Editor's comment

Welcome to this Autumn edition of Teaching Business and Economics which should have something for everyone.

The 'economics update' is the conference address of Sir Ian Byatt and focuses on politics and the market economy. The second item is a classroom activity based on the ideas presented by John Vickers in the last edition of the journal. John analysed issues relating to economic policy to promote competition and support consumers.

The 'business update' focuses on the impact of foreign direct investment, an issue of concern to the economies of most regions in the UK although this paper analyses the impact on just two of them.

There are three Business in the Classroom pieces in this journal. Two focus on assessment, one being a brief personal reflection and the other a more detailed academic paper. Both of these are informative although in very different ways. The third paper describes the development of a business curriculum across the whole age range of a Devon school.

Richard Young, Andy Beharrell and Nancy Wall also make their usual considerable contributions to the ICT on Line and Reviews sections respectively.

The next edition will focus on teaching and learning materials and I would be grateful for examples of activities or articles describing the use of new resources or ways of teaching new syllabus areas. Bear in mind that there are constraints in terms of word counts although some material may be suitable for the website even if we cannot publish it in the journal.

Duncan Cullimore

Editor

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