Staff Spotlight: Eloise Hanlon on T Levels

15 October 2026

Construction & Engineering

My proudest moments have been watching students earn grades they thought they were incapable of achieving, and watching them earn amazing degree apprenticeships with the companies they worked hard for during their time at the college.

Eloise Hanlon, Lecturer: T Level Design, Surveying and Planning

Could you tell us about your work on T Levels at NSCG?

I’ve been working on the Design, Surveying and Planning T Level since the college first started delivering it in 2023 when we were just a team of two. I deliver more of the design and sustainability-based units, including skills like manual drawing techniques, technical drawings, Revit, AutoCad, space planning and Heritage and Conservation. We’ve taken the students on some amazing enrichment trips, including to Barcelona where we got the see incredible examples of Modernisme architecture, such as Parc Güell, Palau de la Música Catalana and had a tour around the Sagrada Familia. We’ve also done some incredible in-class projects based on sites located in and around Newcastle and Stoke, with our year two’s focusing their attention on Burslem Port and producing a whole project proposal based on their research and ideas for the site.

Could you tell us about what you did before you joined NSCG and what benefits your experiences bring to your role?

I came straight from Birmingham City University after graduating with a first in Interior Architecture, having some of the best university-level education and using brand-new technologies available in the industry.

What has been your proudest moment when supporting students or employers on their T Level Journey?

Watching students earn grades they thought they were incapable of achieving, and watching them earn amazing degree apprenticeships with the companies they worked hard for during their time at the college.

Why do you feel the T Level pathway is a great option for students?

T levels have such a wide range of progression routes and can suite a variety of different types of students. They open the students' eyes as to what kind of job roles are out there in industry and give them the experience they need to develop their construction knowledge while also developing their interpersonal and social skills.

Typically where have your students progressed onto after successfully achieving the T-Level Programme?

Students usually either progress onto university studying architecture, architectural technology or quantity surveying, or they get degree apprenticeships in civil engineering.

If you have a student potentially interested in a T-Level, what would you suggest to them?

They have to be ready and dedicated for the world of work, and start to research themselves different companies they’d like to work for and what job role they’d like to be doing. Find what interests them the most and what they also don’t think they’d like to do in the industry.