Key features of our GCE from 2008 in Business Studies: 

• The qualification is built around a core unit with an enterprise theme to enable students to think of a new business idea and how they might research and develop it. Students will think about how their learning applies to their own business idea.

• The qualification will introduce students to international business, equipping them either to work in or to manage a business in an international context.

• Students can progress to this GCE from GCSEs in Business Studies, Business and Economics, Applied Business and Business and Communications.

• The A2 unit on International Business gives far more prominence to this aspect of business, making the course feel up to date with the global nature of business today.
• The specification may be co-taught by two or more teachers.

• Guidance will be given within the specification on possible ways of teaching topic areas.

• The course allows students to relate to their experiences with Young Enterprise and other extra-curricular activities.

• A variety of assessment techniques will be used: supported multiple-choice questions, data-response questions, case studies and a decision-making report.