Category: Campaigning & Policy News
New Research has found the pandemic is dampening young people’s aspirations
Losing hope: young people are abandoning their aspirations as the pandemic continues to impact their wellbeing. The Princes Trust have […]
APPG for Youth Employment: opening meeting
The APPG for Youth Employment launched its inquiry ‘Making Youth employment Policy Work’ in September following the emergence of troubling […]
The Local Government Association calls for more local involvement in Youth Policy
The Local Government Association has produced research focussed on giving local context to national youth education, employment and training strategy, […]
Government announce Job Entry Targeted Support
The Government has launched it’s ‘Job Entry: Targeted Support’ (JETS) Scheme; a £238 million investment that seeks to support those […]
The Prime Minister announces a major expansion of post-18 education
The Government announced a ‘Lifetime Skills Guarantee’ today, alongside flexible loans as the country seeks to build back from the […]
Good Youth Employment Charter and 1000 Opportunities Campaign Launched September 2020
The Good Youth Employment Charter and 1,000 Opportunities Campaign have been launched by Youth Employment UK and a network of […]
1000 Opportunities Campaign: Avoiding crisis levels of youth unemployment
The Youth Employment Group is calling on policymakers to act now to prevent record levels of unemployed young people after […]
The Long Shadow of Deprivation : The Social Mobility Commission
The Social Mobility Commission have released their latest research. Drawing on their previous work this report explores the degree to […]
New research finds early-stage training in entrepreneurship is key to increasing social mobility and saving UK’s young people from ‘dead-end jobs’
New research which tracked the lives of 32 young entrepreneurs from socially and economically deprived communities, found three-quarters of them […]
The uneven impact of Covid-19 on the lowest paid workers in London
In a recent briefing paper, The Learning and Work Institute have found that low paid workers in London are more […]
How Will Coronavirus Impact Graduate Recruitment and Work Experience?
The Sutton Trust are producing a series of research briefs called ‘Covid-19 Impacts’ looking at the impact of Covid-19 across […]
‘Moving out to move on’: does relocating in the UK impact social mobility?
The Social Mobility Commission and the Institute for Employment Studies have collaborated to produce a report titled ‘Moving out to […]
