Enterprise in education
Knowledge and understanding of the world of work and career planning. It also includes the development of enterprising attitudes and skills that enable young people to make an effective contribution to society.
Websites with practical activities
Financial Education
Learning and Teaching Scotland website which has financial education information and resources for teachers, lecturers and parents.
The Red Box
Government-produced website with activities to help students understand tax and spending. Students control the budget of a virtual town called The Square and play games and answer questions to raise money, maintain and improve The Square. There are two versions of the site, one for 7-11s and another for 11-16s. Includes worksheets and teacher's notes, which can be used in conjunction with the game or as stand-alone resources.
School programmes
Young Co-operatives
Brilliant organisation helping secondary school students and other young people to establish and run their own co-operative businesses selling fairly traded products.
Young Enterprise Scotland
Provides a range of business education programmes for young people to try out their ideas and develop their own small business as a member of a team. All programmes are supported by volunteers from the business community.
Organisations
IDES Network
Support for teachers, school managers, educationalists and business people in technology, design and enterprise education.
It must be emphasised that inclusion of these web links does not in any way represent endorsement by Learning and Teaching Scotland, nor are we responsible for the content of external websites.