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.
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.
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.
In late 2020, a flurry of electrifying poems swept in to be judged for Pearson’s poetry competition on the subject of ‘Belonging’. Inspired by Imtiaz Dharker’s whirlwind exploration of confused identity, In Wales, Wanting To Be Italian (PDF, 211KB), and influenced by pieces from Pearson’s GCSE collection Belonging, British students from Years 9, 10 and 11 submitted a broad selection of brilliant verse.
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