OPPORTUNITIES

OPPORTUNITIES FOR SCHOOLS | OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESS

The National Education Business Partnership Network would encourage schools and colleges to regard their local EBP as an invaluable resource in

	raising educational standards
	improving student motivation
	enhancing the curriculum
	preparing young people for life beyond school
	providing high quality staff development in both curriculum areas and management expertise

Support can be found for:

	Work Experience
	Mentoring
	visits to the workplace
	Enterprise Activity
	Professional Development for Teachers

If your local EBP cannot help you directly with support for a specific initiative - then almost certainly it will be available - via membership of its local EBLO Consortium - to signpost you to someone who can.

For advice on who your local contact is click on the Regions section on this site.

OPPORTUNITIES FOR BUSINESS

The National EBP Network is equally anxious for the business community - both public and private sectors - to regard EBPs as a local resource to reinforce the need for a high quality motivated and skilled work-force that will be essential to ensure the UK's international competitiveness.

Businesses - both large and small - have identified the following business benefits from working with schools and colleges

	Staff Recruitment
	Staff Learning
	Innovation
	A positive Company Culture
	High Community Profile
	Gaining new Customers

This has been achieved by involvement IN WAYS APPROPRIATE TO EACH COMPANY - in activities such as:

	hosting work experience
	reading volunteers
	mentoring schemes
	curricular support for particular subjects
	competitions
	problem-solving challenge
	School Governors