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New Course Set to Help Young People Manage Their Money
Nationwide & Edexcel help students develop personal finance skills
Leading building society Nationwide has teamed up with awarding body Edexcel (part of Pearson UK) to develop a course designed to prepare students for the challenge of managing their personal finances. The BTEC award in Money and Finance Skills, aimed at 14 – 19 year olds, will be available for secondary schools and colleges from September. The course will focus on providing students withrelevant and practicallife skills and encouraging young people to adopt good financial habits both now and in later life.
An emphasis on practical learning through activities will give students the opportunity to take part in enterprise activities and experience first hand how to manage debt, budget with fixed earnings and explore ethical investment. Course units include Money Matters for Career Planning, Saving and Spending, and Economic and Business Understanding.
Uniquely, the qualification uses free online resources provided by Nationwide Education to support teachers in delivering this essential part of a young person’s education, whilst providing students with a recognisable and useful qualification. Engaging and innovative, the interactive resources help teachers to keep the course lively and interesting and ensure it is relevant to the students’ lives.
“It’s important that young people learn how to manage their money and avoid getting into debt.Through widening access to financial education, Nationwide and Edexcel are uniquely placed to support teachers in preparing students. A combination of financial and education expertise ensures the course will provide students with the skills they need to prepare them for independent living.” Said Caroline Hallatt, Head of Corporate Responsibility, Nationwide
Ziggy Liaquat, Managing Director, Edexcel said “We’re very excited to be working with Nationwide on such an important project and one that is genuinely relevant to students’ lives. The current economic climate teaches us all that prevention is better than cure and this course is designed to provideyoung people with the skills they need to keep a grip on their finances. The real life activities will help to teachers to inspire their students and help us all work towards a more financially literate population.”
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About Pearson UK
Pearson UK ispart of the global media and education group Pearson. Every day our books and learning tools help people around the world to grow their knowledge, develop their skills and realise their potential. In line with the quality of our brands, we add significant value to the books that we craft. From intelligent coaching of authors, through strong editorial development to innovative sales and marketing, we work closely with all of our authors and customers to develop more effective learning experiences and more dynamic working relationships.
With offices in over 30 countries, Pearson UK has built an international reach that enables us to provide the most comprehensive sales, marketing and distribution for the books we publish. We have the expertise to exploit the multiple sales channelsand an increasing proportion of our business coming from new formats and markets.
About Nationwide
Nationwide is the world's largest building society with around 15 million customers and assets of around £200 billion. Nationwide has mutual (as opposed to Public Limited Company) status, which means that it is owned by its members. Nationwide offers a broad range of retail financial services including mortgages, savings, current accounts, life assurance and investment products, personal loans and household insurance.
The Society is the UK's third largest mortgage lender and the third largest savings provider. The Nationwide Group has around 720 branches and customers can manage their finances in branch, on the telephone, internet and by post. The Society has around 16,000 employees. Nationwide's head office is in Swindon and the Society also has a number of call centres across the UK.
About Nationwide Education
Nationwide Education isa free online resource designed to help stimulate and raise awareness amongst children and young people in the areas of financial capability, safetyand sustainable living. The programmes for ages 4-18+ engage children and young people through fun, interactive games that contain serious messages and link into thecurriculum. All Nationwide Education resources have been designed for use on interactive whiteboards and PCs, and include downloadable PDFs, making it easy to use Nationwide Education in the classroom or athome. Resources include an extensive range of in-depth information for teachers (work sheets, curriculum links and extension activities) and for parents (tips to help at home, suggested activities and discussionpoints).
Nationwide’s Corporate Responsibility Report for 2008/09, More Than Just Words, is available to view at:
About dbda
dbda has designed and developed Nationwide Education for Nationwide Building Society. dbda is an award winning corporate social responsibility consultancy embracing education and safety in the community. Established for over 20 years, they are part of Ten Alps Plc, the factual media company founded by Bob Geldof. dbda has worked on individual and collective campaigns, projects and ongoing programmes with a large number of blue chip corporate clients, charitable bodies and local authorities. dbda has designed and developed Nationwide Education for Nationwide Building Society. For more information visit:
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