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GEOGRAPHY and Enterprise at New Heys
Key Stage 3 Curriculum
Collecting, recording and presenting information
Knowledge and understanding of environmental change and sustainable development

(Could also include trade issues, barriers and regulations)

Enterprise visit / partnership suggestions:
  • Local businesses with international trade eg Smith & Nephew, Reckitt Benckiser
  • Local town planners
  • Universities / colleges
  • Travel firms

Links

www.teachernet.gov.uk  - excellent resources on work related learning and enterprise

http://www.dur.ac.uk/dbs/executive/enterprise_devel/enterprise_education/  - this is the Foundation for Small, Medium Enterprise (SME) development, which is part of University of Durham. This is an excellent website displaying various resources for enterprise.
They have available some useful books at £6.50 to £8.50 each for secondary teachers and students: Geography - An Enterprising Approach

www.achieversinternational.org  - started in 1992, this enterprise and citizenship programme now has 35,000 student participants in 39 countries. It allows young people to form a small export company with a foreign partner school.