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<p>Small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are key to ensuring that industry placements
are a successful component of T Levels, as they make up a large proportion of the
employer landscape. Through the department’s employer engagement teams, we are engaging
directly with employers of all sizes, including SMEs, to explain the benefits of T
Levels and of industry hosting placements, and to help provide a strong pipeline of
employers, across all sectors, that are ready to offer placements.</p><p>We are providing
an extensive programme of support to help ensure employers of all sizes can deliver
placements. This includes a comprehensive employer support package, offering guidance,
workshops, webinars, tailored advice, and hands-on support to help build employer
confidence and capability in delivering high quality industry placements. We have
also implemented several different delivery models to ensure placements can be delivered
by employers of different sizes, across all industries and locations, and our T Level
Ambassador Network is enabling employers, including SMEs, to engage with others in
their industries on T Levels and placements. Finally, we have put in place a short-term
incentive fund, offering employers £1,000 per industry placement, to encourage employer
engagement during the COVID-19 outbreak. This has been warmly welcomed by SMEs.</p><p>We
will continue to monitor the delivery of placements and work closely with employers,
including SMEs, to identify what support they will need going forward to deliver high-quality
placements.</p>
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