Geoff Riley
Geoff is formerly Head of Economics at Eton College and he is also co-Founder of Tutor2u. Whilst continuing to teach Economics full-time, Geoff has a new role as Head of Teaching and Learning Technologies at Eton College. I have a strong interest in harnessing new technologies as part of my teaching and in developing and supporting a community of teachers who teach my subject from maintained and independent schools in the UK and overseas.
I am a supporter of open source software in education and have attended two Moodle Moots - one in London in April 2010 and most recently the Australian Moodle Moot in Melbourne in July 2010. Outside of my day job I am a soccer and hockey coach. I refereed premiership national league hockey from 1990 through to 2007. My other interests include cinema, theatre, stand-up comedy, long-distance walking, rowing and rugby league.
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Unit 1 Micro: Public Goods News Clips
Posted to Economics- on Saturday, February 11, 2012 ,
Mark Zuckerberg - the richest person in the world!
ResearchBuster: Acquisitions
Posted to Business Studies- on Friday, February 10, 2012 ,
BUSS4 Research Theme - Merger and Takeover Egg Heads
The Story of ‘Adam Sugar’ (aka Aggregate Supply)
Unit 2 Macro: China’s Trade Engine is Spluttering
Pricing and the consumer - a question of haggling?
Product innovation - extending the humble cupcake
Video resource: Do bonuses work as an incentive for better performance?
The history of Apple’s product innovation - in 30 seconds
Religion and Politics in the US
The Working Poor
Martin Wolf on Global Shocks
Stephanie Flanders explains Quantitative Easing in 60 seconds
Posted to Economics- on Thursday, February 09, 2012 ,
Parenting the French way
Starter activity - Contingency Planning (Japanese Style)
Explaining the role of Select Committees
Key term revision TABOO
econoMAX - latest edition now available
The Biz Quiz - 9 February 2012
A backward step on the Maldives’ road to democracy?
Posted to Economics- on Wednesday, February 08, 2012 ,
Competitiveness
Competitiveness
BTEC First in Business - New 2012 Specification CPD Course
UK Electoral Reform demonstrated with Lego!
Facebook vs the world at night!
Posted to Business Studies- on Tuesday, February 07, 2012 ,
Takeovers - the search for cost synergies
Teaching Economics: A Perspective from the Classroom
Recommended Reading for Economics (February 2012)
Posted to Economics- on Monday, February 06, 2012 ,
Global Issues: Humanitarian Intervention: Sryia ~ Time to intervene?
A light-hearted look at induction training
Happiness in the workplace still proving elusive
Which is better? Aldi or Lidl? Compare and contrast these (and others) using ‘Store Wars’
The story of a failed takeover - Fred Goodwin, RBS & ABN-Amro
China bans its airlines from paying EU carbon tax
Posted to Economics- on Sunday, February 05, 2012 ,
Private equity buyouts - Sunday Times supplement
The economies of Superbowl advertising
Teaching Vacancy - Economics (Part-time) at John Lyon School (Harrow)
HOD Opportunity - Business Studies & Economics at City of London Freemen’s (Surrey)
Teaching Vacancy - HOD Economics and Business Studies - City of London Freemen’s School
Economics and Business News Quiz 6 February
Daniel Kahneman on decision-making
Takeovers in the UK - the long-term trend
Revision Workshops
Unit 3 Micro: Video Resources on Carbon Taxation
Russia’s monopoly power over gas supplies
Unit 1 Micro: Winning the War on Deforestation
Unit 3 Micro: Richard Wilkinson on Inequality and Economic Harm
Buying-in to the Facebook culture
Population statistics
Posted to Sociology- on Saturday, February 04, 2012 ,
Unit 1 Micro: The Facebook Floatation
Posted to Economics- on Friday, February 03, 2012 ,
UWP Mission to Loyka – Week 3 activity
Ring the Bell for a Great Lesson “Check-out”
Teaching Vacancy - HOD Economics & Business Studies at Cheltenham College
Teaching Vacancy - Principal Teacher of Business Education - George Heriot’s School (Edinburgh)
Glenstrata - Glencore proposes merger with Xstrata
U.S.A vs. China: A Visual Comparison of the World’s Largest Economies
Mini’s PR backfires badly in central Europe
Posted to Business Studies- on Thursday, February 02, 2012 ,
Demand and Supply in Action - nail polish
Cadbury’s Law - Should UK Firms be Protected from Takeover?
Richard Sennett on Cooperation
The January Quiz
Top Totty Beer - Warning the image may demean women (or not as the case may be.
The Biz Quiz - 2 February 2012
Global Issues: Changing Nature of Conflict - Pakistan Relations - A double game?
