Education Business Partnerships
Education Business Partnership links businesses to schools and colleges enabling them to work together more effectively and provide young people with a range of work-related learning activities.
The advantages for schools/ colleges working with businesses include:
- A better understanding by students and teachers about working within different types of industries
- Opportunities for work experience and practical application of skills within a business context
- Opportunities for teaching staff to ensure that their courses provide ‘real life' situations for students.
For businesses the advantages of staff working with schools include:
- Opportunities to practise presentation skills
- Opportunities to practise Interviewing skills
- Improve sales / marketing skills
- Enhance communication & development skills
- Contribute and be involved with the local community
- Identify new employees / work experience candidates
- Help improve the quality of candidates for future positions
- Identify training needs (within themselves and future employees)
- Market your brand to new or future customer bases
- Build your status within the community and other businesses
- Network with other businesses.
For more information and to get involved, visit the Institute for education business excellence website
