October 1, 2020
October 1, 2020
This report by the Prince’s Trust highlights an “aspiration gap” as the pandemic in the UK impacts young people’s ambitions and aspirations. According to the survey, more than a third of young people (39%) have abandoned their aspirations for the year ahead. This increases significantly among those respondents who are NEET. 44% of NEET young […]
Read moreOctober 1, 2020
October 1, 2020
New research by The Centre for Education and Youth in partnership with the Skills Builder Partnership explores the relationship between essential skills and young people’s life outcomes. Existing work often emphasises the importance of building essential skills in light of structural changes in the labour market, including technological disruptions and changing work norms. This report […]
Read moreSeptember 25, 2020
September 25, 2020
Richard Barrett, Education and Employers Research Associate and freelance education consultant Youth Aspirations and the Future of Work – A Review of the Literature and Evidence1, from the International Labour Organization (ILO) adds more empirical evidence to support what many of us have long understood: education and employer engagement can have a positive impact on […]
Read moreSeptember 16, 2020
September 16, 2020
Youth Aspirations and the Future of Work: A Review of the Literature and Evidence Drew Gardiner, Micheline Goedhuys International Labour Organization Richard Barrett Research Associate at Education and Employers has written an article about the report – read it here. Suggested citation: Gardiner, D., Goedhuys, M. 2020. Youth Aspirations and the Future of Work: A […]
Read moreSeptember 15, 2020
September 15, 2020
Social Mobility Commission Social mobility in England is a postcode lottery, with large differences across areas in both the adult pay of disadvantaged sons and the size of the pay gap for sons from deprived families, relative to those from affluent families. Both the adult earnings of sons from disadvantaged families, and the difference […]
Read moreSeptember 15, 2020
September 15, 2020
OECD This edition of Education at Glance provides an overview of education during the Covid-19 crisis. It touches on the health aspects of the crisis as well as the economic crisis and the impacts for education, such as the impact of lockdown on disadvantaged people. The lockdowns have interrupted conventional schooling with nationwide school closures […]
Read moreSeptember 14, 2020
September 14, 2020
OECD Senior Policy Analyst Dr Anthony Mann In December 2019, a joint publication of the European Commission, European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, European Training Foundation, International Labor Organisation, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and UNESCO made the case for investment in career guidance. It set out an argument that implicitly said […]
Read moreSeptember 9, 2020
September 9, 2020
Scaffolding vocational education and successful youth transitions through Work Exposure, Work Exploration and Work Experience: The WE3 Continuum and Activities Dave Turner August 2020 This paper has been written by Dave Turner, an Australian with 30 years of international experience in youth employment and careers education and was commissioned by Toi Economic Development Agency in […]
Read moreSeptember 3, 2020
September 3, 2020
Young people’s aspirations for education, work, family and leisure Paula McDonald Queensland University of Technology, Australia Barbara Pini Curtin University, Australia Janis Bailey Griffith University, Australia Robin Price Queensland University of Technology, Australia Abstract Young people are arguably facing more ‘complex and contested’ transitions to adulthood and an increasing array of ‘non-linear’ paths. Education […]
Read moreAugust 28, 2020
August 28, 2020
Jessica Bok To cite this article: Jessica Bok (2010) The capacity to aspire to higher education: ‘It’s likemaking them do a play without a script’, Critical Studies in Education, 51:2, 163-178, DOI:10.1080/17508481003731042 Aspiration is a prominent concept in higher education policy debates. However, reference to this concept is often made in terms […]
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