Free careers magazine for your mobile!

The October edition of the brilliant Plotr Careers Magazine is out now! This is a great magazine that is packed […]


Open letter to Matthew Hancock MP following his comments regarding young people’s productivity and pay

An open letter to Matthew Hancock MP At Youth Employment UK, we were deeply disappointed to hear the comments from […]


“Young people are not as productive on average” so don’t deserve pay rise #WorthMore

We are  disappointed by Tory Minister Matthew Hancock’s comments about the reasons the Living Wage is available to only those people […]


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: […]


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 […]


Youth unemployment statistics

The latest youth unemployment statistics were announced yesterday.  There has been a slight fall in the numbers.  However, the rate […]


Ambassadors interview about youth unemployment

Two of our Ambassadors were recently invited to talk to Georgie Frost of ShareRadio last week. You can listen to […]


Benefit Boot Camps

Today the Government has announced its plans to put further sanctions around young people who are unemployed. Our Youth Ambassadors […]


My journey to being the CEO of YEUK

Every bit of work experience got me where I am today, along with the grit and determination to get on. It […]


YEUK supports the call to legalise the term “apprenticeship”

I was delighted to read that the government are holding a consultation on the misuse of the term “apprenticeship”.  The […]