Youth economic activity and health (YEAH) monitor
Lead Research Organisation:
University College London
Department Name: Education, Practice & Society
Abstract
This project Youth Economic Activity and Health (YEAH) will address the UK's need for robust evidence on the pandemic's consequences for youth employment, learning and wellbeing. YEAH will address five related research issues:
1. Successful transitions
2. Future planning and optimism
3. Workplace learning
4. Internship and student knowledge exchange
5. Youth employment support initiatives.
Using existing and new data, we will examine successful transitions from school into jobs and post-18 education; investigate the relationship of future optimism and career planning with youth wellbeing; analyse the consequences of the pandemic on internship provision and training, and track local employment support provision and careers education initiatives.
To contextualise British trends and to explore the potential for policy programmes, we will compare changes in youths' job market transitions and career planning in the UK with detailed findings for Germany and broader trends in the Canada and Ireland.
To address our research questions, we will commission a survey of 16-24-year-olds in Britain, conduct interviews with local labour market stakeholders and young people, and analyse a range of existing secondary quantitative data investments.
The project will address social inequalities in the epidemic's impact and assess varying prospects for recovery among places and socio-economic groups defined by age, gender, ethnicity, educational attainment and job skills. Taken together the research will illuminate how future career planning, job-related skills acquisition and local employment support initiatives can come together to help young people to maintain employment, get back to work, and develop productive skills. In so doing, it will examine potential mechanisms to avoid long-term 'scarring' effects for careers and lifetime earnings.
1. Successful transitions
2. Future planning and optimism
3. Workplace learning
4. Internship and student knowledge exchange
5. Youth employment support initiatives.
Using existing and new data, we will examine successful transitions from school into jobs and post-18 education; investigate the relationship of future optimism and career planning with youth wellbeing; analyse the consequences of the pandemic on internship provision and training, and track local employment support provision and careers education initiatives.
To contextualise British trends and to explore the potential for policy programmes, we will compare changes in youths' job market transitions and career planning in the UK with detailed findings for Germany and broader trends in the Canada and Ireland.
To address our research questions, we will commission a survey of 16-24-year-olds in Britain, conduct interviews with local labour market stakeholders and young people, and analyse a range of existing secondary quantitative data investments.
The project will address social inequalities in the epidemic's impact and assess varying prospects for recovery among places and socio-economic groups defined by age, gender, ethnicity, educational attainment and job skills. Taken together the research will illuminate how future career planning, job-related skills acquisition and local employment support initiatives can come together to help young people to maintain employment, get back to work, and develop productive skills. In so doing, it will examine potential mechanisms to avoid long-term 'scarring' effects for careers and lifetime earnings.
Publications
Anger S
(2021)
Abiturjahrgang 2020: Ohne Abiball zum Studium - allein am Bildschirm bricht die Lebenszufriedenheit ein
in IAB-Kurzbericht
Deng Z
(2022)
Youth unemployment in Canada, Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom in times of COVID-19
in Economic and Social Reports
Dietrich H
(2020)
Social inequality in the homeschooling efforts of German high school students during a school closing period
in European Societies
Gagné T
(2022)
Mental distress among young adults in Great Britain: long-term trends and early changes during the COVID-19 pandemic.
in Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
Gagné T
(2022)
Transition milestones and life satisfaction at ages 25/26 among cohorts born in 1970 and 1989-90.
in Advances in life course research
Gagné T
(2021)
Changes in Patterns of Social Role Combinations at Ages 25-26 among Those Growing Up in England between 1996 and 2015-16: Evidence from the 1970 British Cohort and Next Steps Studies.
in Journal of youth and adolescence
Gagné T
(2021)
Trends in young adults' mental distress and its association with employment: Evidence from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 1993-2019.
in Preventive medicine
Gagné T
(2021)
Time trend analysis of social inequalities in psychological distress among young adults before and during the pandemic: evidence from the UK Household Longitudinal Study COVID-19 waves.
