The Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC) is a provider of secondary school leaving qualifications and further education qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Whilst the T in BTEC previously stood for Technical, according to the DFE (2016) it now stands for Technology. BTECs originated in 1984 and were awarded by Edexcel from 1996. Their origins lie in the Business Education Council, formed in 1974 to "rationalise and improve the relevance of sub-degree vocational education". It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Pearson plc. BTEC qualifications, especially Level 3, are accepted by all UK universities (in many instances combined with other qualifications such as A Levels) when assessing the suitability of applicants for admission, and many such universities base their conditional admissions offers on a student's predicted BTEC grades. Currently, Imperial College is the only university in Britain not to accept BTECs at all. A report by the Social Market Foundation in January 2018 found that more than a quarter (26%) of university applicants in England entered HE with at least one BTEC qualification. The research found that BTECs provide a particularly significant route to higher education for specific groups, with almost half students entering university with a BTEC, alongside large numbers of students in specific regions, including the North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, North East and West Midlands. This followed a separate report published by HEPI in 2017 on BTECs and higher education. (en)
Is soláthróir de cháilíochtaí oideachais dara-leibhéal agus breisoideachais i Sasana, sa Bhreatain Bheag agus i dTuaisceart Éireann é an Business and Technology Education Council (BTEC). Is fochuideachta de chuid Pearson plc atá lonnaithe i Londain é BTEC. Is féidir staidéar ar chúrsaí tríú leibhéal aitheanta ag BTEC i gColáiste Dhúlaigh, Coláiste Breisoideachais agus Coláiste Breisoideachais Bhaile Formaid i mBaile Átha Cliath. (ga)
商業技術教育委員会（The Business and Technology Education Council、BTEC）は、英国イングランド、ウェールズ、北アイルランドにおいて、中等教育卒業認定と、継続教育認定を所管する。 BTECの認定は、GCSE（1-2レベル）、一般教育修了上級レベル（レベル3）、大学学位（レベル4-7）と等価である。BTECが実施する職業教育は、ビジネス研究からエンジニアリングまでに及び、例としてビジネス学、応用科学、エンジニアリング、情報技術、メディア制作、保健とソーシャルケア、旅行と観光、舞台芸術などがある。 BTECの認定は、イングランド、ウェールズ、北アイルランドの多くの大学において入学適正評価に用いられており（特にレベル3）、多くの大学では条件付き入学が可能である（ケンブリッジ大とオックスフォード大は例外）。 (ja)