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The Times 100, free of charge, accessible at www.times100.co.uk
Content (rating: ****)
The Times 100 is an established, free teaching resource. For a dozen issues, it has provided schools with a glossy ring binder packed full of business case studies that lend themselves to being readily adapted to key stage 4 or post-16 teaching. Today the Times 100 is accessible online where it lays claim to being a "resource centre for business studies students and teachers". Content is a combination of the obligatory case studies (with few surprises), a teachers section which includes simple linear lesson plans, sample questions, student responses and examiner's comments, which are particularly helpful ahead of the legacy A2 synoptic papers if you deliver the AQA/OCR specifications. All exam boards are targeted in this section, providing value for all in an age when a "one size fits all" approach is fine if you are that size! There is nothing here yet to help us prepare for the new A level changes and, sadly, little of interest to those delivering BTEC courses.
Format/style (rating: ***)
In keeping with our increasing...