Blog and updates
-
28 May 2025
Micro & Macro Effects of a Growing EV Market in the UK | A-Level Economics Revision
This revision short looks at some of the Micro & Macro Effects of a Growing EV Market in the UK
-
28 May 2025
Micro & Macro Effects of a UK Wealth Tax | A-Level Economics Revision
This revision short looks at some Micro & Macro Effects of a UK Wealth Tax.
-
28 May 2025
Micro & Macro Effects of Currency Appreciation (Stronger Pound) | A-Level Economics Revision
This revision short looks at Micro & Macro Effects of Currency Appreciation (Stronger Pound)
-
27 May 2025
Micro & Macro Effects of Falling Oil Prices | A-Level Economics Quick Revision
This synoptic short looks at some Micro & Macro Effects of Falling Oil Prices.
-
27 May 2025
Micro & Macro Effects of Net Migration into the UK | A-Level Economics Revision
This synoptic exam short looks at some Micro & Macro Effects of Net Migration into the UK.
-
27 May 2025
Micro & Macro Effects of a Carbon Tax | A-Level Economics Quick Revision
This exam short looks at Micro & Macro Effects of a Carbon Tax.
-
27 May 2025
Wealth Inequality in the UK - Should There Be a Wealth Tax?
Guardian and the Equality Trust research reported here indicates that the UK's richest families are getting richer - with 50 families having more wealth than 50% of the population. That's 34...
-
27 May 2025
Bhutan - A Country Redefining Development
This extended clip sees the World Bank Managing Director, Anna Bjerde, interviewing the Prime Minister of Bhutan about the country's development journey. Bhutan's economic focus is explicitly not...
-
26 May 2025
South Western Railway is renationalised
The renationalisation of South Western Railway (SWR) marks a significant step in the UK government's broader plan to bring the majority of England's passenger rail services back under public...
-
23 May 2025
Economics Weekly Quiz | 23 May 2025
Here's this week's economics news quiz. The quiz has 8 multi-choice questions about news events relating to economics from the last 7 days. Most of the questions relate to the UK economy but some...
-
23 May 2025
Data Starter: The World’s ageing population
How rapidly is the global population ageing and what impact is this having on global population size?
-
22 May 2025
In the News Teaching Activity – can curbing immigration boost the UK’s growth rate? (May 2025)
Labour’s immigration white paper promises lower net migration while boosting growth—but its economic rationale doesn’t match the data.
-
20 May 2025
Data Starter: Summary of UK immigration system in 2024
What does taking a closer look at UK immigration in 2024 reveal?
-
19 May 2025
In the News Teaching Activity – why did the UK’s GDP rise 0.7% in Q1 2025? (May 2025)
UK GDP grew by 0.7% in Q1 2025, outpacing expectations and sparking cautious optimism about economic recovery.
-
16 May 2025
Economics Weekly Quiz | 16 May 2025
Here's this week's economics news quiz. The quiz has 8 multi-choice questions about news events relating to economics from the last 7 days. Most of the questions relate to the UK economy but some...
-
16 May 2025
Data Starter: National poverty lines, poverty rates & incomes in five countries
What does poverty look like in five different countries?
-
15 May 2025
In the News Teaching Activity – US tariffs are affecting Chinese e-commerce (May 2025)
Chinese e-commerce exports to the US have crashed as steep tariffs drive up prices and shift trade flows toward Europe.
-
14 May 2025
Three Live Revision Sessions for Economics Paper 2
We have three live revision sessions lined up for Paper 2. Links below. Share them on your socials and click the bell icon so you get an alert when each session goes live!
-
14 May 2025
Competition winners - Autumn/Spring 2024
The Economics team at tutor2u are delighted to announce the winners of our latest student competition! Students were asked to consider “How well has the new government done in addressing the UK’s...
-
13 May 2025
Data Starter: Global trade dominance, USA vs EU 2000-2024
Is the USA or the EU more dominant in global trade?
Get email updates
Subscribe to our email updates and we’ll let you know whenever new content we think you’ll find useful is added.