Mini-MBA for 15-17 year olds

For young business people aged 15-17 years
(22 hours per week)
Minimum English level: B2+

This programme is for students looking for an inspirational and ambitious course which gives them the perfect introduction to the exciting and productive world of business management and administration. Our experienced and dedicated academic staff deliver this course introducing the essentials of business management. Students must complete our English test before we confirm acceptance.

This course is ideal for committed students looking for a very different kind of summer programme, who want to boost their CVs and university applications by completing this rigorous and challenging programme. Also, for students considering studying business, finance, management, economics or accounting at A level, IB or undergraduate level, the Mini-MBA provides an intensive and comprehensive introduction.

Mini-MBA students are integrated in the afternoon programme with students on our other Earlscliffe summer courses and the normal sports, cultural activities and excursion programme is offered, including a special visit exclusive to our Mini-MBA students to the Bank of England Museum.

The course outline

Unit 1: Introduction to Management

This unit forms the core of the course and provides students with the skills, vocabulary, knowledge, confidence and technique to analyse business issues, prepare projects, research company case studies and give presentations. It also includes sections on business ethics.

Unit 2: Accounting

This unit aims to provide an introduction to basic accounting knowledge for the financial statement analysis.

Unit 3: Entrepreneurship

This unit will include the concept of both 'traditional' and social entrepreneurship and will also examine digital business opportunities and models.

Unit 4: Organisations

We will look at the tradition of organisational development and how this has affected modern day leadership and management in business organisations. This also includes how companies are contributing to global sustainability and how organisations are implementing policies in equality, diversity and inclusion in the ever-evolving workspace.

Unit 5: Marketing

This unit will involve a mixture of lectures, discussions and short case studies for analysis in class to give you an insight into some of the issues and tools in marketing for the 21st century, especially in the digital space.

Our activities

Students play volleyball, basketball, badminton, billiards and table tennis on-site. Our supervised afternoon and evening activities include karaoke nights; football, softball, a ‘Summer of Talent’ show, swimming, themed disco nights, tennis, mini-golf, dry slope tobogganing, ‘jeux sans frontières’ and quiz nights to name but a few…

These sports and activities are offered from mid-afternoon, after the day’s lessons have finished.

We are fortunate to be close to both Folkestone’s town centre and its shops, the artistic Creative Quarter, the beach and seafront, all of which offer our students moments of discovery and relaxation.

The day trips

An Earlscliffe highlight is our weekly trip to London (Capital Wednesday™) when over the course of the summer we visit the following famous London landmarks: the Tate Modern; Chelsea Football Club; the London Eye; St Paul’s Cathedral; the British Museum and Buckingham Palace. On Capital Wednesdays™ we use the high speed train link from nearby Folkestone central station which has a journey time of 55 minutes. Our Mini-MBA students also visit the Bank of England Museum and The Shard, Europe’s tallest building.

On Sundays we may visit the world-famous cathedral city of Canterbury including a river boat tour; Leeds Castle and Bluewater shopping centre; Hever Castle and Royal Tunbridge Wells; Thorpe Park theme park and the nearby Dover Castle. Our day trips are supervised. On some visits there will be free time given i.e. Folkestone, Ashford, Covent Garden.

The rooms and meals

Most rooms are spacious twin or triple rooms with en-suite WC and shower. All rooms are Wi-Fi connected. The high standard of accommodation is attractive to today’s students, and all the more so given the beautiful Victorian façade of the buildings in which it sits.

Meals are taken in the college dining room and prepared by our own chef and team. Meals are varied and often international, such as Chinese, Mexican or Indian, but not forgetting the occasional British fish and chips!

Formal dinners, every two weeks, give our students a chance to dress up and enjoy a three course meal by candlelight.

Any student’s special dietary needs can be catered for, i.e. vegetarian, non-dairy etc. Students are given packed meals on day trips.

Extra options

NEW! Skateboarding

F51: The world's first multi-storey skatepark, based only 10 minutes’ walk from Earlscliffe, will allow beginners through to competition level skateboarders the opportunity to hone their skills.

NEW! Stand Up Paddle Boarding

Join us for this 8-hour Stand Up Paddle Boarding Sports Trust Award. Learn the basic skills needed to be competent at balancing, paddling, turning and stopping as well as touring the Folkestone Harbour area and the bay of Sunny Sands. A certificate will be handed out upon completion of the course.

Paintball

Have fun in the forest dodging your opponents and trying to plant the flag for your team (all safety equipment is provided and must be worn at all times).

Musical Trip - Disney's 'The Lion King' in London's West End

Most children will have seen the movie and be familiar with Elton John's music which makes the experience all the more fulfilling and easy to understand.

Warner Bros Harry Potter Tour

For Harry Potter fans, why not enjoy a day out at this popular attraction to Warner Bros Studios. You will be able to see many of the sets, props and costumes from the most successful film series of all the time: the Great Hall; Dumbledore's office; the shops in Diagon Alley; see Harry's Nimbus 2000 and Hagrid's motorcycle; the Gryffindor common room, Hagrid's hut and Professor Umbridge's office at the Ministry of Magic. Have a refreshing Butterbeer in the studio café to finish your magical afternoon!

English language extra tuition

Extra English language tuition is available in small groups or one-to-one

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Mini-MBA for 15-17 year olds

The course outline

Our activities

The day trips

The rooms and meals

Extra options

Courses

Apply for
Earlscliffe
Summer

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Mini-MBA for 15-17 year olds

The course outline

Our activities

The day trips

The rooms and meals

Extra options

Courses

Apply forEarlscliffeSummer

Downloada copy of ourprospectus

Apply for
Earlscliffe
Summer

Download
a copy of our
prospectus