Financial education

Schoolgirls from across Scotland are in line to be crowned the country’s most promising new business brains. The finals of the Growing Future Assets Investment Competition, which nurtures the next generation of female investment experts, will be held in March, when a total of eight teams compete for the top …

In line with the recent Talk Money Week (8-12 Nov), a teacher-driven research study from EVERFI, a leading education company committed to closing the education gaps that lead to long-term inequality, in partnership with popular app Teacher Tapp, has discovered that a resounding 97% of teachers feel that it’s important …

An educational initiative encouraging schoolgirls to become the next generation of investment experts gets out of the starting blocks in Scotland in September. This year’s Growing Future Assets Competition, which aims to introduce senior girls to the world of investment, its impact and range of careers, begins on 6 September …

Young Money has this week launched its ambitious new Money Heroes financial education programme, centred around an innovative and sector-leading online platform designed to help teachers and parents collaborate on the delivery of meaningful and fun home and school learning. Developed with support from HSBC UK, the new programme aims …

TransUnion, one of the UK’s leading credit reference agencies, has teamed up with Premier League football club Leeds United to take its education programme – Credit Scores Explained – into schools. Focusing on being financially fit in preparation for adult life, the #KnowYourScore initiative will launch in Leeds, ahead of …

NatWest has announced that they have exceeded their MoneySense financial education target set in October 2015, to educate a further 1 million young people about money by the end of 2018. Since this commitment, NatWest are pleased to report that they have reached a further 1.5 million young people through …

Secondary school teachers overwhelmingly consider financial education important, but many lack the confidence to teach the topic. This is according to new research commissioned by the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Financial Education for Young People and funded by Martin Lewis OBE (founder of MoneySavingExpert.com), which conducted a survey of secondary school …

The British Museum has developed a unique programme to assist secondary school teachers in delivering the new  financial education requirements as part of the revised national curriculum. The newly developed Citi Money Gallery secondary education programme delivers financial education in a historical context through objects in the collection, emphasising the …