in Journal of epidemiology and community health
Green F
(2022)
Perceived effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on educational progress and the learning of job skills: new evidence on young adults in the United Kingdom
in Journal of Education and Work
| Description | The COVID-19 pandemic has had widespread economic and employment impacts, with young people being particularly vulnerable to pandemic-related hardships. The COVID-19 Youth Economic Activity and Health (YEAH) Monitor project, in collaboration with Statistics Canada and other European institutes, aimed to examine the pandemic's impact on young people's employment and well-being during the second phase of the pandemic when effective vaccines became available. The following key findings emerged: 1. Youth unemployment initially rose during the pandemic but has since recovered. There were noticeable differences between Germany and the UK on the one hand and Canada and Ireland on the other in dynamics and levels. Similarly, youth life satisfaction started at different levels pre-pandemic and followed different trajectories across the pandemic, with remarkable differences in how life satisfaction among young Canadians developed compared to their peers in the UK and Ireland. Macro-level institutional configurations and policies appeared to play a significant role in individuals' ability to manage uncertainty. 2. Increases in social contacts, receding worries about career prospects and job skills learning, and opportunities for job skills learning contributed significantly to increases in life satisfaction. The finding supports policies of ending lockdown restrictions and focusing on economic recovery in the second phase of the pandemic. 3. Young people adjusted their career expectations and concerns about job skills learning in line with macro-level developments. In February 2021, nearly half of the young people perceived a loss of learning job skills. By May 2022, the share of young people who perceived a loss in job skills learning dropped to 39 per cent showing recovery as well as continued issues around lost learning. For some, things have turned out for the better. The improvements were particularly pronounced among youth facing transitional decisions. 4. Career preparation activities support the development of career adaptability, career-related cognitions and life satisfaction. Career adaptability is a psychosocial resource to adapt to a changing career landscape and employment opportunities. The majority of young people participated in career-development activities during education. However, a non-negligible proportion had not engaged in any career development. The findings emphasise the importance of school-based career preparation activities in supporting adaptive career-related attitudes and cognitions and, in so doing, life satisfaction. In conclusion, the YEAH project provides valuable insights into the impacts of and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic on youth after effective vaccines had become available. We found a recovery in youth unemployment and life satisfaction across countries. For Britain, the recovery in life satisfaction was explained by increased social contacts, receding worries about career prospects and job skills learning, and opportunities for job skills learning. The project also examined the perceived effects of the pandemic on the learning of job skills and career planning in post-Brexit Britain over time and between groups of young people. The project emphasised the importance of social contacts, career prospects, job skills learning, and career preparation activities in supporting youth's well-being during and after the pandemic. |
| Exploitation Route | The findings of the COVID-19 Youth Economic Activity and Health (YEAH) Monitor project highlight the need for robust education and training systems to support young people during and after the pandemic. The study showed that training and work experience placements were crucial in preventing perceived skills loss during the pandemic. Worries about lost learning were found to significantly impact the well-being and future optimism of young people. Future research could explore the importance of career guidance and support for young people navigating turbulent times. Additionally, the results can inform cross-national comparative research on education and training systems that provide a safe and long-term beneficial port for young people whose career plans were affected by the pandemic. These findings can guide practitioners, decision-makers, and scholars in enhancing the resilience of the education-to-work transition system to protect against future disruptions. Policymakers can use these insights to design interventions and policies that support young people's career development during and after the pandemic. Moreover, practitioners can use these results to design career preparation activities that improve young people's career adaptability, career-related cognitions, and life satisfaction. In summary, policymakers, practitioners, and scholars can take these findings forward to support young people during and after the pandemic by creating a more robust education and training system that provides opportunities for career development, work experience placements, and career guidance and support. |
| Sectors | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Education,Healthcare,Government, Democracy and Justice |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/departments-and-centres/centres/centre-learning-and-life-chances-knowled/covid-19-youth-economic-activity-and-health-monitor-yeah |
