In a world where practical skills and employability are at a premium, it’s time for the snobbery around BTecs to end.
“That’s a bit BTec.” So goes an insult thrown by friends of Yvette Roberts’s son, used to denote something deemed sub-par. Even after achieving an A* and A in his BTec in graphic design, and going on to study film at Leeds University, the 21-year-old still “doesn’t mention the BTec aspect as he’s embarrassed,” she says. “There is still a snobbery around them.”
