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Dear Friend, 'Just Business' and the Institute of Education, University of London, will be running a major INSET Conference entitled 'Citizenship, Business Studies and Economics Education: the global and ethical perspective.' This event will be for up to 200 delegates (many of whom will be teachers of Business Studies & Economics), on Thursday 8th November at the Institute. The day will begin and end with a plenary session but the majority of the day will be spent in participative workshops, examining methods and activities that teachers might use in their classrooms. Objectives include, to: * Explore the role for Business Studies and Economics in delivering the Citizenship curriculum * Illustrate how global and ethical issues can be integrated into the everyday teaching and learning of these subjects. * Increase awareness of global economic issues * Develop strategies to involve students in thinking about matters of equity, fairness and justice * Increase knowledge of the support structures and sources of material to support teaching of these matters Booking fee £50.00 to include lunch and refreshments. To find out more about the conference programme, travel details and more visit www.jusbiz.org/events.shtml. For further details and a booking form please contact: Finbarr Carter 01603 610 993 [log in to unmask] NEAD, 38 Exchange street, Norwich, NR2 1AX What is 'Just Business'? 'Just Business' is a project that seeks to encourage and support the inclusion of a global and ethical dimension in the teaching and learning of Business Studies and Economics in UK schools. 'Globalisation' is a topic that is high on the agenda of government, business and civil society. The process of globalisation is being driven by the globalisation of the worlds markets. Economics and Business Studies have at their hearts the study of markets, and therefore students of those subjects need to be informed about global issues. Although the market has become the global form of economic organisation, there is public concern over some of the consequences of unregulated free enterprise. There are growing calls for greater transparency and accountability in the dealings of Business and Government. In particular there is a demand for the 'ethical auditing' of business and economic activity. 'Just Business' aims to assist teachers of Business Studies and Economics and their students to explore the global and ethical dimensions of their subject. We have a website to further this process - www.jusbiz.org. The website exists to provide information, news, a discussion forum, articles and teaching resources (some of which are free to download) to promote the global and ethical dimensions of these subjects. 'Just Business' runs educational conferences for students of Business Studies and Economics, INSET for teachers and Initial Teacher Training based around global and ethical issues. Over the last year we have been working to promote the links between Business Studies and Citizenship. This has involved us delivering INSET for local education authorities and 'Global Citizenship Days' for 5 of the 13 colleges training teachers of Business Studies in the UK. We have also written articles on the same theme for 'Teaching Business & Economics', the journal of the Economics and Business Education Association, 'Teaching Citizenship', the journal of Association of Citizenship Teaching (ACT) and 'Citizenship & PHSE Update'. Best Wishes Finbarr Carter 'Just Business' Project Assistant Finbarr Carter / Stephen Fairbrass ([log in to unmask]) 'Just Business' Norfolk Education and Action for Development 38 Exchange Street, Norwich, NR2 1AX Tel: 01603 610993 E-mail: [log in to unmask] Registered Charity: 1010853 Registered company: 2237 424