Business Activities and Resources

Business and Management

The Etiquette of Online Meetings

Online meetings have become a popular way of communicating at work, university and often with family and friends. How should we behave in an online meeting? What are the Dos and Don'ts? This masterclass will help you understand how to conduct yourself online to get the most from your meetings

Activity Type: Masterclass

Audience: KS4 and post-16

Duration: 30-60 minutes

Contact email: schoolsandcolleges@uwtsd.ac.uk

CFW Purpose: Ethical, informed citizens of Wales and the world

CFW Area of Learning: Science and Technology

Effective Presentation Skills

Having effective presentation skills is essential in many places of work. This masterclass will show you how to engage your audience, and get across your key messages effectively for a presentation that is unforgettable for all of the right reasons.

Activity Type: Masterclass

Audience: KS4 and post-16

Duration: 30-60 minutes

Contact email: schoolsandcolleges@uwtsd.ac.uk

CFW Purpose: Healthy, confident individuals, ready to lead fulfilling lives as valued members of society, Enterprising, creative contributors, ready to play a full part in life and work

Targeted marketing — clever or unethical?

Have you ever searched for something in your search engine and then noticed the same or similar adverts in your social media channels? Many businesses engage in targeted marketing as a method of becoming more efficient at communicating with their audience. In this session, we shall consider if this process is essential for businesses to become more efficient or if it is an intrusion of privacy. What do you think?

Activity Type: Masterclass

Audience: KS4 and post-16

Duration: 30-60 minutes

Contact email: schoolsandcolleges@uwtsd.ac.uk

CFW Purpose: Enterprising, creative contributors, ready to play a full part in life and work, Ethical, informed citizens of Wales and the world

Developing a business Idea

Developing a business idea can be exciting and also challenging. There are so many things to consider. During this session, we shall explore the process of creating, researching and developing a business idea.

How to be a changemaker — Business for good!

During this session, we will explore some well-known social entrepreneurs and evaluate our own values, leaving the session with a potential plan for becoming a changemaker in the future.

Social Media Marketing

Social media offers businesses endless opportunities to communicate with their audience. ‘Influencers’ now use social media to create businesses for themselves. In this session, we will explore social media tools and consider the benefits and pitfalls of utilising this method of marketing.

Placements within study

During this session, we shall look at some case studies of students over the past few years who have successfully undertaken a placement whilst studying. We shall then audit our own skill set and identify skills we need to develop for further study and/or employment.

Activity Type: Masterclass

Audience: KS4 and post-16

Duration: 30-60 minutes

Contact email: schoolsandcolleges@uwtsd.ac.uk

CFW Purpose: Ambitious, capable learners, ready to learn throughout their lives, Enterprising, creative contributors, ready to play a full part in life and work

Introduction to Entrepreneurship

This session will introduce you to well-known entrepreneurs, enable you to identify what ingredients make an entrepreneur, highlight how you can define what the role of an entrepreneur is, and establish if you have the qualities to be the next entrepreneur.

Activity Type: Masterclass

Audience: KS4 and post-16

Duration: 30-60 minutes

Avilable in Welsh: Yes

Contact email: schoolsandcolleges@uwtsd.ac.uk

CFW Purpose: Enterprising, creative contributors, ready to play a full part in life and work

Introduction to Marketing

This session will introduce marketing concepts, and how marketing has developed, as well as exploring some current activities and trends in marketing

Critical Thinking

In this session, students will be introduced to the concept of bias and how we can mitigate it by thinking critically about information.

Enterprise challenge

Pupils in small groups will work towards pitching their product/service in line with the enterprise challenge set. By taking part pupils will have the opportunity to develop their confidence and aspirations for what they can achieve, increase their understanding of the world of work and their ability to have a positive impact on their wider community and society. This session will build important skills such as teamwork, decision making, problem-solving, communication, creative thinking and resilience. Content adapted to the audience.

Activity Type: Workshop

Audience: KS2-5

Duration: 4 hours

Cost: Activities for schools in areas of deprivation qualify for free/discounted delivery. Please get in touch for information. Some events make incur a small fee between £5-25 per learner.

Contact email: reaching.wider@uwtsd.ac.uk

CFW Purpose: Enterprising, creative contributors, ready to play a full part in life and work

CFW Area of Learning: Mathematics and Numeracy