I am delighted to announce two very exciting GCSE conference line-ups for London and Manchester. Both programmes are focused on the GCSE Unit 1 topic of Business Start-Up/Entrepreneurship. They should be perfect for students of the new Edexcel and AQA GCSEs, but perhaps worth thinking about for pupils following other GCSE boards. Both programmes should provide students with a memorable as well as useful day.
The venues are:
1. February 4th 2010, Manchester, Methodist Central Hall, Oldham Street, nr Piccadilly Gardens (and therefore Piccadilly station). Oldham Street has plenty sandwich shops nearby, and the Hall itself is big enough to cope with plenty of packed-lunchers.
2. February 12th 2010, London, Friends̢۪ House, right opposite Euston Station. This makes it easy for access and also for a wide range of shops and cafes. Friends House also has an in-house cafe and plenty of seating, if you want to keep the students from going outside.
If you have not organised one of these events before, the format is:
1. Ring, email or post/fax the form overleaf to establish how many places you would like held provisionally.
2. We̢۪ll send you a firm booking form and a deadline for firming things up. Experience shows that the shorter the deadline you set for your students the easier it is to get the money sorted.
3. When you have collected the money, send it through or ask us to invoice your Bursar. I̢۪ll be pressing for finalised bookings by January 12th. If you book later than that, please add your home telephone or email, so that I can get hold of you in the evening if necessary.
To maintain a good buzz, the programme also features two of our customary, fun quizzes. The talks will be short and sharp, as we know that GCSE students get restless after 15-20 minutes.
The price of £13 per head excludes VAT, as people keep telling me that schools and colleges can get the money back. Unfortunately I do have to pay it, so I will be adding it on to the bills. Staff get one free place for every 10 students and will be provided with morning tea/coffee and a sandwich lunch. Student lunches are not provided.