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Throughout the two years the aim is to help you develop an enthusiasm for Business.
We will look at a range of core business concepts and applying them to business contexts to develop a broad understanding of how businesses work.
Take a look at the Specification below to find out some of the key topics we will be looking further into:

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This acronym will remind you to focus your responses to exam style questions. It will remind you to follow the 'command word' and answer the question in front of you.

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You will find the A Level department on Level 4 of the main building.

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We keep an information board in the A level common room where you can find a range of signposts to things such as volunteer opportunities, help and support with your studies, British Values, support services and much more.

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Both of us are also tutors. You will have a one hour tutorial session once a week at college with an allocated personal tutor.
During this hour you will hear all important information and notices, such as the numerous events being held around college each week.  Get involved!

You will have a 1:1 tutorial with your tutor each term, this is an opportunity to discuss your progress and any concerns you may have.

During tutorial you will have help and guidance to apply for your work experience placement in first year. as well as this support in second year for applications to university, jobs or apprenticeships.

You will also complete and learn about a number of key topics such as; Prevent, British Values and a range of other topic areas that may interest you.

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We also like to use some tutorial sessions to make an escape from the college campus!!

We go visit the University and apprenticeship fairs.
We have been to the Road Safety Experience and tutors often invite in guest speakers to discuss topics such as entrepreneurship.

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We have had many guest speakers visit tutorial sessions each year.

We have had..

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Harriet Collins is an associate in the family team.

Harriet advises clients on a broad range of family matters including divorce and separation, financial settlements and pre- nuptial and post-nuptial agreements. She also advises on cohabitation and property issues arising between non-married couples and matters involving children.

Harriet is committed to resolving matters amicably and constructively and achieving cost and time effective resolutions.

Harriet trained at Russell-Cooke and qualified as a solicitor in September 2019.

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Harriet Collins is an associate in the family team. Harriet advises clients on a broad range of family matters including divorce and separation, financial settlements and pre- nuptial and post-nuptial agreements. She also advises on cohabitation and property issues arising between non-married couples and matters involving children.

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Outreach: We'll visit you - Parliament UK Education

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Our friendly and knowledgeable outreach officers bring the UK Parliament to your group session. Wherever you are based in the UK, we visit you.

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We all made pledges in tutorial at the beginning of the year, these help us to focus on what we want to achieve as well as how the teachers can support this.

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We have a copy of the timetable up on boards so you have no excuse to be late to lessons! We also always put up important notices to keep you all well informed.

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We regularly put up great opportunities that may interest you. For example work experience or summer placements, as well as part time job vacancies.

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We also keep you updated with UCAS information throughout the year such as dates and times from universities about open days and summer university programmes.

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Over the last few years of being a law lecturer, one of my favourite parts of the job is taking all of you lovely lot out into the real world....TRIPS! In the past, we have visited the Old Bailey, Royal Courts of Justice and the Houses of Parliament.

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Extra Curricular - Debating Competition 2019 

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Extra Curricular - Debating Competition 2019 

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There are many resources in the college library and the Business classroom to help you. Here is one of my favourite - The Business Review Magazine.

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Your ALevel will be assessed through three exams at the end of year 2.
Each question in the exam paper is based on a case study given. We will practice these in class to help build your confidence and skills.
Below is an example of the size of a typical case study you will get and a students planning of their answer.

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One key skill you will need for your exam is to be able to assess.
Throughout the two years we will assess many key business concepts and decisions. we will weight up the positives and negatives.
Here is a simple example of a second year student looking at the advantages and disadvantages of Multinational Companies - a topic we look at when we look at growing businesses globally the the impacts/influences involved.

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Another key skill you will need for your exam is to be able to apply numerical skills in a range of business contexts.
This example below is where students needed to decide based the evidence given on numerical evidence (they calculated) which factory to purchase.

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If you want to know more and see some examples of students work please keep scrolling down...

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During the first term we look at entrepreneurs. Below is an example of some initial research a student did. We then started to discuss what skills and qualities someone needed to be an entrepreneur, as well as the challenges and difficulties they may face when moving from an entrepreneur to a leader.

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During the first year we will look at the marketing mix. Here we discussed the main four areas a business needs to consider as well as how it will need to be adapted to cater for different markets.
Below are some examples of products students created and the marketing mix to suit.