The UK comes out relatively well in a survey of skills shortages among under 25-year-olds across the EU. In the report ‘Education to employment: Getting Europe’s youth into work’, global management consulting firm McKinsey examines the apparent paradox between high youth unemployment across Europe, and the problems faced by employers in finding people with the right skills. In comparison, in the UK where youth unemployment is lower, only 18% of employers say that lack of skills among first jobbers is
More than three quarters of a million young people believe they have nothing to live for, with jobless youngsters facing “devastating” symptoms of mental illness. The research reveals that long-term unemployed young people are more than twice as likely as their peers to have been prescribed anti-depressants. One in three have contemplated suicide, while one in four have self-harmed. from Prince’s Trust The findings are based on interviews with 2,161 16-to-25-year-olds and show that 40 per cent of jobless young
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According to a new poll published in The Independent, 41 per cent of 18-24 year olds saying they are firmly in favour of the UK’s EU membership or leaning towards support, compared to 32 per cent who are against. Meanwhile, 60 per cent of over 65s reported they are strongly against membership, compared to 25 per cent who said they are pro-EU. Young Britons think a British withdrawal from the EU “would jeopardise their job prospects at home and on
The most vulnerable students will be harmed by plans to cut funding for 18-year-olds in full-time education, say school and college leaders. From September, funding for students in England who are already 18 will be cut by 17.5%, the government has announced in a letter to schools and colleges. These students have already had two years of post-16 education, it argues. “These are the students who need extra help, not less,” responded Martin Doel of the Association of Colleges. The letter, from the
