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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

This is the second post in relation to Economics of Crime. The first post was A-Level friendly extension/enrichment reading on the links between Market Structures and Organised Crime. You can check that out here . In a recent interview for the Royal Economics Society Newsletter, I was asked about my favourite area of Economics. My response was that I love finding Economics in unexpected places, such as crime. I remember studying Becker's Model of Crime at Uni and really enjoy

Next EconEdChat will be 6pm Thursday 12th Feb. I never fail to come away from these with something new to try. It’s informal; just join the Zoom meeting on the day. No problem if you need to arrive late or leave early. All are welcome. If something is going well in your classroom, we'd love to learn from it. If there is something not quite working, bounce around some ideas with us. https://www.econosaurus.co.uk/econedchat

(I might write about this properly at some point, but for now I'm just popping this up here so I can share it easily with someone who has asked!)