Enterprise is Everywhere
You might see the word ‘enterprise’ and instantly think of the latest Silicon Valley tech startup, of The Apprentice or Dragon’s Den on TV – but the reality is that enterprise is everywhere you look.
A personal trainer nearby is an entrepreneur. Someone starting out installing solar panels is an entrepreneur. Your local farmer is an entrepreneur. An entrepreneur is a self-starter, who uses their skills and passions to make a living for themselves.
It’s not just people starting their own businesses, but people use entrepreneurial skills throughout their careers to help deliver projects for their employers, to start a side hustle, to fulfil themselves.
Enterprise is everywhere — and a BTEC can help you get there.
Encourage Enterprise at your centre
Download, print, and put up these posters across your centre to encourage your students to take a BTEC in Enterprise.
The full Enterprise is Everywhere poster collection features 10 posters of people in various job roles, including:
- Childcare
- Engineering
- Land-based
- Science
- Sport
Or, download the posters most relevant to you.
The collection
Childcare
Construction
Engineering
Esports
BTECs help develop your entrepreneurial skillset
A recent Times article states that, “there is, according to Sir Charlie Mayfield, the former chairman of John Lewis who now runs the digital training company QA, a damaging 'disconnect' between the education system and the employment market. Almost 90 per cent of business leaders say that they have, or are expecting, serious skills shortages and 44 per cent of employers feel that young people leaving education are not 'work-ready',” but BTEC learners don’t face that problem.
What sets BTEC apart from other qualifications is that they are high-quality, career-focused qualifications grounded in the real world of work. This means BTEC learners develop and apply the knowledge, skills, and behaviours that employers, universities, and higher education institutions are looking for.
BTEC qualifications develop skills like:
- Independent learning
- Confidence and leadership skills
- Employability skills and knowledge of the workplace
Qualifications for every level
BTEC qualifications in enterprise are available at Level 1/2, Level 2, and Level 3, meaning that you can take a qualification in BTEC whether you’re taking GCSEs, A Levels, or are over 16 and looking to grow your skillset.
Perfect partnered with your current BTEC qualifications
Enterprise qualifications are a complementary qualification that go perfectly alongside your existing BTEC delivery.
Whether you deliver IT, Land-based, Childcare or Performing Arts, Enterprise is a perfect partner for existing delivery because it encourages learners to develop the skills they need to be a self-starter, either with their own business or with strategic and tactical ideas in employment.