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AQA BUSS4 Section A CPD Briefings for June 2015
29th September 2014
We are ready to roll with our AQA BUSS4 Section A Teacher Briefings on Manufacturing in the UK. Details of the dates and locations are provided below together with booking links.Our resource-packed programme covers the following ground as we once again attempt to significantly reduce the teaching preparation burden for supporting the BUSS4 research theme:Session 1 - Getting into Manufacturing: lesson activities to get students into manufacturingHome or Away - Where Are These Products Made?The Manufacturing Eliminator - The True False ChallengeSector Sort - What are the UK's Leading Manufacturing IndustriesSector Match - Match these manufacturers to their correct sectorSession 2 - The Big Picture: a selection of the most important themes likely to be addressed by the two essay questionsDeindustrialisation in the UKGlobalisation of Manufacturing & the complexity of supply chainCompetitiveness and locationInnovation & R&D - can it make a difference?Foreign investment in UK manufacturing: good or bad?Session 3 - Location, Location, Location: a more detailed look at the issues around the location of manufacturingOffshoring, nearshoring and reshoring - who, what, why?Dicey exchange ratesForeign ownership of UK production - examples and implicationsFive case studies to followSession 4 - SWOT analysis of UK Manufacturing: focusing on core lines of analysis and evaluation for BUSS4 studentsCompetitiveness - what is it and why does it matter?Comparative advantage - does the UK have it and in which industries?Skills shortages - where are the engineers?Technological change & High value added manufacturing"March of the Makers"? - UK industrial policySession 5 - Developing higher-order skills and essay writing for BUSS4: ways to improve your students essay writing skills for Section AResearch collaboration: tools and techniquesDCD QuestioningIntegrating BUSS4 research with BUSS2 & BUSS3 - topics and sources
HOW TO BOOK YOUR PLACE AT THE BUSS4 SECTION A CPD BRIEFINGS
Download a booking form here or order directly from our online store. Alternatively, just email Janet Cahill (jjanet@tutor2u.net) in the tutor2u office.
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