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IES has supported the development of a new Youth Employment Toolkit from Youth Futures Foundation. Becci Newton explains how the resource is designed to move the dial from identifying the risks facing marginalised young people to supporting them to see better outcomes.
Ahead of next week's Budget, Tony Wilson details an action plan for government to tackle the underlying causes of economic inactivity - to help those who want to work to get back in, help people stay in work, and to make work better.
With a substantial mismatch between labour demand and supply, Becci Newton and Rosie Gloster reflect on previous IES research looking at Advancement Network Prototypes and consider how services across employment, skills and careers can better enable more people to find and progress in work.
Drawing on her latest output for the Better Quality Youth Employment research programme, Cristiana Orlando considers what the UK could learn from other countries when tackling the current challenges surrounding young people’s prospects and outcomes.
Behavioural Insights, an approach that aims to determine what drives behaviour in order to change behaviour, have seen increasing use in employment programmes. Miguel Subosa highlights findings from recent ReAct research regarding behaviourally informed employment programmes and lays out recommendations to help improve employment support services.
Danni-May Higlett, Cristiana Orlando and Astrid Allen reflect on their recent research for the Local Government Association (LGA) that highlights the need for local government and local employers to support good work initiatives.
Daniel Muir, Astrid Allen and Rosie Gloster highlight the opportunity that remote working presents to distribute wealth more evenly across the UK, and set out how government and employers can capitalise on this trend to attract and retain a diverse and talented workforce.
Abbie Winton argues that if policy makers and organisations fail to invest in good quality employment, training and new technologies, the impact on productivity and social inequalities will be far more costly in the longer term.
Cristiana Orlando looks at the impact of the national minimum and national living wage increase, and questions whether the increase goes far enough in achieving any positive outcomes for young people.
In her latest blog, Cristiana Orlando invites services and partners with a stake in youth employment to become involved in the IES Health Foundation youth employment policy project.
