We know learning doesn’t end in the classroom. Our qualifications open up a world of experiences for students and help develop them as individuals who are prepared and excited for the future.
This summer, we spoke to business and enterprise students about how the knowledge, skills and passion they acquired in their learning helped develop them as individuals – and how their new skills have been applied beyond the classroom.
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One group of talented Pearson Edexcel (9-1) GCSE Business students tell us how this qualification offered them the opportunity to take part in an exciting national challenge.
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Will King, a Level 3 Business & Enterprise student, shared his own inspiring story about how the skills he developed during his course have taken him on a unique journey.
It’s no secret that exercise is linked to mental wellbeing. In our blog post, we discuss how PE and Sport helps to develop well-rounded individuals with healthy minds and bodies, resilience in the face of unexpected challenges and skills they will need in their future.
Maths is really everywhere, I think, and there are lots of ways to access it. Many problems in our society now require maths to be solved.
Maths can also help students understand the world more, for example when they’re thinking about finances; budgets and taxes. Even for life at home, it helps develop problem-solving skills and increase creativity.
As of March 2022, women made up 16.5% of all engineers in the UK, compared to the 10.5% reported in 20101. While we may be tempted to say the jump from 1 in 10 engineers being women to 1 in 7 shows progress, these figures still reflect the fact that the number of female engineering students persistently sits below 20% in higher education (HE). Much has been written about the myriad ways in which people have tried to address this issue and yet stubbornly these statistics – and their impact upon minority groups – prevails.
Suha Yassin, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Lead at Pearson, outlines some of the challenges facing schools today when it comes to SEND provision, and offers her thoughts on how these can be overcome.