education

Green minded pupils from Waldegrave School in Twickenham, London and Plymouth College in the South West have triumphed ahead of 73,000 other students to win the top prize at the national final of the 2009 Make Your Mark Challenge - the UK’s largest enterprise challenge for 14-19 year olds.

The Waldegrave School students were victorious in the 14-16 category and Plymouth College in the 16-19 category of the competition after each battling it out against 11 other teams from around the country at the National Finals yesterday (Thursday December 10 2009)

Over 70 percent of young people in Britain believe there is a lack of inspirational green entrepreneurs for them to look up to, according to research released today by Make Your Mark.

Responding to the DCSF consultation on the core statutory careers guidance, Enterprise Insight expresses our concern that the guidance omits any mention of self-employment and entrepreneurship. We recommend that references to self-employment and entrepreneurship is made explicit and make suggestions for where this could be included.