iPhone app iPad app Android phone app Android tablet app More

Youth Contract

NEET: On the Scrapheap at 20?

Bansi Kara | Posted 03.12.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Women in the Workplace, Youth Contract, Education, Work Schemes, Neet, Opportunities, Schools, Youth Unemployment, Small Businesses, UK Universities & Education News
Bansi Kara

There is a huge gap in government policy when it comes to slightly older NEETs. A sustainable and wide-ranging scheme to employ young people who are no longer 16 or 17 is absolutely essential. Some may argue that these schemes exist - and there are initiatives available to encourage youth employment. The problem comes when small businesses aren't kept in the loop about the schemes.

Read Whole Story

Youth Contract 'Insufficient' For Tackling Unemployment

PA | Posted 19.09.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Nick Clegg, Youth Contract, Work and Pensions Committee, UK News, Youth Unemployment, Dame Anne Begg, UK Politics News

The Government's youth contract is "insufficient" to tackle youth unemployment, a group of MPs has said. The Work and Pensions Select Committee ack...

Read Whole Story

'NEETs' To Get Company Wake up Calls

Press Association | Posted 20.07.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Neets, UK News, Deputy Prime Minister, Youth Contract, Nick Clegg, Not in Education Employment or Training, Higher Education, Further Education, Youth Unemployment, UK Universities & Education News

Ministers will pay private companies to wake teenagers in a drive to get more youngsters back to college or work, it was announced on Friday. The i...

Read Whole Story

Another Lost Generation: This Time It's 50+

Matthew Oakley | Posted 20.08.2012 | UK Politics
Read More: Youth Contract, UK, Older Workers Unemployment, Youth Unemployment, Labour Market, Age Discrimination, Older Workers, UK Politics News
Matthew Oakley

One thing that is clear is that unless action is taken now we risk a 'lost generation' of over 50s, unable to find work and consigned to living out their lives with lower living standards than they had hoped.

Read Whole Story