| Description | The project's impacts have extended far beyond academia, with national and international public bodies and stakeholders taking notice of its findings. One of the project's key focuses was on youth job skills, and evidence from the project was presented to Skills Development Scotland, an organization that provides career information, advice, and guidance to young people. This evidence was used to inform apprenticeship programs and other initiatives aimed at preparing young people for the world of work. The project's impact extended to international workshops and conferences, including the European Research Network on Transitions in Youth's 28th Annual Workshop and the 2021 and 2022 conferences of the Society for Longitudinal and Lifecourse Studies. These presentations explored the impact of various stressors on young people's psychological well-being, career ambitions, and career planning. The project's findings have been widely disseminated through publications, including a spotlight series in the policy-focused peer-reviewed series "IAB forum" and an article in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. The project's contribution to the "IAB forum" highlighted the different levels of youth unemployment, particularly long-term unemployment, in Germany and Britain. The evidence generated through the project has informed practitioners, decision-makers and researchers and has been cited in systemic reviews of career readiness by the OECD, the "Skills for every young person" report by the House of Lords Youth Unemployment Committee, and other policy documents. In 2022, the project expanded on its previous successes, with a two-day end-project event that attracted 92 scholars, professionals, practitioners, and postgraduates from the UK and beyond. The event highlighted the importance of career preparation for young people and provided an opportunity to disseminate key research findings to a wider audience. The project also continued to have academic impact through several publications in peer-reviewed journals, which achieved above-average engagement according to journal metrics. The project's cross-national collaboration continued with two international policy briefs on youth unemployment and life satisfaction published by Statistics Canada. This collaboration has led to ongoing joint paper projects and a joint bid application for a large ESRC grant. The strength of the international network that grew out of the project is evident in these ongoing collaborations. Finally, the project has continued to feed research evidence into the political system, for example, through the APPG Future of Employability. The project's findings have been used to inform policy and practice in a range of settings, from Skills Development Scotland to the House of Lords Youth Unemployment Committee. Overall, the project has had a significant impact beyond academia, with its findings informing policy and practice both nationally and internationally. Its success is evidenced by the wide range of stakeholders who have engaged with its research and the ongoing collaborations and partnerships that have developed as a result. |
| First Year Of Impact | 2021 |
| Sector | Communities and Social Services/Policy,Education,Government, Democracy and Justice |
| Impact Types | Societal,Policy & public services |
| Description | Career readiness. How to prepare young people for an uncertain future |
| Geographic Reach | Multiple continents/international |
| Policy Influence Type | Citation in systematic reviews |
| Impact | The research changed thinking about career readiness and how to prepare young people for an uncertain future. What is required is a consideration of differences in the 'horizon of possibilities' perceived by different subgroups of young people, in particular gender differences and lack of knowledge about possible career and training opportunities |
| URL | https://www.oecd-ilibrary.org/docserver/02a419de-en.pdf?expires=1647021203&id=id&accname=guest&check... |
| Description | Citation in House of Lords report "Skills for every young person" |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Contribution to a national consultation/review |
| URL | https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/7988/documents/82440/default/ |
| Description | How to support young people against the risk of becoming NEET? |
| Geographic Reach | Europe |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | the presentation impacted on the thinking about how to support young people in avoiding NEET, taking into account rural variations and differences in competence development |
| URL | https://rnyobservatory.eu/web/lisbon-conference-2021-program/ |
| Description | UK Youth during the Covid-19 crisis |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Policy Influence Type | Influenced training of practitioners or researchers |
| Impact | The presentation via video recording provoked new insights and helped to stimulate new thinking and discussion. IIt also enabled the SDS Board and Directors to think more expansively and critically about the goals of our organisation. |
| Description | UCL Global Engagement Fund |
| Amount | £2,271 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | 177785 |
| Organisation | University College London |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 12/2021 |
| End | 06/2022 |
| Description | Research collaboration with Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) |
| Organisation | Economic and Social Research Institute, Ireland |
| Country | Ireland |
| Sector | Charity/Non Profit |
