Partner Article

Region’s future given competitive edge

THE region’s entrepreneurs of tomorrow are being given the opportunity to gain a competitive edge in the battle for university places.

Young Enterprise North East, is working with UK examining body OCR to give young people the opportunity to gain up to 40 extra UCAS points through an extra-curricular entrepreneurship programme.

For the first time this year, 15-19 year-olds taking part in the YENE Company Programme will have the option to take one unit that could be worth up to 40 UCAS points, in a brand new Level 3 qualification from OCR.

Young Enterprise North East chief executive Catherine Marchant said: “We are delighted to offer young people the chance to set up and run their own real company whilst also enabling them to gain extra UCAS points.

“We want to give young people every opportunity to succeed in this challenging scramble for university places.”

The Company Programme allows students to set up and run their own real company with the support and guidance of a business mentor. Points come into effect for entry to higher education from 2011 onwards.

The qualification has been awarded 40 points for a distinction, 30 for a merit and 20 for a pass.

Clare Shuttlewood, OCR’s Head of Business Development, added: “The allocation of UCAS points to this new OCR qualification recognises the quality of what is achieved on the Programme.

In this time of competitive HE admissions, OCR is pleased to have worked in partnership with Young Enterprise so that young people can now gain extra credit for their efforts.“

This was posted in Bdaily's Members' News section by Ruth Mitchell .