Second year HND Business students at Harrow College visited the iconic Kew Gardens based in West London in early April as part of their course studies.
With many of the students keen to progress into Business Management, higher education or employment, the visit aimed to provide students with first-hand experience of business enterprise and management accounting in practice.
One of the recent student course assignments asked them to focus on a garden centre and so tutors felt that Kew Gardens would be a good outdoor organisation upon which to base their research, particularly as most of them had never been there before. The trip involved a tour led by one of Kew Gardens experienced tour guides, and students (and tutors!) were enthralled by the history of the gardens, the beauty attractions, sources of funding, details of current restoration projects, new projects and other planned key initiatives.
On return to the college, the students worked in small groups on both practical and written work, analysing the beauty attractions at Kew Gardens such as Palm House and the Princess of Wales Conservatory recommending ways in which these could be better utilised to increase funding for future projects. Students also produced written evaluative reports on the financial management of the restaurant facilities at the gardens suggesting ways of adding value and enhancing quality to the visitors.
Commenting on student progress since the visit, Lorraine Adepoju, Business Studies Course Leader at Harrow College said:
“The outcome from the visit has been very positive. The students have delivered some really interesting presentations on their findings and will be completing their written reports for their coursework assignments soon. They are expected to achieve high grades for these and subsequently high grades for their HND Business Diplomas".
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