Unleashing Talent: Levelling up Opportunity for Young People. Youth Commission Final Report

Institution	Learning and Work Institute (United Kingdom)
Titel	Unleashing Talent: Levelling up Opportunity for Young People. Youth Commission Final Report
Quelle	(2020), (54 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Talent Development; Social Differences; Pandemics; COVID-19; Public Agencies; College Attendance; Employment Qualifications; Unemployment; Social Change; Economic Change; Job Skills; Educational Opportunities; Educational Attainment; Benchmarking; Financial Support; Local Government; Government Role; Literacy; Numeracy; Career Development; Foreign Countries; Apprenticeships; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Begabtenförderung; Talentförderung; Sozialer Unterschied; Öffentliche Einrichtung; College; Colleges; Attendance; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Anwesenheit; Employment qualification; Vocational qualification; Vocational qualifications; Berufliche Qualifikation; Arbeitslosigkeit; Sozialer Wandel; Ökonomischer Wandel; Produktive Fertigkeit; Bildungsangebot; Bildungschance; Bildungsabschluss; Bildungsgut; Finanzielle Förderung; Gemeindeverwaltung; Alphabetisierung; Schreib- und Lesefähigkeit; Rechenkompetenz; Berufsentwicklung; Ausland; Apprenticeship; Lehre
Abstract	Young people have an array of skills, and the prospect of a 50 year career and a world filled with opportunity. However, inequalities before the current crisis meant that, while talent was equally distributed around the country, opportunity was not. The pandemic has now had a profound effect on education and employment, risking worsening inequalities and causing damage for individuals, communities, and our economy and society. The Youth Commission has explored the impact of these inequalities on young people's life chances. Across five research reports the commission has demonstrated that England lags other countries on many measures and progress has stalled. Participation in higher education compares more favourably, but fewer young people have basic skills or level 2 or 3 qualifications than other countries and the pandemic has led to a spike in unemployment. The research has shown that profound economic and social changes, particularly the collision of advances in technology and lengthening working lives, make a sound platform of skills and flexible opportunities to learn ever more essential. The Youth Commission has heard from young people about what they feel makes a difference, where support is not currently working, and the ideas they have for improvements. This final report sets out the blueprint for change. It calls for urgent action to tackle the youth employment crisis and a higher ambition for education and employment, benchmarked against the world's best to build back better. This will require investment. The recommendations require an extra £4.6 billion per year, a 22% increase on pre-crisis spending but an investment that will ultimately pay for itself. It also requires a more joined-up approach. The Youth Commission recommends a greater role for local government in building a coherent system, reforms to benefits to improve back-to-work support, a clear focus on the basics of literacy, numeracy and digital, and a new Career Advancement Service to help young people turbocharge their careers. Employers need to prioritise giving opportunities to young people, their future talent pipeline. [The Learning and Work Institute's Youth Commission will run for one year and is supported by Association of Colleges, Capital City Colleges Group, London SouthBank University, NOCN, and Prospects.] (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01