Business Studies GCSE & A Level

Glossary

business studies

Skills Space has been designed for students studying Business studies: instroduction at KS4/S3–S4 and 16+.

Two of the modules within the Business Studies section cover Enterprise, and will be of interest to teachers delivering Enterprise and WRL/WRE/Education for Work/Learning for Life and Work at KS4/S3–S4.

Please select a section below:

Why 14–19?
Why Cadbury?
Objectives
The teachers’ zone

How to use the site
Technical tips
Useful links

Why 14–19?

Skills Space focuses on 14–19 year-olds because at this age students are considering the routes their working lives may take. This is also the point at which they are exposed to the world of work through work experience, Enterprise, WRL/WRE/Education for Work/Learning for Life and Work, PSHE/PSD/PSE/PDMU and Citizenship and through some GCSE, Standard Grade, A level, Higher and vocational courses.

Why Cadbury?

Cadbury is very well known for its commitment to social and community issues, and it supports education through a number of initiatives. Skills Space provides an opportunity for the company to extend this involvement through the provision of an educational website for 14–19 year olds to support their academic work and help prepare them for the world of work.

Since the beginning of the twentieth century Cadbury has been a market leader in chocolate production. Cadbury provides a rich context from which to learn about business, design and technological processes, practices and commercial realities. Cadbury products will be familiar to most people living in the UK, as well as globally, and students may know a little about the business behind this brand, e.g. the marketing of Cadbury products. Skills Space challenges students to explore the world of business and manufacture and relate it to their own learning.

Objectives

The objectives for the Skills Space website are to:

help prepare young people for the world of work
raise young people’s awareness about how what they learn in the classroom can be applied in the world of work
bring the world of work to life through a wealth of information based on Cadbury as a business with input from Cadbury employees
provide a set of engaging educational resources which support teachers and are challenging and engaging for students.

The teachers’ zone

Explore the Teachers' Zone to access information about the resources contained within the site and detailed curriculum links.

How to use the site

Skills Space may be used in a number of different ways depending on the subject being taught, learning objectives, access to computers, class size and the age and ability of your students. You may want to use particular activities on an interactive whiteboard as a starter to illustrate a process or a plenary to reinforce students’ understanding, or book a suite of computers and ask your class to work through a module or a whole subject area over one or several lessons. Some of the activities could be set as homework.

Teachers may use the site:

directly with their students
to carry out research prior to teaching a particular topic in order to provide real-world examples
to find resources and interactivities to support a lesson or unit of work
to support learning for work experience or site visits.

Students may use the site:

as a result of being directed there for a specific purpose by their teacher
for research into a particular topic
to support their coursework project
just out of interest, for a challenge or for fun

Technical tips

Students wishing to print out any of the activities which don't have a print button can do this by clicking on File in the browser window, clicking on Print and then checking that their preferences are set to landscape in the pop up print box.