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The government has updated its list of over 200 qualifications to be scrapped as part of the rollout of T-levels.

They are being removed to "streamline further education", the Department for Education (DfE) has said.

But some college principals have said it could be damaging to students.

T-levels are vocational qualifications aimed at 16 to 19-year-olds, which focus more on practical subjects than academic ones, with each course lasting two years and roughly equivalent to three A-levels.

Hannah is in the second year of her BTEC in IT at Harlow College in Essex. She is one of 600 students at the college currently studying a course scheduled for defunding by 2025.

Hers will be unavailable to new students from next year.

Speaking to ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 5 Live's Adrian Chiles, Hannah said that T-levels courses feel "underprepared" and not "fully finished yet".

This clip was originally from Adrian Chiles on 19 October 2023.

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