One of the questions we have encountered a lot when helping schools get set-up on the EzyEducation platform is “How do I set work for my students?”. We haven’t really had a great answer to this up until now, mostly directing those interested to use the ‘announcements’ tool and copy and paste links to the desired activities.
We created this video in 2016 and given the date we thought it would be a good chance to get into the festive spirit and share it again!
Since we launched EzyBusiness in the summer we have been humbled by the response of teachers and students up and down the country. Thank you very much for your engagement and support.
We will be implementing some enhancements to the Threats and Opportunities Section on Saturday 21st October and wanted to provide you with advance warning, in case you were planning to set/complete any of that section as half-term work. The enhanced resources will be available for you to view and for your students to access from Sunday 22nd October.
Once implemented, the Threats and Opportunities Section will have the following structure:
Key: L – Lecture Video; A - Assessment
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Module 1 - Performance and Threats to Performance |
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TO1.1.1 |
Business Performance - Financial Assessment |
L |
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TO1.1.2 |
Business Performance - Non-Financial Assessment |
L |
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TO1.1.3 |
Overall Business Performance Measures |
L |
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TO1.1 |
Business Performance |
A |
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TO1.2 |
Introduction to PESTLE Analysis |
L |
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TO1.2a |
PESTLE Analysis |
A |
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TO1.3.1 |
Political and Legal Threats and Opportunities |
L |
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TO1.3.2 |
Competition Laws |
L |
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TO1.3.3 |
Employment Laws |
L |
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TO1.3.4 |
Tax Laws |
L |
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TO1.3a |
Political and Legal Threats and Opportunities |
A |
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TO1.4.1 |
GDP and The Business Cycle |
L |
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TO1.4.2 |
Business Implications of the Business Cycle |
L |
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TO1.4.3 |
Fiscal Policy |
L |
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TO1.4.4 |
Monetary Policy |
L |
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TO1.4a |
Economic Threats and Opportunities |
A |
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TO1.5.1 |
Inflation |
L |
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TO1.5.2 |
International Trade |
L |
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TO1.5.3 |
Exchange Rates |
L |
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TO1.5a |
External Economic Threats and Opportunities |
A |
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TO1.6.1 |
Social Change: Demographics |
L |
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TO1.6.2 |
Consumer Behaviour |
L |
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TO1.6.3 |
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) |
L |
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TO1.6a |
Social Threats and Opportunities |
A |
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TO1.7.1 |
Technological Threats and Opportunities |
L |
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TO1.7.2 |
Environmental Threats and Opportunities |
L |
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TO1.7a |
Additional Business Threats and Opportunities |
A |
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TO1.8.1 |
Competitive Markets and Barriers to Entry |
L |
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TO1.8.2 |
Porter's Five Forces |
L |
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TO1.8.3 |
Using Porter's Five Forces |
L |
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TO1.8a |
Porter's Five Forces and the Threat of Competition |
A |
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Module 2 - Innovation and Digital Technology |
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TO2.1.1 |
Types and Importance of Innovation |
L |
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TO2.1.2 |
Encouraging Innovation |
L |
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TO2.1.3 |
Protecting Innovation |
L |
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TO2.1a |
Innovation |
A |
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TO2.2.1 |
Digital Technology Pressures and ERP |
L |
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TO2.2.2 |
E-Commerce and Big Data |
L |
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TO2.2.3 |
Using and Evaluating Digital Technology |
L |
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TO2.2a |
Digital Technology |
A |
The current unit on business growth is being moved from the end of the Threats and Opportunities Section to the bottom of Module 3 of the Business Basics section.
This will now be structured as (business growth unit highlighted):
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Module 3 - Mission, Strategy and Growth |
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BB3.1.1 |
Influences on Mission and Objectives |
L |
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BB3.1.2 |
Theories on Corporate Strategies |
L |
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BB3.1.3 |
The Value of SWOT Analysis |
L |
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BB3.1a |
Mission, Corporate Objectives and Strategy |
A |
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BB3.2.1 |
Short-Term vs. Long-Term |
L |
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BB3.2.2 |
Corporate Culture |
L |
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BB3.2.3 |
Business Ethics and CSR |
L |
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BB3.2a |
Influences on Business Decisions |
A |
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BB3.3.1 |
Expansion and Retrenchment |
L |
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BB3.3.2 |
Types of Growth and Retrenchment Strategies |
L |
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BB3.3.3 |
Evaluating Growth |
L |
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BB3.3.4 |
Greiner's Model of Growth |
L |
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BB3.3a |
Business Growth |
A |
We hope you enjoy using the enhanced Threats and Opportunities Section as much as we have enjoyed putting it together. If you have any questions or queries about these changes, please drop us a line.
Have a great half-term!
The EzyEducation Team.
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We are currently busy talking to schools up and down the UK (and beyond) about our two current services: EzyEconomics and EzyMaths. We would like to say a huge thank you to the hundreds of schools who are engaged with us and are delighted that more schools are joining the Ezy revolution each day!
We are also tremendously excited about the new services we are currently developing: EzyScience and EzyBusiness. Launching in September, these will be market-leading courses supporting the new 9-1 GCSE Science syllabuses and A-Level Business Studies syllabuses. We have pilot resources available for these courses - if you are interested in taking a look then please get in contact by emailing us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or calling the office on 01329 285415.
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