What is this course about?

During the 2-year programme, students will develop the core knowledge and skills that are needed for entry to a range of finance occupations. Students will develop an understanding of a broad range of issues relevant to the sector, including:

• The business environment – a general understanding of business models, tax laws, fundamental business principles and drivers for change
• Fundamentals of financial accounting – an understanding of elementary financial principles, concepts and practices and how this content links to relevant accounting, bookkeeping, and business mathematics requirements
• Professionalism and ethics – an understanding of professional conduct and responsibilities in the workplace and ethical dilemmas for the individual, organisation and professional
• Data driven innovation and analytics and design thinking – an awareness of key requirements of a data governance framework and understand the main contemporary visualisation tools and when they are best used to support decision making.

Students can also use this T Level to progress to a related higher-level apprenticeship or course of study at a higher level.

What content is on the course?

The T Level Finance (Pearson) content is in 14 topics:

• The business environment
• Careers within the finance and accounting professions
• Regulation
• Professionalism and ethics/equality, diversity and inclusion
• Security and risk
• Professional services
• Fundamentals of law
• Fundamentals of financial accounting
• Technology
• Data driven innovation/analytics and design thinking
• Research skills
• Project/change management and administration
• The financial services sector (finance pathway content)
• Professionalism and ethics (finance pathway content)

Course Assessment

The T Level Technical Qualification in Finance has two mandatory components; the Core Component, and the Occupational Specialist Component.