| PI Contribution | The contribution involved two parts. The first part was an analysis of youth unemployment and life satisfaction trends across different countries. The second part involved developing a framework to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people, taking into account their unique social, economic, and cultural contexts. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Their contributions included providing feedback on the theoretical framework to understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people, considering their unique social, economic, and cultural contexts. Additionally, it included providing insights into the Irish policy context and discussing key policies enacted during the pandemic. The contribution also supports cross-national comparisons of youth unemployment and trajectories in life satisfaction by providing information about the Irish context. |
| Impact | Joint symposium presentation at the SLLS 2021 Annual International Conference Contributions to a joined workshop on young people's wellbeing during the pandemic. Written contributions to: - Youth Life Satisfaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Cross-National Comparison. Economic and Social Reports, 2 (11), pp. 1-7. Nov 2022 - Youth unemployment in Canada, Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom in times of COVID-19. Economic and Social Reports, 2 (3), pp. 1-5. March 2022 |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Research collaboration with Statistics Canada |
| Organisation | Government of Canada |
| Department | Statistics Canada |
| Country | Canada |
| Sector | Public |
| PI Contribution | The UCL team provided intelligence on trends in young people's employment, wellbeing, education and training across OECD countries. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The team at Statistics Canada took the lead to craft a brief paper on youth unemployment during the COVID-19 pandemic across OECD countries. The paper is currently under review. |
| Impact | - Joint symposium at the 2021 annual SLLS conference (https://www.slls.org.uk/_files/ugd/df1448_840be8d52e8c43f28f692e89623443f8.pdf) - A joint cross-national workshop on the recovery of young people's well-being in the wake of the pandemic - Two cross-nationally comparative policy briefs that examine i) trends in youth unemployment and ii) trajectories in young people's life satisfaction across countries |
| Start Year | 2021 |
| Description | Research collaboration with the Institute for Employment Research (IAB), Nuremberg |
| Organisation | IAB Nuremburg |
| Country | Germany |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Our contributions involved a bespoke online survey of approximately 1,000 16-25 year-olds in the UK, conducted over six quarterly waves, with a seventh survey wave enabled by cost savings elsewhere. The research also included semi-structured qualitative interviews with local stakeholders and young adults. Deploying the collected data with secondary sources, our project team aimed to answer questions about the impact of and recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic on young people in the UK. The research explored issues such as how the crisis affected young people's ability to find employment after full-time education or periods of worklessness, the impact of the pandemic on post-18 education aspirations and career planning, and how local government support and employment provisions differed across places. The study also examined how available local employment services supported vulnerable youth's ability to find viable employment and identified challenges in implementing national policy in a local context and vice versa. Finally, the research investigated the reciprocal associations between economic insecurity from the emergency with young adults' well-being and optimism. |
| Collaborator Contribution | The IAB research team supported the project through a parallel survey series in Germany and the analysis of appropriate secondary data for which the IAB is the data controller to carry out specific research tasks. These tasks include co-developing a framework for understanding youth transitions in times of crisis, analyzing labour market transitions among youth in Germany, assessing transitions from upper-secondary to post-secondary education or work, and evaluating the relationship between economic uncertainty, well-being, and optimism for future and career planning. The team contributed to various academic publication and non-technical summaries and supported the dissemination of key findings through various platforms. |
| Impact | Youth Life Satisfaction During the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Cross-National Comparison. Economic and Social Reports, 2 (11), pp. 1-7. Nov 2022 Youth unemployment in Canada, Germany, Ireland, and the United Kingdom in times of COVID-19. Economic and Social Reports, Vol. 2, no. 3. March 2022 The COVID-19 Pandemic, Well-Being, and Transitions to Post-secondary Education. IZA Discussion Paper. October 2021. Youth unemployment in Germany and the United Kingdom in times of Covid-19. IAB-Forum. 4 Aug 2021 Covid-19: how youth unemployment is taking on worrying new patterns. IOE Blog. 5 Aug 2021 |
| Start Year | 2020 |
| Description | Academic Workshop and Networking Event |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Imagining the Future of Youth Studies British Sociological Association Networking Event Presented research findings to other academics |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Blog post on Covid-19 and youth employment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Blog post for the central UCL IOE blog to discuss the relationship between covid-19 containment, the economy and youth opportunities. The blog post let to request for further information. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/tag/covid-19-and-employment/ |
