 Involvement with Young Enterprise brings considerable benefits to schools, colleges, teachers and, of course, to the students who take part
Benefits for Schools/Colleges and Teachers
- Strengthens education and business
links
- Raises awareness of the needs of business
for staff and students
- Develops extra-curricular activities
- Offers their students the opportunity to
develop management and business skills
- Adds to teacher’s qualifications -
Link Teachers certificate - and furthers the career prospects
of Link Teachers
- Enhances the image of the school/college
within the community
- Provides additional publicity through Young
Enterprise activities
- Encourages student led activity and gives
the opportunity to develop a mature relationship with students
often not afforded with chalk and talk sessions
- Complimentary in other areas of study providing
skills evidence for them
- Underpins GNVQ studies
- All Young Enterprise Programmes at
Key Stage 4 are mapped against the nine elements of the
Work Related Learning Framework. A leaflet is available
on request.
Mr Wilson, teacher at Northgate School,
Ipswich (the 2004 regional winners) said: "The Young Enterprise
scheme has allowed the students to gain experience of many
areas of running a business such as finance, marketing, quality
control and legal constraints. It has been a long, challenging
and enjoyable ride, as well as a wonderful opportunity for
the team."
Benefits for Students
- An understanding of how business works
and how wealth and employment is created
- The opportunity to gain a variety of
business and management skills
- The ability to work in a team
- Improved communication skills and time
management skills
- Self-development particularly inter-personal
skills and core skills
- More motivation, enthusiasm and self
confidence
- A willingness to take responsibility
and initiative
- An opportunity to use advisers as role
models for the future and raise aspirations
- Experience of key business functions
– marketing, sales, personnel, finance etc.
- Be work ready and employable with increased
awareness of careers available
- Develop aspirations of self employment
- Nationally recognized level 1 or 2
qualification
Tim Barber, Managing Director of Leafit!,
the 2004 winning Company Programme team said: "everyone
involved has learnt a great deal from their experiences .
we always felt that over the eight months we had developed
a good team spirit, and were a close team of friends who worked
well together. From judges feedback we discovered that this
is what won us through to the nationals."
Tim attends Northgate High School Ipswich
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