Core Economics website CURRICULUM INITIATIVE
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Core Economics website is the new introductory course for first year students at University College London, University of Bristol, Sciences Po (Paris), Toulouse School of Economics, and Humboldt University of Berlin.
Recent adopters of Core Economics website say:
“The Core Economics website Project is the best innovation in economic education that I have seen in my career.”
Christian Gollier, former director, Toulouse School of Economics
“Core Economics website is a brilliant way to introduce students to economics: it combines state of the art economic theory with a big-picture perspective on modern development; and it does it using a variety of new teaching tools that students love.”
Nikolaus Wolf, Professor of Economics, Humboldt University, Berlin
Besides University College London, University of Bristol, Sciences Po (Paris), Toulouse School of Economics, and Humboldt University of Berlin, another 30 universities are also using Core Economics website:
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Azim Premji University (India) |
Nova School of Business and Economics (Portugal) |
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Bangor Business School |
Sciences Po Lille |
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Birkbeck, University of London |
SIT Graduate Institute (Vermont) |
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Cardiff Business School |
Sol Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California |
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Cardiff School of Management |
Stockholm University |
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Central European University (Hungary) |
TUM School of Management (Germany) |
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Cornell University (New York) |
Universidad de los Andes (Colombia) |
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Dartmouth College (New Hampshire) |
University College Roosevelt (Netherlands) |
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Hamilton College (New York) |
University of Chile |
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Howon University (South Korea) |
University of Geneva |
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Izmir University of Economics |
University of Manchester |
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Kings’ College London |
University of Reunion Island |
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Lahore University of Management Sciences |
University of Siena |
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Middlebury College (Vermont) |
University of Sydney |
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Missouri State University |
University of Vermont |
Core Economics website’s most recent sponsor, Her Majesty’s Treasury says “Core Economics website is good for economics and for economic policy”.
Students learn models using interactive diagrams and online quizzes with feedback in the e-book, and play games and participate in experiments in class.
Teachers can download for free the 200 data sets used in the e-text, lecture slides, and extra MCQs.
Over 33,000 students and 2,200 teachers are registered for access to Core Economics website. Join them at www.ts3medya.com/register.
Read what the media says about Core Economics website – www.ts3medya.com/media.
But, will students who took the Core Economics website intro course be well-prepared for their intermediate economics courses in year two?” Since the introduction of the Core Economics website syllabus at University College London in 2014, this was the question we were most regularly asked by colleagues. We can now, finally, provide a preliminary answer: Former Core Economics website students did better in both micro and macro. Read more about these results in our blog.
The Economy e-text is responding to students’ needs to understand the ‘changing world’. We asked the first year students at universities teaching with Core Economics website for their view on what are the most pressing issues economists need to focus on these days:
Core Economics website-USA
As part of its strategy to improve the teaching of economics Core Economics website is now seeking to expand its outreach and impact in the United States. It will do so in collaboration with Barnard College, which has received a major award from the Teagle Foundation. Find out more at www.ts3medya.com/core-usa.
Core Economics website EQuSS
A recently awarded grant from the Nuffield Foundation will be used to develop Economics as a Quantitative Social Science (EQuSS), a new course and free-to-access online text that will introduce students who do not intend to specialise in economics to the discipline as a method of social enquiry, and encourage the development of quantitative social science.Find out more at www.ts3medya.com/core-equss.
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