Economics Enrichment Activities
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Presentation by Geoff Riley, 11th June 2019
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Economics Enrichment Activities
- 1. Challenge and Enrichment for Ambitious Economics Students (and their Teachers) Geoff Riley FRSA, Eton College and Tutor2u 11th June 2019
- 4. Challenge and enrichment – core aims • To encourage students to think counter- intuitively • To promote writing in more depth and detail • To work in a collegiate spirit • To explore the work of really interesting academic economists • To build their own portfolio of experiences in economics, finance and entrepreneurship • To be ambitious, questioning and full of intellectual curiosity • To develop a sense of place, context and historical awareness
- 6. Esther Duflo Al Roth Marianna Mazzucato Ricardo Hausmann Alan KruegerHal Varian
- 7. Rob Shiller
- 8. Gerd Gigerenzer Thomas Piketty Christine Lagarde Joan Robinson Kate Raworth Rob ShillerBob Shiller
- 10. Keynes Richard Thaler Amartya Sen Linda Yueh Elinor Ostrom George Akerlof
- 11. Challenge and Enrichment for Ambitious Economics Students Student reading groups (Junior and Senior) – article focus Student online magazine & print edition Student Investor Challenge Competition Economics Society, Politics Society, Entrepreneurship Society F Factor Entrepreneurship Competition (Founder’s Forum) External essay competition (RES/FT, Oxbridge colleges) Internal essay and video competitions (behavioural economics) Social Impact Competition Student-run investment club (joint venture with local school) External enrichment lectures (LSE, UCL, RSA, Oxford Martin) University Summer Schools Online courses and hands-on student workshops Economics at the Movies! Economics Podcasts
- 13. Etonomics
- 15. Lunchtime Debating Society – Dubai College
- 19. Trading workshop after school – very popular!
- 21. Finance Workshop
- 23. Speed networking for End of Year 11
- 24. Student run Social Impact Group
- 38. Settling into A Levels Learning how to write an essay Reading beyond the Spec! Start of serious UCAS prep Leaving the syllabus behind!
- 39. Challenge and Enrichment for Ambitious Economics Students (and their Teachers) Geoff Riley FRSA, Eton College and Tutor2u June 2019
Editor's Notes
- It has been a busy few months of revision!
- Christine Lagarde - Head of the IMF Gita Gopinath - IMF Chief Economist Penny Goldberg - World Bank Chief Economist Laurence Boone - Chief Economist at the OECD
- Politics of Warfare
- Reading Clubs important Book prize for top scoring student each term (great for year 12)
- Lunchtime debates at Dubai College
- Exploration week for Lower Sixth at St Peter’s York
- Illka Paananen spoke at the Entrepreneurship Society. He is the co-founder and CEO of SuperCell
- Evan Spiegel, Founder of Snapchat
- Trading workshops – organised in association with the career development department and Minerva Capital
- Our Discover Risk workshop exploring the opportunities of careers in insurance, courtesy of @CIIGroup and @DiscRisk
- Speed networking
- Social Impact Competition
- Visits to early evening lectures are an important part of the enrichment opportunities
- Diane Coyle speaking at the Oxford Martin School
- Twitter for enrichment
- Building a roadmap – detours for enrichment an extension Challenge Books Understanding ideas from different economists