Yvonne Cashmore

Subject Lead - PGCE Business with Economics, Institute of Education Quality Coordinator, Regional Training Hub Lead, Academic Integrity Tutor

Institute of Education

Secondary and Post Compulsory Education

Contact Details

email: y.cashmore@worc.ac.uk
tel: 01905 855058

Yvonne is the PGCE Secondary Subject Leader for PGCE Business with Economics and PGCE Business. She also works as the Regional Training Hub Coordinator and is Institute of Education Quality Coordinator, and an Academic Integrity Tutor. Yvonne is regularly involved in a national consultative forum for Business and Economics and has presented at national and international conferences to share her knowledge of training new teachers of Business and Economics.

Prior to joining the university in 2013, Yvonne taught in schools and colleges in Sussex before spending 15 years teaching Business, Economics and ICT in a Worcestershire secondary school. During this time, she held a range of posts – Professional mentor, Subject Mentor, Head of Business, Economics and Accounting including line management of the ICT Department, SENCO, Designated Safeguarding Lead, Work Related Learning and Work Experience Co-ordinator and Young Enterprise Centre Lead.

Yvonne has also spent 20 years working in a variety of senior roles in examining, moderating, training and qualification development for a range of GCSE, A Level and vocational qualifications for a national awarding body. She is currently an external examiner for PGCE courses at two universities and is a Fellow of the HEA.

Through delivering new mentor training and mentor briefings Yvonne discusses new developments on the PGCE course such as using PebblePad for compiling electronic portfolios, developing target setting and the best practice arising from quality assuring the professional studies in school programmes run for trainees on placement in partnership schools.

Qualifications

  • Fellow of the HEA
  • MA Education
  • Post Graduate Certificate in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
  • Post Graduate Certificate in School Improvement
  • National College Leadership Pathways
  • BA (Hons) Business Education with ICT (QTS)

Learn Upon Training completed

  • Safer Recruitment
  • Introduction to the Prevent Duty as it affects Higher Education
  • Safeguarding Essentials

Teaching & Research

Teaching Interests

  • Business with Economics
  • Professional Studies

Research Interests

  • Mentor knowledge, mentoring and coaching
  • Teacher development

Recent Publications

Cashmore, Yvonne and Alexander, Charmaine (2025) Using AI in teaching Business and Economics. In: Economics, Business and Enterprise Association New Teacher Conference, 24 January 2025, Online.

Cashmore, Y., Berry, D., Siviter, B., Vickers, J., (2024) Preparing Future Teachers of Business and Economics. Teaching Business and Economics, 28 (3). pp. 18-21.

Cashmore, Yvonne and Lawson, Suzanne (2024) PGCE Secondary experiences of Intensive Training and Practice (ITAP). In: BCU Online Summer Series, 2/7/24, Birmingham City University.

Cashmore, Y., Castle, E., Mahyub, B., Moustafa, A. (2024) Nurturing Futures – The Importance of Careers Education. Teaching Business and Economics, 28 (1). pp. 8-11.

Cashmore, Y., Castle, E., Mahyub, B., Moustafa, A. (2024) Nurturing Futures – The Importance of Careers Education. UW Source #2

Cashmore, Y., Gardner, D. (2023) Intensive Training and Practice (ITAP). In: Secondary UCET morning symposium, 28 November 2023, Online.

Cashmore, Y (2023) Preparing future teachers of Business and Economics. In: Association for European Economic Education, 12-14 October 2023, Leeuwarden, Netherlands.

Cashmore, Y., Castle, E. (2023) Why is sustainability important in Business? Teaching Business and Economics, 27 (3). pp. 20-21.

Cashmore, Y., Castle, E. (2023) Why is sustainability important in Business? UW Source #1

Cashmore, Y., Castle, E. (2022) The Impact of the Commonwealth on trade. #UWPGSEC

Cashmore, Y. (2020) Supporting new teachers. In: OCR Business and Economics Consultative Forum, 3 March 2020, Cambridge

Whitehouse, K., Cashmore, Y., Hunt, D (2018) Share & Inspire: Classroom Civility. University of Worcester, Worcester, 27 November 2018. 

Whitehouse, K., Cashmore, Y., Hunt, D, Looker, B, (2017) Share & Inspire: Classroom Civility. University of Worcester, Worcester, 17 October 2017.

Cashmore, Yvonne (2015) New A Level Business - Which Specification? Teaching Business and Economics, 19 (1). pp. 4-5.

Membership of Professional Bodies

  • The Economics, Business and Enterprise Association
  • Chartered College of Teaching
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

External Roles

  • 2024-2029 External Examiner for University of Derby
  • 2024 – 2028 External Examiner for Nottingham Trent University
  • 2023 - Current - Young Enterprise Teacher Advisory Group
  • 2020 – 2024 External Examiner for University of Sunderland
  • 2020 - External panel member for partnership approval for University of Brighton
  • 2018 – 2023 External Examiner for UCL Institute of Education
  • 2017 – 2018 External Examiner for Middlesex University
  • 2015 – 2019 External Examiner for University of Wales Trinity St David
  • 1998 – 2018 Senior Examiner for a national awarding body