Cost benefit analysis resource for transport

The transportation cost benefit analysis website is an excellent extension activity for able economists in getting to grips with the complexities of public sector investment appraisal

OCR Economics Exam Dates 2015

Here are the exam dates for OCR Economics in 2015

The Economist has a special offer on for school subscriptions. Minimum of five orders

Here is some publicity material that can be edited to suit

Students taking A Level Economics, Government and Politics, or simply interested in an analysis of current UK and world events may be interested in taking advantage of a special subscription offer from the Economist.

Recent articles include - Globalisation versus localism; China’s space programme; Why multinationals are like drug dealers (?); What currency speculators can learn from the price of a Big Mac?; Bacteria that make you fat.

The high street price of one edition is £5. A print and digital subscription via the school costs £15 for 32 issues – a saving of 90%

Please note that magazines are delivered to the school only during term time and up to five days after publication, but can be accessed immediately via the web.

If you want to subscribe for one year then

2012-14 Grade Boundaries for OCR Economics

Here are the grade boundaries for OCR Economics

Latest UK Passenger Transport by mode data

Here is the latest data on Passenger Transport by mode for the Dept of Transport for those colleagues teaching OCR #F584 Transport Economics

Essential Advice for A level Economists applying for Economics Degrees

The Higher Education Academy STEM team has just published advice on the level of mathematical and statistical skills needed for degree level courses in Economics

Key finding:

• over 80% of students stated there was much more Mathematics involved in their Economics degree programme than they expected
• in the majority of cases, there is considerable emphasis on algebra and calculus in Economics degrees 
• Students with only a Mathematics at GCSE level face a steep learning curve when starting their undergraduate studies in Economics.   

Full details here: Skills in Mathematics and Statistics in Economics and tackling transition

Video: the outlook for U.K. economy and housing market

A Wall Street Journal panel of WSJ’s  consider the outlook for U.K. economy and housing market over the coming months in this free Webcast. Sign up required

Varieties of Capitalism podcast

Here is a must-listen-to podcast from Radio 4 Analysis series on Varieties of Capitalism for students looking to read around traditional textbook economics:

In this edition of Analysis, Britain politics correspondent for The Economist Jeremy Cliffe investigates the different forms of capitalism defined by the Varieties of Capitalism school - most-famous for the book of the same name published in 2001.He begins by working out what makes a 'Liberal Market Economy' and a 'Coordinated Market Economy', and then digs deeper to find out how these different models formed in the first place.

Key resource for flipped learning: EconPlusDal

The biggest impact on my economics teaching is mini-whiteboards. Flipped learning is now becoming a realistic option with an excellent series of videos from EconPlusDal. 

Here are the complete playlists

• AS Microeconomics
• AS Macroeconomics 
• A2 Theory of the Firm and extension Why? A2 Theory of the firm

Average, marginal and total revenue curves - revision diagram

A treat for my Year 12 Economists: