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Beyond the Bike - An Enrichment Project

Ruth Tarrant

3rd September 2015

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Looking for something a bit different to engage and inspire your economics students this academic year? Why not follow the Beyond the Bike adventure of Stuart Block and Claire le Hur, and use our RES-supported resources to really enrich learning in your classroom?

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Ruth Tarrant

Ruth has been Subject Lead in Economics at tutor2u for many years after a career of teaching Economics, Business, Politics and Maths in a range of secondary schools. She is a highly experienced A level Economics Examiner, and also teaches undergraduate Economics on a very part-time basis at the University of Oxford. Ruth is passionate about making economics fun, engaging and accessible.

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