PEST - IAG and BMI acquisition
Posted to Business Studies- on Wednesday, February 01, 2012 ,
The 7p Valentines Day Card
Mastering the art of merger integration
Happiness
BUSS2 Revision Workshops 2012 - Programme Outline
Integration, integration, integration
BUSS4 Revision Workshops 2012 - Programme Outline
Business Case Studies: Alex Polizzi: the Fixer
Trucks are the new way of measuring debt
BUSS4 research - some initial ideas
Posted to Business Studies- on Tuesday, January 31, 2012 ,
BUSS4 2012 - Mergers and Takeovers on the Business Studies Blog
Unit 2 Macro:Video Resources on Human Development Data
Tesco’s market share drops
The Guardian on Takeovers and Mergers
Ideologies: New Edition of Heywood’s Political Ideologies
Ideologies: Hayek v Keynes - the Boom and Bust Rap
Global Issues: Terrorism ~ Boko Haram: a ‘new’ global terrorist threat?
The Nixonian King
AQA A2 Business (BUSS4) Research Theme 2012
How to turn threats into an opportunity at Ryanair
Starbucks growth - three out of four ain’t bad.
Posted to Business Studies- on Monday, January 30, 2012 ,
Unit 2 Macro: Growth and Development - Some Indicators
Water water everywhere….
Success for the Daily Mail’s online strategy
Technological change - the “consumerisation of technology”
Strategic choice: What should Facebook do with cash from the IPO?
Leadership in a multinational business - what leadership style works best?
Teaching Vacancy - Economics & Business at Canford School
Leadership - Howard Schultz on the importance of leading an innovative culture
Posted to Business Studies- on Sunday, January 29, 2012 ,
Unit 2 Macro: Signs of Progress for Zimbabwe
Leadership - what is the best leadership style? It depends on the “situation”!
Leadership - Tough decisions to turn Starbucks around
Unit 4 Macro: Why Making Stuff Creates More Jobs Than Healthcare Provision
Leadership - 40 examples of leadership at the movies in just 120 seconds
Leadership - what qualities does an effective leader and manager have?
Schultz on Leadership, Love and the Competitive Advantage of Culture
Leadership - it’s not a popularity contest
Leadership and strategy: what decisions does the boss of Microsoft make?
Manufacturing strategy: Is China losing its competitiveness?
Media and Image
Teaching Vacancy - Economics at Salesian College
Strategic choice: What should Apple do for its investors?
The impact of interest rates
Unit 4 Macro: Gains from Trade Liberalisation
Posted to Economics- on Saturday, January 28, 2012 ,
Economics and Business News Quiz - 29 January
Technological change: 3-D printing promises a new industrial revolution
Unit 2 Macro: The Economic Disaster of Youth Unemployment
Technological change: now you can have your own factory!
Technological change - Kodak’s big strategic mistake
Crazy Frog-Great example of a targeted marketing mix?
WiiU- How a strong brand name could confuse the customer.
Growth strategy - Starbucks eyes the franchise model
Technology in action: inside the transparent factory
Posted to Business Studies- on Friday, January 27, 2012 ,
Micro Music Video featuring the Little Mermaid!
Economics Teaching: Diane Coyle on Economic Crises
Unit 4 Macro: Focus on India - Comparative Advantage
right to die - suicide
Unit 2 Macro: Focus on China - Trade and Growth
Unit 2 Macro: Focus on China - Inflation
Posted to Economics- on Thursday, January 26, 2012 ,
Unit 2 Macro: Focus on China - Carbon Emissions and Growth
Unit 2 Macro: Focus on China - Per Capita Incomes
Unit 2 Macro: Focus on China - Changing Economic Structure
Elasticity of Demand on Apple’s App Store
Unit 4 Macro: Focus on India - World’s Cheapest Computer
Evaluation Play Your Cards Right
The Biz Quiz - 26 January 2012
More perspectives on our changing shopping habits
The Application game.
Posted to Business Studies- on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 ,
AQA BUSS3 Live Revision 25 January 2012
Unit 4 Macro: Focus on India - Supply Side Issues
Unit 2 Macro: Can China Stay Competitive
Our Enterprise Challenge (with some exam skills for good measure!)
TBBLE - Our Days in Belfast and Glasgow
RES Annual Essay Competition for Students 2012
Assessment Proformas and Pupil Self-Assessment
Posted to Give It A Go!- on Tuesday, January 24, 2012 ,
Four ways to make your BUSS3 exam answers stand out
Unit 1 Micro: Can the UK Computer Games Industry Grow
Unit 4 Macro: Focus on India - Economic Growth
New MoJ Site
Who has what it takes for this job description?
Posted to Business Studies- on Monday, January 23, 2012 ,
Teaching Vacancy - Economics at St Olave’s Orpington
TED - videoed talks
Teaching Vacancy - Economics at Tiffin School (PT)
Teaching Vacancy - HOD Economics & Business at Culford School
Teaching Vacancy - Economics at Malvern College
