Last week, our first-year Business and Economics A Level students took part in the International Trading simulation introduced by American Express. Here students were grouped into countries with varying amounts of resources depending on the country’s stage of economic development. Students were to then produce output to trade, and grow GDP for their economy. Across both games, we had all students engaged and enthusiastic, with all showing strong negotiating, communication, and teamworking skills. Introduced as a work-related learning project [...]