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Youth disengagement

The BBC reports today that there will be a new study, by the Nuffield Review and education charity Rathbone into why many young people are drawn into crime and long-term unemployment rather than education or jobs is being launched.

I blogged about this subject earlier this year, especially with regard to the importance of coming up with a real solution that makes the most of the talents of our young people here in Wales.

Given that the new Red-Green One Wales accord has promised "an inquiry into disengagement from learning amongst children and young people to look at evidence of what works", I hope there will be close co-ordination with the Nuffield project and that we finally come up with a Welsh solution to make the most of the talents of our young people.

Comments

Anonymous said…
interesting post dylan and i agree with much of it, but we shouldn't pretend that the Labour/Plaid deal will change anything regards employment, youth or otherwise.

Labour still has all the power and if they wanted to do something about it they would have done it by now - they need keep Gordon Brown and UK Labour happy, and make people so cynical they don't vote or vote Labour.
Anonymous said…
I would not be too optimistic about any research. If they can get the cause of the war on terror wrong in this country how can we expect our politicians to understand why our youth have lost pride and direction.

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