2010 Annual Conference presentations
Our Annual Conference took place at the new conference centre at Nottingham Trent University on Wednesday 9th June and Thursday 10th June.
Download the conference handbook.
The conference was organised around a Business Studies theme on the Wednesday and an Economics theme on the Thursday with the focus of both days on improving the effectiveness of teaching and learning. Each day featured speakers with national reputations in their fields, workshops, an exhibition of learning resources and an opportunity to meet a range of specialist teachers of the subject.
PowerPoint presentations, video presentations and/or handouts from the Conference presentations are given below in alphabetical order of speaker.
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Unless otherwise stated all downloads are available only for members.
Kevin Abbott
Using ICT to implement assessment for learning Download
Andrew Ashwin
Controlled assessment – an Edexcel perspective Download
Using corrective WIKIs Download
Andrew Ashwin, Sandra Butler and Kelly Cunningham
Teaching analysis and evaluation
Levels of response mark schemes – Andrew Ashwin Download
Evaluation skills (Business education) – Sandra Butler Download
Evaluation skills (Economics) – Kelly Cunningham Download
Robin Babbage and Jim Byng
Moving a department from good to outstanding Download 
PowerPoints and a Word activity Download
Professor Colin Bamford (President – EBEA)
The President’s address - What have we done to our railways? Download
Stephen Barnes
Great lessons for Business Studies Download
Great A level lessons for Economics Download
The lessons described in Stephen Barnes presentation can be downloaded from the Learning and Resources section -A level Economics, A level Business Studies and GCSE Business Studies
Barbara Bock and Simon Dyer (The Kings School, Grantham)
Experiences of teaching the BAF Diploma Download
Sandra Butler see Andrew Ashwin, Sandra Butler and Kelly Cunningham Teaching analysis and evaluation
Jim Byng see Robin Babbage and Jim Byng Moving a department from good to outstanding
Gwen Coates
(HMI National Adviser, Business Education) Download
The impact of leadership and managent on provisoin and performance in business education
Agnes Cserhati
Teaching enterprise Download
Kelly Cunningham see Andrew Ashwin, Sandra Butler and Kelly Cunningham Teaching analysis and evaluation
Professor Peter Davies (University of Birmingham) and Cecilia Lundholm (University of Stokholm)
Understanding in economics: some issues of causality, integration and representation) Download
Professor Davies (IEPR Staffordshire University).
Peter Davies' work in this presentation was co-authored with Jean Mangan
Diagrams, modelling and the progresson students in economics Download
Understanding graphs in economics: an interpretation through threshold concepts Download
Professor Richard Disney (Professor of Economics, University of Nottingham, Research Fellow, Institute for Fiscal Studies)
The budget deficit: are we reducing it fast enough? Download
Sandra Donnelly and
Guy Durden
Magic Circles Download
Simon Dyer see Barbara Bock and Simon Dyer (The Kings School, Grantham) Experiences of teaching the BAF Diploma
Simon Evans (Swansea Metropolitan University)
The progress of the Welsh Baccalaureate Download
Margaret Hancock
Financial capability Download How business studies can support financial capability Download
Nicky Hill (Director of Leadership and Organisational Development, Boots UK)
Building a strong organisation in times of change Download
Peter Imeson (Farmors School)
Active learning in A level economics lessons Download
John Kay
Economic rent in the modern economy
Cecilia Lunholm see Peter Davies (University of Birmingham) and Cecilia Lunholm (University of Stokholm) Understanding in economics: some issues of causality, integration and representation
Marwan Mikdadi
Making learning in economics memorable Download
Andy Reeve
The EBEA Quality Mark Download
Jonathan Sharples (Institute for Effective Education, University of York)
The learning brain - new lessons for education
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Professor John Sloman
Economics – learning by doing Download
Charles Smith
The Laffer curve – a laughing stock or a guide to policy? Download
Jenny Wales
Economic well-being and financial capability strategy group Download
