Young people described an inaccessible job market.
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Mentors are trained adults who can offer emotional, practical and developmental support to young people.
Loneliness and isolation may shape a young person’s life chances.
With 1 million unemployed young people across the UK, school culture may have impacted their success rate
Will higher minimum wages put employers off young workers?
Too many young people in England reach age 16 with poor qualifications.
A lack of political will is one factor preventing youth work from becoming a formal profession.
There’s logic to the government’s plans for youth placements – but will they lead to long-term jobs and growth?
The programme showed improved mental health, reduced distress and a stronger sense of belonging among unemployed young people.
Recent data shows 13.4% of young people aged 16-24 are not in education, employment or training.
What are the prospects for young South Africans once they’ve left school?
There’s a crucial need to connect the most vulnerable people with public services in order to tackle systemic poverty and disadvantage. An integrated approach is key.
Social farms provide health, social and educational care to disadvantaged young people.
Despite economic hardships, young people haven’t been pushed into crime. But can we trust the data?
Conservative and Labour proposals for young jobseekers have different rhetoric, but both miss the point.
When the Youth Contract was launched in 2012, it was described by deputy prime minister Nick Clegg as “a major moment for Britain’s unemployed young people”. With an overall budget of £1bn, the plan…
Students collecting their GCSE results this summer will now be obliged to participate in education and training until at least the end of the academic year in which they turn 17. From the summer of 2015…
I have worked with young people all my life, as a youth worker, academic teacher and youth policy adviser. I have observed their trajectories, listened to their aspirations, supported them in the steps…
Across the world, governments are asking how to close the gap between the world of education and the world of employment. Now a new collection of papers has set out just how important employer interventions…
Governments across Europe are searching for effective policies to drive down youth unemployment. Most European countries have experienced an alarming rise in the levels of young people (16-24) who are…
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DSTI/NRF Research Chair in Welfare and Social Development, University of Johannesburg
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Director, Centre for Employment Research, University of Westminster
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Professorial Fellow at the Centre for Education and Industry, University of Warwick
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Postdoctoral Researcher, Bournemouth University
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Visiting Professor of Social Inclusion Studies, Centre for Children, Schools and Families Department of Psychology and Counselling, University of Greenwich
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Professor of Economic and Social Policy, University of Bath
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Researcher at The Work Foundation
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Head of the Centre for Education & Industry, University of Warwick
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Professor of European Youth Policy, Faculty of Business and Society, University of South Wales
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Senior Lecturer in Social Policy, The Open University
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Lecturer in Economics, University of Stirling
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Professor of Social Development Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Senior researcher at Research on Socio-Economic Policy, Stellenbosch University
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Senior Researcher: Poverty and Inequality Initiative, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town
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Adam Smith Senior Lecturer in Political Economy, School of Social and Political Sciences, University of Glasgow