Economics / Business

Economics / Business

Economics courses cover such topics as macro- and micro-economics, economic theory, how the economy works, how markets work, and financial affairs.

Business Studies courses include more specific topics, such as setting up a business, business operations, marketing, finance and tax, people in business, monitoring progress.

Economics and Business Studies courses aim to develop students' ability to investigate, and to select and apply their knowledge and understanding of concepts, and then to communicate in an effective way, using charts and diagrams as well as words.

Contact with local businesses will be a boon but these can be enhanced with visits to important institutions – like Parliament, the Bank of England, and the Stock Exchange. Often these institutions have museums, give guided tours and offer workshops. Contact their Education Departments for more information (contact details to be found in their respective SchoolTripsAdvisor listings).

Many schools encourage groups to attend local council meetings, political meetings, while some actually organise the visits to combine listening to speakers with behind-the-scenes experiences.

 

Main organisations:

Institute of Economic Affairs

PSHE Association

Inclusion: NASEN

 

Thought of visiting?

Houses of Parliament

Scottish Parliament

Welsh Assembly

Northern Ireland Assembly

The Stock Exchange

The Bank of England

 

For a complete list of venues and providers who deliver specialist courses and activities for this subject see below:

King Alfred's Tower

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Historic Buildings & Monuments
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If you are visiting nearby Stourhead then why not walk half a mile or so to see one of the great follies of the UK.

Follow the blue waymarkers on this circular walk of historic interest, through beautiful woodlands to King Alfred's Tower. The route then continues to Grade I listed St. Peter's Pump, through Six Wells valley and past Stourhead House.

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Wordsworth's House

Step back to the 1770s at poet William Wordsworth’s childhood home
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Historic Buildings & Monuments
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Wordsworth House and Garden, in the Cumbrian town of Cockermouth, is the birthplace and childhood home of romantic poet William and his sister Dorothy.

It is presented as it would have been when they lived here with their parents, three brothers and servants in the 1770s.

Today, this homely Georgian townhouse is peopled by our knowledgeable 21st-century guides and, on selected dates, the maid or manservant is hard at work – and keen to chat.

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George Marshall Medical Museum

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Museums
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Explore the history of medicine. Be terrified by our death masks and find out what an amputation looked like in the 19th century! Stop at the apothecary for a cholera remedy and have a go at our mystery object game.

We have two interactive PCs where you can test your knowledge with our Mystery Object Game and listen to past medical staff speaking about their jobs in medicine and healthcare.

And don’t forget our fantastic line-up of masks of the heads of hanged criminals from Worcester gaol in the very early 19th century.

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Parke

A peaceful retreat set within the beautiful Devon countryside
Venue Type: 
Parks and Gardens
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There's something for everyone at Parke, found on the outskirts of the small market town of Bovey Tracey, gateway to mystical Dartmoor. You can walk from the town (about one mile) or stop off as you drive to the open moor, where the next stop is the rugged crag of Haytor.

This compact estate was once the home of a wealthy local family and probably enabled them to be self-sufficient for all their day-to-day needs with

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Muchelny Abbey

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Religious Buildings
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Muchelney Abbey, which lies two miles south of Langport, was once a landmark in the Somerset Levels and still has much to offer its visitors – history lovers in particular will enjoy this fascinating site but there is also plenty for families to do.

It was once a wealthy Benedictine house and the second oldest religious foundation in Somerset, but as part of the dissolution the abbey’s principal buildings were demolished by Henry VIII in 1538.

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Duxford Chapel

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Religious Buildings
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A modest but complete and attractive 14th century chantry chapel, perhaps originally a hospital.

The modest flint and cobble chapel retains some attractive medieval features and, despite uncertainties over its origin, the rarity of medieval hospitals lends added interest.

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Malvern Museum of Local History

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Museums
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A small museum packed with fascinating information, and full of fun things to do and see. Dress up as a monk, build a castle, see an observation beehive and more. Free audio guide available.

School and Group Visits

Educational and group visits may be arranged for any day of the week and evening visits are also possible. Group and evening visits must be by prior arrangement.

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Baconsthorpe Castle

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Castles
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Visit the extensive ruins of Baconsthorpe Castle, a moated and fortified 15th century manor house, that are a testament to the rise and fall of a prominent Norfolk family, the Heydons.

Over 200 years, successive generations of this ambitious family built, then enlarged, and finally abandoned this castle.

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Berwick-upon-Tweed Barracks and Main Guard

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Battlefield / Military
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Berwick Barracks was built in the early 18th century to the design of the distinguished architect Nicholas Hawksmoor, the Barracks was among the first in England to be purpose built.

A stone's throw away from the Scottish borders and located in a Georgian market town it also boasts a range of other temporary and permanent exhibitions to explore: The King's Own Scottish Borderers museum, the Berwick Gymnasium Art Gallery and the Berwick Museum and Art Gallery.

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Gray's Printing Press

18th-century printing press
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Factory Visits & Industry
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Take a step back in time and discover a treasure trove of ink, galleys and presses hidden behind an 18th-century shop front in the heart of Strabane, once the famous printing town of Ulster.

Gray’s Printing Press is now being staffed with local volunteers who have gained expert knowledge about the Press.

Relax and unwind in the beautiful surroundings with afternoon tea or a delicious hot meal in Grays Tea Room.

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