2011 Annual Conference - presentations

Our 2011 Annual Conference was held on Wednesday 8th and Thursday 9th June at the Nottingham Conference Centre.

 ZIPDownload the conference handbook.

The conference was organised around a Business Studies theme on the Wednesday and an Economics theme on the Thursday with the theme on both days of From Good to Outstanding. Each day featured speakers with national reputations in their fields, break-out sessions, an exhibition of learning resources and an opportunity to meet a range of specialist practictioners and advisers.


Unless otherwise stated all downloads are available only for members.



Kevin Abbott Watch the presentation
  Teaching the topic of  competition using an economics simulation/game. This resource is available from the A level Economics page  in Teaching and Resources
IT workshop - Insert audio clips into PowerPoint  | Download | Creating and splitting up a WAV file Download
Robin Babbage
   see Jim Byng
Professor Colin Bamford Watch presentation on EBEA TV
  Teaching about Globalisation to A-Level Economics students.
As this is a large presentation it has been split into sections.
  Slides 1-11 Slides 12-16 Slides 17-18 Slides 19-20 Slides 21-22  
  Full presentaton in pdf format
Stephen Barnes
Consumer surplus (why anyone buys anything)  | Download
Success in Business Studies - the Business Toolkit  | Download | Watch video
Franziska Birke
German students' understanding of wages |  Download
David Butler
Three outstanding and six improving business and enterprise schools. |  Download
Jim Byng and Robin Babbage
From Good to Outstanding - the TEEP model of effective teaching and effective learners.   | Download |Watch presentation on EBEA TV

Gwen Coates

Gwen Coates is an HMI and national adviser for Economics and Business Education, Ofsted. She gave a keynow presentation on The Quality of Businsess Education 2007-2010, key findings from the recently published Ofsted report |  Download | Watch presentation on EBEA TV

Gwen Coates and Adrian Lyons
Gwen Coates and Adrian Lyons are both HMI.
Features of good teaching and and learning in business education | Download

The Quaility of Economics Education - findings from the recently published Ofsted report | Download | Watch presentation on EBEA TV
Andrew Collingwood
Two zip files containing a number of revision exercises to use with your students 
Download set 1 | Download set 2
Agnes Cserhati
Assessment workshop presentation | Download || Flipcharts from presentation | Download
Professor Tim Harford
The importance of failure in economics |  Download | Watch presentation on EBEA TV
  Professor Tim Harford and Professor Rebecca Taylor - Question and Answer session Watch presentation on EBEA TV
Steve Hurd and Prof Hans-Jurgen Schlosser
 Fostering European Co-operation |  Download
Peter Imeson
A demonstration of a classroom simulation |  Download

Jill Jones
Anyone can draw the pictures: it's making it happpen that's the key. Strategic intitiatives at a global publisher | Download
Roberta Keys
Developments in Economics - KS4 - Peer assessment |  Download
Melanie Lawson and Carole Sumner
 Developing Skills in Enterprise |  Download
Adrian Lyons
  See Gwen Coates
Kellee McMahon and Sarah White
Performance Leadership - Boots UK |  Download |
Marwan Mikdadi
From Good to Outstanding in Economics |  Download |
Professor David Myddelton and Paul Widdowson
   Present prediction of deficit. A debate in which the motion is proposed that the deficity reduction is too far and too fast.

Laura Richardson
Enterprise seminar
This presentation is split into two parts due to the size of the presentation
Presentation without the slide-show activities  |   Download  | Slide show activities Download |
Lee Richardson
  An introduction to the Cambridge Pre-U in Economics |  Download
Dr Hans Jurgen Schlosser
Experiments in Economics Education - mertis, drawbacks and improvements? |  Download
Carol Sumner
 Writing for Teaching Business and Economics - the EBEA magazine |  Download
Also see Melanie Lawson
Professor Rebecca Taylor
Making Advanced Economics Accessible |  Download |
  Professor Rebecca Taylor and Professor Tim Harford  - Question and Answer session |

Russell Wareing
 University of Cambridge Pre-U in Business & Management |  Download
Sarah White

 See Kellee McMahon

 Paul Widdowson - see Professor David Myddelton