Political upheaval, job worries and low self-confidence have left young people anxious and daunted, suggests a survey carried out in November by YouGov for the Prince’s Trust. Over half (58%) of 2,215 16- to 25-year-olds polled said political events had made them fear for their futures, with 41% more anxious than a year ago. Young people’s self-confidence is at its lowest ebb in the eight years since the research began, says the charity. According to the research: 50% felt it was harder to get
A study conducted by the Institute for Public Policy Research found that many apprenticeships for teenagers have little impact on receiving a job or attending further vocational education in the future. The researcher called for a change in the system by replacing lower level apprenticeships with a pre-apprenticeship programme for 16 -18-year-old. The report found that most apprenticeships are centred on one particular job, do not allow training at the job itself and from 2017, do not have to provide
Despite the repeated declarations of support, and the commitment to meet a target of three million apprenticeships by 2020, the UK is lagging behind many of its competitors when it comes to the number of young people entering vocational training schemes. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the world’s leading economic research group, has issued research that shows that just 2% of young people are in apprenticeships in the UK – compared with 9% in Denmark
