ABSTRACT
Inevitably, there are winners and losers, and it should be accepted that the core
subjects, the bigger departments, will have greater negotiating power. As we teach our
students, bigger is not necessarily better, but getting the true recognition for economics
and business can seem like an uphill battle at times. As an economics and business
studies NQT just arrived from a specialist PGCE there is obviously a great degree of
loyalty to the subjects and an interest in taking an active and decisive role in defending
and promoting them. The most effective strategy in raising the profile is to be the best
classroom practitioner that you can be. Enthusing students and gaining their
commitment and support will filter throughout the school and to parents. Building the
reputation of the subjects will pay off in the ways in which they are regarded by other
teachers and show itself in the ways in which students make their subject choices.
