Research by The Prince’s Trust found that half of youngsters not in work, education or training did not trust anyone they dealt with online. They preferred to apply for jobs in person, partly because of a lack of follow-up messages from employers contacted via emails. Young people out of work were also being held back in the digital world by their lack of “softer” social skills, said the report. Martina Milburn, chief executive at The Prince’s Trust, said: “We need to dispel the
Poverty among people who are working has risen despite a recovery in the UK economy, a study has suggested. High rental housing costs mean an estimated 3.8 million workers – one in eight – are in poverty, according to the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). It said in-work poverty was up by 1.1 million since 2010-11, and 55% of those in poverty were in working families. People with less than 60% of median income are classified as poor. Overall poverty was down,
One in three internet users between the ages of 12 and 15 say they saw “hate speech” online in the past year, according to Ofcom’s latest survey of children’s media habits. It is the first time the UK regulator has posed a question about the topic in its annual study. The NSPCC charity said the finding was “very worrying”, adding such posts should not be tolerated. The report also indicates children are spending more hours a week on the net. And
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
