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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 […]
Developing Humans – Human Development: Young voices; New Idea
By Michelle Ezeuko, A review of the United Nations Development Programme Article “Developing Humans – Human Development: Young voices; New […]
Regional Inequality – The End Of An Era?
By Laurence Griffin In times gone past, so it was that the whole sense of community was very different to […]
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 […]
The changing landscape, a summary of what’s planned for GCSEs from 2015.
An excerpt from Reforming GCSEs: The changing landscape, a summary of what’s planned for GCSEs from 2015. Earlier this year the Department […]
Benefit Boot Camps
Today the Government has announced its plans to put further sanctions around young people who are unemployed. Our Youth Ambassadors […]