| Description | Conference Presentation |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | We invited practitioners from government and third sector as well as academics and students to a conference presenting the research findings and offering some policy insights and recommendations. The discussion and questions were lively, and led to an invitation to speak elsewhere, and the development of a relationship building with a key contacts for future research in this areas of policy and practice. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2022/sep/young-people-britain-today-engagement-careers-and-wellbein... |
| Description | Covid-19 and young people: we need to talk about job skills |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Blogpost on World Youth Skills Day on young people's perception of job skills learning. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2021/07/22/ready-for-work-uk-youth-ambitious-but-uncertain-about-their-f... |
| Description | Covid-19: how youth unemployment is taking on worrying new patterns |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Blogpost on youth unemployment in the UK and Germany during the Covid-19 pandemic. Aimed at professional practitioners and policymakers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2021/08/05/covid-19-how-youth-unemployment-is-taking-on-worrying-new-pat... |
| Description | End of project conference: Young people in Britain today: Engagement, careers, and wellbeing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | The event was organised as a two-day conference hosted by LLAKES with funding from the Nuffield Foundation and the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) to conclude two funded research projects. The conference explored the inequalities in careers, well-being and political engagement with a focus on developments in the United Kingdom and discuss the role of the education system and policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic in amplifying or mitigating these inequalities. The main objectives were connecting with practitioners and stakeholders and sharing information and key recommendation arising from the projects. 92 people registered for the event. Despite travel disruptions due to industrial actions and the national mourning period following Queen Elizabeth's death, about 45 attended the event over the two days. The event sparked lively discussion about the value of career services and civic engagement to support young people's growth and resilience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2022/sep/young-people-britain-today-engagement-careers-and-wellbein... |
| Description | First Findings publicity |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Press release of first findings report. Publicity in Daily Mail (twice) and in TES and in the Evening Standard. Interview with FG on LBC Radio. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| Description | How can we 'build back better' for Britain's young people? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Blogpost on young people's perceived loss of job skills learning because of the pandemic published by UCL Public Policy. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://medium.com/policy-postings/how-can-we-build-back-better-for-britain-s-young-people-f04359fbd... |
| Description | Ingrid Schoon. Invited keynote "Career readiness among young people during the Covid Crisis". Berlin Demography Days. May 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Event to discuss with young people and international experts societal issues including younger people's voice in politics, attitudes, aspirations and crisis resilience, younger people and the life course, and social policies supporting younger people. The event was well attended by an international audience of decision-makers, academics and younger people. The talk sparked a discussion of the relevance of career guidance and preparation for young people to navigate risky decisions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://population-europe.eu/network/news-network/berlin-demography-days-take-perspectives-younger-p... |
| Description | Ingrid Schoon. Paper presentation at 2022 DIPF conference. Hamburg. June 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Practice-focused talk on the topic: "Can school-based career preparation activities support career adaptability and wellbeing during the Covid pandemic?" drawing on the insights from the projects. A mixed audience of scholars, students and policymakers reported changes in their views in subsequent discussions. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Ingrid Schoon. Paper presentation at 2022 ISSBD conference. Rhodes. June 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | An audience of about 30 scholars and research students attended the talk "Career readiness among young people during the Covid Crisis. Evidence from the UK Youth Economic Activity and Health (YEAH) Monitor." The subsequent discussion explored the potential for future collaboration on similar topics. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.issbd2022.org/program/program-at-a-glance |
| Description | Ingrid Schoon. Paper presentation at the 2022 EARA conference. Dublin. June 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Over 50 academics and research students attended the talk "Career Aspirations and Career Preparations during the Covid Pandemic". The subsequent discussion explored possibilities for future collaboration on research and practices of career preparation. Audience members reported changes in their view about the relevance of career preparation activities during the school-to-work transition. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.eara2022.com/programme |
