Youth employment, education and training: written response to the Work and Pensions Committee

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The issue of young people not in employment, education and training is multi-layered but significant. The focus of this submission is informed by our area of expertise around education and training, enablers and barriers in learners’ progression and factors contributing to school-leavers’ and graduates’ employment outcomes. Factors relate to job opportunities and the labour market for young people, in addition to the constellations of skills, work, geographic mobilities and affordability of work for young people who may experience high travel and accommodation costs. Southampton Education School has a record of research in the liminal spaces that mark the transitions between educational sectors and education and work and the support for young people who are at risk of unemployment or are not in employment, education and training. This contribution represents our views, observations and recommendations about youth employment, education and training, and what can work best in supporting young people’s transitions to the labour market.

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ORCID for Michael Tomlinson: orcid.org/0000-0002-1057-5188

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