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  • Blueprint for recovery and renewal in young people’s education and employment opportunities

    This isn’t just about recovery from recession, it’s about a higher ambition for the future too.
  • Youth unemployment: Why we need to invest £4.6bn a year

    All young people deserve every chance to make the most of their talents. This is a matter of fairness but also our collective prosperity: we’re all poorer if we don’t make the most of all our talents.
  • Research and Reports 30 12 2020

    Youth Commission report 6 - Unleashing Talent: Levelling up opportunity for young people

    The Youth Commission has explored how to improve education and employment opportunities for England’s six million young people, levelling up opportunity across the country. This final report sets out our proposed blueprint for change.
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  • Risk of lost pandemic generation as young people hardest hit by coronavirus crisis

    One million young people could be locked out of education, employment and training as a result of the pandemic, compounding previous shortfalls in education and employment support, a new Learning and Work Institute report finds.
  • Research and Reports 27 11 2019

    Youth Commission report 5 - Fit for Purpose? Education and Employment Support for Young People

    How do current education, employment and skills services and planned changes serve young people?
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  • Research and Reports 15 08 2019

    Youth Commission report 4 - National and International Case Studies

    Delve into evidence of national and international approaches to youth education and employment, comparing them to England, and drawing out key lessons.
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  • Employers and public services must adapt to support young people to adapt to a rapidly changing labour market

    Our research shows young people are increasingly likely to be self-employed, in busier jobs, and need to update their skills, as a result of longer working lives and technological change
  • Research and Reports 10 06 2019

    Youth Commission report 3 - Tomorrow's World: Future of the Labour Market

    What are the likely future changes in demographics and the labour market, which will set the context for meeting these future challenges?
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  • Too many young people missing out on education and employment in opportunity ‘cold spots’ across England, report shows

    Our new Youth Opportunity Index, shows how young people have varying chances of success depending on where they live.

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