| Description | Ingrid Schoon. Paper presentations at the 2022 SLLS conference. Ohio, USA. Oct 2022 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Two talks deploying the YEAH survey data to examine career expectations of young people and the role of direct and indirect pandemic-related stressors for young people's mental health and life satisfaction during the COVID-19 pandemic. The subsequent discussion explored the possibilities of future cross-national research on the themes of career education preparation and young people's subject well-being |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.slls.org.uk/events/slls-2022-annual-international-conference |
| Description | Ingrid Schoon: Thought Leader for The OECD Future of Education and Skills 2030 project |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Recognising the urgent need to open a global discussion about education, in 2015 the OECD launched the Future of Education and Skills 2030 project. The project aims to set goals and develop a common language for teaching and learning. Phase I of the project focuses on curriculum redesign and developing a conceptual framework for learning 2030. Phase II focuses on curriculum implementation and creating a conceptual framework for teaching 2030. The OECD Future of Education and Skills 2030 project is honoured to partner with these distinguished Thought Leaders around the world whose work aligns with the aims of the project, and in particular with the key concepts of the OECD Learning Compass 2030. Their work helps make our shared vision a reality! |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.oecd.org/education/2030-project/contact/thought-leaders/ |
| Description | Invited Keynote: How to support young people against the risk of becoming NEET. Cost Action CA18213 Rural Neet Youth Network |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | About 100 professional practitioners attended a keynote by Ingrid Schoon on `Invited Keynote: How to support young people against the risk of becoming NEET' at the International Online Conference "Education: What's next? Formal education & training and the transition from school to work in rural areas". |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://rnyobservatory.eu/web/lisbon-conference-2021 |
| Description | Invited Keynote: How to support young people in their school-to-work transitions in times of global crisis. Edinburgh, ESRC Understanding Inequalities Network Webinar: Succeeding against the odds: What factors matter? |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | About 40 professional practitioners attended an invited webinar talk on 'How to support young people in their school-to-work transitions in times of global crisis' as part fo the ESRC Understanding Inequalities Network Webinar. The potential for future related activities was discussed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/events/understanding-inequalities-succeeding-against-odds-which... |
| Description | Invited Participant. Golo Henseke. APPG on the Future of Employability. March 2023. |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Invited participation at a meeting of the APPG on the Future of Employability to add to the discussion. Subsequent discussions explored plans for future related activities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| URL | https://appgfutureofemployability.org/minutes/ |
| Description | Mental health in cross-national comparative perspective (YEAH) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | About 10 selected international professionals attended a workshop to review challenges for young people's well-being during COVID-19 in a cross-national comparison, and what can be done about it. The discussion highlighted what have we learned about commonalities across contexts and distinct patterns. It also explored the challenges of cross-national research and its limits. The participants agreed to engage in future research collaboration |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Participation in an international work shop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | 90 people attended this international conference and workshop |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://rnyobservatory.eu/web/lisbon-conference-2021/ |
| Description | Presentation "Bildungspolitische Maßnahmen in der Pandemie" for the Akademie für Politische Bildung Tutzing |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Online presentation at the Akademie für Politische Bildung Tutzing |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.apb-tutzing.de/Tagungsprogramme/2021/48-5-21-programm.pdf |
| Description | Presentation "YEAH! -TRACKING YOUTH JOBLESSNESS THROUGH THE COVID-19 CRISIS" as part of the LLAKES seminar series |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A joint presentation of the British and German project team. About 30-50 participants joined the webinar. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.llakes.ac.uk/event/young-peoples-economic-activity-training-and-wellbeing-during-the-cov... |
| Description | Presentation at the 15th ESA Conference, European Sociological Association (ESA) |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | About 70 people attended the presentation "Welfare and well-being of young adults during the corona crisis" online as part of the 15th ESA conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.europeansociology.org/esa-conference-2021-in-barcelona |
