We ask young people to make a lot of life-changing decisions. At 13 or 14 you choose GCSE subjects. Make the wrong choice and you could be ruling out your chance to pursue medicine or a number of other…
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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…
Many young people are open to the idea of undertaking an apprenticeship rather than going to university, according to a new study published by the Sutton Trust charity and education company Pearson. But…
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…
Like fewer causalities on the road or at war, new data released on the number of 16 to 24 year olds not in education, employment or training (NEETs), was conveyed as good news in what is a bad situation…
The Fair Work Commission is currently considering an application for 20-year-olds working in retail to receive 100% of the adult wage, instead of the 90% they currently receive. The direct impact of the…
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Former Senior Lecturer, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
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Professor of Education Policy and Practice, Youth Studies, Monash University
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Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Work and Organisation, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Management, University of the Sunshine Coast
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Professor of Political Sociology, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Research Scientist in Public Policy, The University of Texas at Austin
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Professiorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Director of the Center for Human Resource Research, The Ohio State University
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Head of the Centre for Education & Industry, University of Warwick
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Professor Tristram Hooley, Professor of Career Education and Head of International Centre for Guidance Studies, University of Derby
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Associate Professor in Managing People and Organisations, University of Sydney