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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

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

A while back, I posted about my Economics of Crime simulator, which was my first proper experience of building an app to teach a topic. At the time, I think the realisation that hit me was that building an app was now easier than the next best tool, which I had planned as a spreadsheet. I'm okay at excel, but there were a few things I knew I would have to figure out to make it work the way I wanted. If I was going to have to figure out stuff anyway, it made sense to figure ou

1. EconBulletin - takes current news and turns it into exam-style questions, helping students to practice their exam technique whilst raising awareness of current affairs and applying their theory to new scenarios. Teachers can track class progress and spot misconceptions, and there are also built-in essay planners. At the moment it has solid functionality for AQA and Edexcel A-Level and iGCSE. 2. Bizomics new features - some great new features here over the last fe

The weeks after exams can be a bit of a nightmare with trips, events and open days. If you end up with half a class for a lesson, getting students working on an essay competition is a genuinely productive use of the time. It's also worth flagging to Year 12s that competition entries are useful for adding into UCAS. The ones marked with a deadline are open now. Econ-Specific Competitions Young Economist of the Year (Discover Economics / RES / KPMG) The biggie! Students don'

Our next EconEdChat is on Wednesday 15th April at 6pm GMT.As always, EconEdChat is free, informal, and open to all. It’s a relaxed Zoom gathering for Economics teachers and trainees to share ideas, ask questions, and hear what others are trying in their classrooms. Alongside our usual sharing of ideas, this one is extra special as we’ll also be joined by Carly Sandy from the Bank of England and Bob Hindle from the University of Manchester to talk about some exciting projects

The Bank of England is hosting a free one-day teacher conference for those delivering A-level Economics in UK schools and colleges on 24 June 2026 from 10:00 to 15:50 at Aston University . The conference will explore a range of key economic issues, topics and debates that are relevant to the A-level curriculum and designed to support classroom teaching. The day will include talks from guest speakers, breakout sessions linked to important curriculum topics, and opportunities

This was a bit of a non-event, but I've made a quick 5 question comprehension worksheet based on the I FS initial response , which you can find below

I was sure I had seen an interactive Circular Flow tool somewhere but couldn't find it anywhere, so I have made one here. I was previously using heavily animated PowerPoints, but hopefully this is a little more flexible! The video below explains how to use it, but I think it's flexible enough for you to use alongside your explanation or for students to use, either as they work through questions or potentially just to play around with. You can find the tool here . Really you