{"id":33176,"date":"2017-04-12T10:30:23","date_gmt":"2017-04-12T10:30:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tesyouth.org\/t\/?p=33176"},"modified":"2023-07-11T15:19:01","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T15:19:01","slug":"only-half-of-young-people-in-the-uk-feel-european","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tesyouth.org\/t\/only-half-of-young-people-in-the-uk-feel-european\/","title":{"rendered":"Only half of young people in the UK feel European"},"content":{"rendered":"

Only half of young adults in the UK see themselves as European, a poll has found. And one in five do not describe themselves as British, the survey revealed.<\/p>\n

Researchers at think tanks Demos and the British Council conducted the study as part of the Next Generation series<\/a>, interviewing 18 to 30-year-olds in the UK.<\/p>\n

Only one in three of those surveyed said they could speak a foreign language at a \u2018simple\u2019 level.<\/p>\n

The research revealed that young people in Britain are not particularly well travelled, with only one in 10 saying they had been abroad for three months.<\/p>\n

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A similar number said they had campaigned to raise funds for an overseas cause.<\/p>\n

Ian Wybron, head of social policy at Demos, told the Guardian: \u2018Living, working and studying abroad offers clear benefits for young people, helping them to secure better jobs, as well as building confidence and intercultural understanding.<\/p>\n

\u2018But our research found that a substantial number of young adults are currently being excluded from these opportunities \u2013 particularly those from lower socioeconomic backgrounds.<\/p>\n

\u2018Government, employers, and civil society must do their part in opening up these valuable opportunities to a much larger number of Britons.<\/p>\n

\u2018The aspirations for a \u201cglobal Britain\u201d will ring hollow unless is its benefits and opportunities are better shared. Read more<\/a><\/p>\n