Economics Teaching National Conference 2026
I believe there are still places left at the Economics Teaching National Conference 2026, which is being held on Thursday 21st of May at the British Library. There's a whole bunch of sessions and an ideas market. I will be speaking in two sessions: Strategies for Boosting Grades at the Lower End and Creating Great Practice tasks I'll also be around talking about EconEdChat. Would be great to meet some of you there. Book here
BEES Summer Workshop
Wednesday 20th May 2026 - 12:00 - 16:15 A half-day CPD workshop at Aston University on the gap between A-level economics and first-year undergraduate study. The programme covers mathematical confidence (Yigit Oezcelik on digital exit tickets), quantitative anxiety and the use of diagrams (Chiara Donegani and Dean Garratt at Aston), differences in teaching and assessment between school and university (Alex Squires drawing on his own A-level teaching experience), how entry path
Mind the Rate!: Interest rates and the Bank of England
Dr Edward Jones from Bangor University walks Year 11 to 13 students through what interest rates are, how the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee sets them, and why rate changes create winners and losers. He works through simple examples (£100 borrowed at 5% versus 10%) and explains central bank independence in a way that lands cleanly for students new to macro. Useful as an introduction before formal teaching on monetary policy, or as a recap. Pacing is slow because o