Youth Employment UK putting young people at the heart of policy making

Last week Youth Employment UK (YEUK) took two young people to a meeting with DfE to discuss their careers education […]


A generation of unease

Opportunity Knocks For Autism

By Jack Welch For most individuals who classify themselves as having a condition that will affect almost every decision and […]


The emotional plight of trying to find work

The emotional, frustrating, isolating and often demoralising plight of trying to find work.  Figure 1 – A regular view on […]


Youth Friendly Employment Conference Video

On the 1st of December Youth Employment UK hosted its Annual Conference and Youth Friendly Employer Awards. The conference celebrated […]


YEUK Statement on Votes at 16

This week, the Government voted on measures that would have given the right to vote in the future referendum on […]


Rt Hon Minister for Employment Priti Patel Conference Speech

Helping young people benefit from the rewards of work From: Department for Work and Pensions and The Rt Hon Priti […]


Are 3 million young people ready for 3 million apprenticeships?

The government has set a very ambitious target of creating 3 million apprenticeships during the life of this parliament. At […]


A generation of unease

Jack rounds up the week at the Conservative annual conference in Manchester

Protection of the Lowest Paid? With the Conservative annual conference in Manchester now at an official close, it is an […]


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 […]


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 […]