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), […]


A generation of unease

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 […]