Business Studies
In Business Studies, there are five key areas of opportunity to develop you super-curricular knowledge for studying Business Studies at a higher level.
1. Online Lectures and podcasts
2. Dragon's Den
3. External Speakers
4. Trips
5. Recommended reading
1. Online lectures and podcasts
Two reasons companies fail — and how to avoid them (Knut Haanaes | TED@BCG London)
The single biggest reason why start-ups succeed (Bill Gross | TED2015)
What makes a job "good" — and the case for investing in people (Warren Valdmanis | TED@BCG)
The surprising ingredient that makes businesses work better (Marco Alverà | TED@BCG Milan)
2. Dragon's Den
Dragons den at a University for summer 2022. Book an external venue, like a University, where we could get students together and come up with their own business pitch.
3. External speakers
- Bank of England Ambassador
- Speaker from Ministry of Justice
- Head of research at Audience Net.
- Geomatic Engineer
4. Trips
- Bank of England
- Chelsea Football Stadium
- Amazon warehouse
- London Business School
- Tour of financial district
- Museum of brands
5. Recommended reading
UK inflation set to hit 30-year high as rate rise expectations mount- (January 18th 2022)
Boohoo accused of failing to improve working conditions in its supply chain- (June 18th 2021)
Employers ‘named and shamed’ for paying less than minimum wage- (August 5th 2021)