10 May 2021
Starting next year, 16 Institute of Technical Education courses will transition to a curriculum structure that will see students go straight through to Higher Nitec courses and earn the certification in three years.
The new curriculum structure will replace the current system of two years at the Nitec level followed by another two years for the Higher Nitec.
The 16 courses form the first phase of a transition that will see all courses moving to the three-year Higher Nitec programme by 2026. The programmes picked comprise eight Nitec courses and eight Higher Nitec courses.