The Enterpriser

Enterprising students: Tara Phillips, Kim Hill, Angus Masters, Charlie Bartlett & Daniela Lisik show-off their  Enterpriser Programme certificates

One of our Year 9 GCSE Business Studies groups took part in The Enterpriser project this month as part of Plymouth University's outreach programme. The project is delivered through an interactive business game and related classroom materials and aims to develop key business and enterprise skills. The Enterpriser's Donna Whitley and her team of students from Plymouth University ran three sessions here in college which focussed on the creation of an outline business plan for a restaurant/cafe. The programme concluded with a series of presentations from each of the student teams, all of which were of an extremely high standard and which once again, reflected the high quality of entrepreneurial talent that exists at Newton Abbot College. Angus Masters, who has already demonstrated a flair for commerce with his festive holly wholesaling business, found the experience really worthwhile, saying: "It was good to work with people from outside college and get the benefit of their advice and experience. It was an interesting and fun project and we were encouraged to be original with our ideas. There were some really good proposals." The Enterpriser project will now be run with the rest of our Year 9 Business Studies students during the Summer term. For more information about The Enterpriser and Plymouth University's Widening Participation programme, click on the links below.