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The Gatsby Foundation sought to understand the size and profile of the careers adviser workforce currently working in English schools and colleges, this report provides an update and added insights to a previous 2021 study.
ELATT is a charitable training provider for adult learning and sixth form. This report covers the evaluation of ELATT's wrap-around learner support provided to learners aged 16–24 in 2021-2022 and 2022-2023, with a grant received from the Youth Futures Foundation.
This report covers an evaluation of the additional 40 hours of learning a year provided to 16 to 19 year-old students by the Department of Education (DfE) to help mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
This research provides evidence on the extent to which summer education and employment programmes impact the outcomes of disadvantaged or ‘at risk’ young people.
This technical report reviews the evidence on the effect of summer education programmes on disadvantaged and at-risk young people’s violence and offending outcomes, and related education outcomes.
This paper draws together a range of examples and case studies on how other countries are working to improve outcomes for young people and support transitions into employment and learning.
Traineeships have been integral to tackling youth unemployment since 2013. This evaluation aims to understand how these changes were received and implemented, the successes, challenges and lessons learnt, and any effect on trainees’ short- and medium-term outcomes.
This report is part of a three-year research project for the Health Foundation’s Young People’s Future Health Inquiry. The Inquiry focuses on understanding how to develop effective approaches in policy and practice to improve access to good quality youth employment and achieve systemic change across the four UK nations.
This report covers evidence from the development, implementation and early evaluation of a new soft skills learning package aimed at helping learners better understand the importance of soft skills and how they are demonstrated during the job interview process.
This report aims to understand how creative education in secondary schools is seeking to meet the skills requirements of creative industries and the impact of the pandemic on such endeavours.
