Month: September 2015
Employers’ Experience of Higher Apprenticeships: Benefits and Barriers
Ruth Mieschbuehler, Tristram Hooley and Siobhan Neary of the University of Derby have published a report on higher Apprenticeships, entitled: […]
Job Searching in a changing world
You might have been looking for a job for sometime now and beginning to think about what you are going […]
Employing Young People : ACAS Guide
A guide from ACAS Employing young people There are a number of employment rights all workers have when they start […]
Launch of the Careers and Enterprise Company
Yesterday, I attended the launch of The Careers and Enterprise Company. The event was packed to the rafters with colleagues […]
All-Party Parliamentary Group Update
Yesterday, the APPG for Youth Employment (of which Youth Employment UK is the Secretariat) met in Westminster. MPs and Members […]
Youth unemployment statistics
The latest youth unemployment statistics were announced yesterday. There has been a slight fall in the numbers. However, the rate […]
Taking a gap year – a wise choice or a dangerous move?
Gerard McGuigan As many students across the U.K embark upon their A-level studies (or indeed highers for those in Scotland), […]
Zero Hour Contract ONS Update – April to June 2015
By Youth Ambassador Jack Welch In new figures published by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), the rate of people […]
“I knew I had it in me, I just needed the qualifications to prove it
Joanne Commons, 24, from Coalville had been out of work for nearly a year after having her son. After applying […]
Autonomy – Liberation for the Young Generation
Zishi Zhang ‘It was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair’ Dickens created the most memorable phenomenon […]
Solutions to a European Crisis
By Jack After over a year since my exchange trip to Salamanca, where I previously wrote about my experiences for […]