| Description | Presentation at What does 'employability' mean amid global pandemic and recession? Covid-19, higher education and the graduate labour market |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Invited panel discussant to reflect on graduate employability in times of crisis. A large international audience joined remotely. There was the opportunity to discuss the potential for further collaboration. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.researchcghe.org/events/cghe-seminar/what-does-employability-mean-amid-global-pandemic-a... |
| Description | Presentation at an online webinar |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | presentation of key note and knowledge exchange |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.law.ed.ac.uk/news-events/events/understanding-inequalities-succeeding-against-odds-which... |
| Description | Presentation to Geary Institute in Dublin |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Discussion presentation of research surrounding the perceived impact of Covid on loss of acquisition of job skills among young people. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2023 |
| Description | Presentations at the 28th Annual Workshop of the European Research Network on Transitions in Youth |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | A set of presentations on the wellbeing of German high school students in the transition from high school to post-secondary education and young people in Britian during the COVID-19 pandemic" reached an international audience who participated at 28th Annual Workshop of the European Research Network on Transitions in Youth |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.iab.de/en/veranstaltungen/konferenzen-und-workshops/school-to-work-transitions-in-times-... |
| Description | Press release Six out of 10 young people said opportunities to learn job skills worsened over past year |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Press release following from a project report. 60% of students in school, college or university felt their opportunities to learn job skills worsened due to the pandemic, according to a new study led by UCL Institute of Education (IOE) researchers. The percentage remained high even when schools and colleges reopened. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2021/jul/six-out-10-young-people-said-opportunities-learn-job-skills-... |
| Description | Project launch news-story |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Raised awareness and engagement for the project at launch through a news story on the central institute's website. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/news/2020/nov/new-project-examine-youth-employment-and-wellbeing-during-pa... |
| Description | Ready for work? UK youth ambitious but uncertain about their future careers |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Engagement focused website, blog or social media channel |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Blogpost reporting on career expectations of young people aged 16-25 in the current climate of economic uncertainty. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://blogs.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/2021/07/22/ready-for-work-uk-youth-ambitious-but-uncertain-about-their-f... |
| Description | Speaker at KCL and Emerging Minds Conference. March 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | I presented at 'Youth Mental Health & COVID-19 - What do we know and what should we do?' as part of a panel discussion. Participants reported a change in their attitudes. Potential for future collaborations were discussed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.kcl.ac.uk/events/youth-mental-health-covid-19 |
| Description | The shape and consequences of teenage career concentration: Analysing an English cohort born in 1989/90? (PDF) OECD Conference "Disrupted Futures". 28 Oct 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | the presentation challenged thinking about how best to prepare young people for a changing labour market, taking into account gender differences in aspirations and knowledge of young people and their parents about possible employment and training opportunities. Advice regarding career guidance and information, which ideally should be done in collaboration with schools and employers and local communities |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.oecd.org/education/career-readiness/lessons-how-schools-best-equip-students-working-live... |
| Description | UNAI Digital Dialogue Series: COVID-19 and Youth Employment |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Public/other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Invited presentation at a UNAI webinar to examine the socioeconomic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on young people together with a group of international experts. Between 100 and 150 participants joined the webinar online. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.un.org/en/unai-digital-dialogue-series-covid-19-and-youth-employment |
| Description | Youth unemployment in Germany and the United Kingdom in times of Covid-19 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | IAB forum entry on youth unemployment in Germany and the United Kingdom in times of Covid-19 in collaboration with the project partners at IAB, Nuremberg. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://www.iab-forum.de/en/youth-unemployment-in-germany-and-the-united-kingdom-in-times-of-covid-1... |