BTEC International

Prepare your learners for a skill-based, future ready career with a BTEC by Pearson

Every year, BTEC serves 1 million learners in 50 countries. They support learners with practical, hands-on learning experiences at every step of their career journey whether they choose to progress to higher education or go straight into employment.

BTEC International qualifications provide learners with the skills, knowledge and behaviours not only in their chosen sector but in the soft skills that become invaluable in their career paths.

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BTEC offers an alternative to academic education from fundamental learning to professional courses at postgraduate level. They are developed and validated in partnership with educators, employers and governments to ensure their content reflects the needs of the workforce.

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BTEC curriculum resources

All approved BTEC centres have access to our teaching support materials. These materials were previously accessible via Learning Hub but have since moved to Active Learn where Educators can purchase digital (and in some cases physical) copies of our Study Texts and Student Books.

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Latest news and blog

International School Leaders Conference 2019: Future of Skills – Employment in 2030

January 9, 2020

The pace of economic change all but guarantees that a single degree or qualification earned by today’s students in their teens or 20s will no longer be sufficient for their whole working life. Students graduating from high school today will have many, many jobs in their professional lives, some predictions place this number as high as 15. And we have no idea what many of those jobs will be…
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Multilingual students in the classroom webinar recording and FAQs

January 9, 2020

If 1,050 registrations for our webinar is anything to go by, then there is a lot of interest in multilingual learners in international schools. And no wonder – according to ISC Research, 80% of students in international schools are local and speak a plethora of languages.
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