key decision-makers understand the opportunities offered and challenges faced by the new T Level qualification, as well as considering challenges to implementation and how these are being overcome, and helping to scrutinise and shape policy.

The key objectives of the Group will be to:

Increase cross-party Parliamentarian awareness, understanding of, and support for, this new qualification;
Ensure T Levels are positively received by Parliamentarians, key stakeholders and the wider public;
Provide a forum for stakeholders to demonstrate their commitment and understanding of the challenges facing young people today and in the future, and how the T Level qualification programme widens participation.

Chair and Officers

Chair: Dr Sam Rushworth

Dr Sam Rushworth MP, the Member of Parliament for Bishops Auckland, was elected Chair of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for T Levels in October 2024. As a former further education college teacher himself, Sam holds a wealth of experience and understanding in the field of further education. He has also taught at university level, having worked in research and innovation at Durham University.

Officer: Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP

The Rt Hon Damian Hinds MP, the Member of Parliament for East Hampshire, was elected as an Officer of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for T Levels in October 2024. Damian has been a long-standing advocate for T Levels, and consistently supported the qualification during his tenure as Secretary of State for Education – as well as during spells as Minister of State for Schools and as Shadow Secretary of State for Education. As the inaugural Chair of the APPG, Damian has argued that a deeper understanding of T Levels by MPs will be “crucial” to the qualification’s success.

Officer: Baroness Garden of Frognal

Baroness Garden of Frognal sits as a Liberal Democrat Life Peer in the House of Lords, and was elected as an Officer of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for T Levels in October 2024. Lady Garden is a former Government Whip, and also held the position of Spokesperson for the Department for Education. She currently holds the post of Deputy Speaker of the House of Lords, and is the Liberal Democrats Lords Spokesperson on Higher & Further Education and Skills.

Officer: Lord Young of Norwood Green

Lord Young of Norwood Green sits as a Labour Life Peer in the House of Lords, and was elected as an Officer of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for T Levels in October 2024. Lord Young is a former Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Skills and Apprenticeships in the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills. He has been a consistent supporter of increasing skills provisions during his time as a Lord.

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Connect provide the Secretariat to the Group on behalf of the Group sponsors. For information on Connect’s clients, please visit the PRCA Register.

If you have any questions or would like to find out more about the APPG, please contact us on 0207 592 9592 or email TLevelsAPPG@connectpa.co.uk

Chair: Dr Sam Rushworth MP, House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. Tel: 020 7219 6437. Email: sam.rushworth.mp@parliament.uk.

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Group Sponsors

The Group is supported by the organisations below who help fund the running of the Group via its secretariat, Connect. If you are interested in becoming a sponsor of the Group please contact TLevelsAPPG@connectpa.co.uk