READ, READ and READ some more!
Economics students and Business Studies students can benefit tremendously by reading around the subject. This part of the website will introduce you to some books, films, newspapers & magazines, podcasts, videos and websites which will help broaden your Economic & Business knowledge and awareness.
Use this great Tutor 2 U article with its recommended activities to get a head start before your Year 12 economics studies.
At A-Level you will be given either no, or a very short extract, on which to base an essay question, and so it’s key that you can back up your answer with information about the topic. Furthermore, even if you are answering questions on a data response question, key information about the topic will be essential in order to help you gain those all important evaluative marks.
In any event, wider knowledge of these topics will help you immeasurably in the exams, some of the extracts might even be familiar! This extra reading will also help you if you’re thinking of doing an Extended Essay (EE) or Extended Project Qualification (EPQ) in this field and/or you have a university interview coming up – demonstrating your wider reading will go down really well.
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Whilst I know Instagram is more popular amongst the yoof of today (I can hear you say “OK Boomer” from here… and I’m ignoring you…. ) there is so so so so so much more Economics help on Twitter… top Economics teacher tweeters to follow (apart from me!)
There’s also a mention of these chaps on the podcast page, however they do tweet from time to time to relate topical affairs to one of their podcasts. Great for learning more about key economists.
Regularly posts bullet point tweets on key topics, great for evaluative content, and key macro data.
Prepares sample questions based on FT articles… great to test your knowledge and application skills
Regularly posts updates on new resources added to the site, including videos and study notes.
A mix of Business & Economics posts, so don’t panic if you see something that you haven’t heard of – it might be from the Business spec!!
Economics for GCSE, A-Level & IB 