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Benefits of working with the EBP

Typical activites

The advantages for schools/ colleges working with businesses include:

A better understanding by students and teachers about working within different types of industries
Opportunities for work experience and practical application of skills within a business context
Opportunities for teaching staff to ensure that their courses provide "real life" situations for students

For businesses the advantages of staff working with schools include:

Opportunities to practice presentation skills
Opportunities to practice Interviewing skills
Improve sales/ marketing skills
Enhance communication & development skills
Contribute and be involved with their local community
Identify new employees / work experience candidates
Help improve the quality of candidates for future positions
Identify training needs (within themselves and future employees)

Market your brand to new or future customer bases
Build your status within the community and other businesses
Network with other businesses

Enterprise Activity ‘The Music Business’
(Financial Capability)
and Planning Skills

EBP working with DV8 Brighton hosts an Enterprise activity about a music company launching a new pop band and planning their advertising budget

Social Enterprise
Challenge
(Teamworking, awareness of local economy)

EBP to broker a range of local social Enterprise businesses to support a half or full day of activities about businesses and their involvement and support for the local community

What’s my Line ?

(Work Related Learning)
EBP brokers a range of business representatives to work with
students in groups who have to guess what the visitor’s job is ! Helps students to understand about gender stereotyping in job roles

Enterprise Challenge Day/s

EBP to co-ordinate up to 4 business providers to facilitate a range of ‘Entrepreneurial’ activities involving Enterprise skills such as problem solving, communication, team working, planning and organisational skills within a specific project challenge