Excellence in
Education through
Business Links (EEBL)
Developing enterprise in education through teacher placements
www.LTScotland.org.uk/enterpriseineducation
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What is EEBL?
The Excellence in Education through Business Links
(EEBL) programme is a continuing professional
development (CPD) opportunity through which teachers
can undertake a short placement in businesses
and other organisations*. It provides an interesting,
stimulating and relevant opportunity for participants to
experience the diversity of the world of work, helping
teachers, and ultimately their pupils, to connect the
curriculum to life and work beyond school. This will help
young learners to develop the skills for learning, skills for
life and skills for work they will need to take their place in
a globalised society and economy.
An EEBL placement is designed principally to enhance
and develop:
> enterprising approaches to learning and teaching by
improving teachers’ knowledge and understanding of
the world of work beyond the classroom;
> teachers’ appreciation of the skills, knowledge and
behaviours required in different work environments;
> management and leadership skills;
> effective school-employer partnerships with private,
public and voluntary sector organisations; and
> new and innovative teaching practices, including the
introduction of creative teaching materials based on
the experience.
Who is EEBL for?
EEBL placements are available to all primary and
secondary teachers working in publicly funded schools.
*The term ‘business and other organisations’ includes most public,
private and voluntary workplaces beyond the classroom.
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How long is a placement?
It is recommended that an EEBL placement should
last for a minimum of two days. Flexible patterns
of attendance should be offered to meet individual,
business and school needs. A placement may be
completed in a block of consecutive days, or spread
across an agreed period. Where a non-consecutive
approach is proposed, a commitment to the ‘whole
placement’ and its related outcomes should be agreed
before the placement begins.
How does EEBL operate?
Local authorities will be responsible for managing and
delivering EEBL. This will include helping teachers
identify suitable placements and working with them and
the employer partner to set them up.
What are the benefits of EEBL?
Enterprise in education will enable all young people
to develop their understanding and knowledge of the
world of work and the enterprise and employability skills
they will need for future employment. This can best be
achieved through partnerships between schools and
employers. There are substantial benefits to be gained
from teachers’ participation in EEBL placements, not
only for teachers themselves, but for the wider school
and learning community, employers, and – most
importantly – for pupils.
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The teacher placements have
given me the opportunity to get to
know people from the education sector
and help bridge the gap between
business and education…
May Reynolds – Morgan Stanley
It was fantastic to be given the
time to discuss and to suggest ways
that information could be made more
readily available to education… and to
bounce ideas about.
David Sharp, Lornshill Academy, Alloa
Placed with Futureskills Scotland
Take this opportunity to get involved
For more information about taking part in EEBL – either as a teacher
interested in a placement, or as a business interested in offering
a placement and to find out more about Determined to Succeed
and EEBL’s fit within wider enterprise in education – please visit our
website at: www.ltscotland.org.uk/enterpriseineducation
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