BTEC Extended Certificate (Single) In BTEC Business, we ensure that our lessons allow opportunities for learners to practise developing employability skills. Lessons build on real-life examples to help learners see theory in practice. In the past, we have had guest speakers from Morrisons and have also visited Cadbury World, Hull University and the Bank of England in London to further learners' knowledge and understanding of the business world. We have a range of IT suites to use for lessons and Microsoft Teams will be used as a library of resources to help aid independent learning in this subject. BTEC Diploma (Double) Students in this BTEC Diploma cover the same units as the Extended Certificate course, but spend more time exploring financial aspects of running a business, giving them a deeper understanding of real-world challenges like managing cash-flow. Additionally, we also explore some specialist topics in greater detail, such as managing an event, principles of management and international business. These will link to real-life case studies, and will provide students with transferable skills which will help you develop your employability. Guest speakers, visits to businesses and trips to universities are a key part of the delivery of the course, and have in the past included visiting Cadbury World, Hull University and the Bank of England. Lessons often involve using the college's IT suites and software packages, which will add to your list of transferable skills, and there will be a significant element of independent learning required. BTEC Extended Diploma (Triple) In this course, students dedicate their entire timetable to studying business, which provides a great opportunity to explore a wide range of issues and contexts relating to running a company in the real world. The Extended Diploma covers the same material as the Diploma, but also explores additional units, such as decision making in business. This explores how business leaders analyse, compare and evaluate a wide variety of data to enable them to make informed choices about how best to grow and manage their company. The course will help explore different models for making evaluative judgements about business data, as well as exploring some of the security and legal issues connected to gathering data, such as data storage and GDPR. This will in turn provide you with a more in-depth understanding of the demands on business owners, helping better prepare you for the world of work. As with the Extended Certificate and Diploma courses, past students have had a wide variety of subject enrichment on offer such as visiting speakers, trips to businesses and visits to university departments. Students will also be expected to develop their own independent learning skills, using the college's IT suites and Learning Resource Centre to complete work outside of the classroom, helping to develop IT skills and a level of responsibility, both of which will make students highly employable.