Youth Issues News
Each weekday The NYA monitors the national press, government press releases, Hansard, parliamentary websites and specialist publications for news and information about young people and youth policy.
This intelligence feeds the work of the Policy, Information and Research team. National press scanned include the Daily Telegraph, Guardian, Times, Independent, Times Educational Supplement, and Voice. Comments and feedback welcome - email: Jo Poultney
- Third sector funding to improve race equality and cohesion
- 22 May 2008The government has announcement the successful recipients of the third round of the Connecting Communities Plus Community Grants.
- Design your own playground
- 21 May 2008Ministers have launched an interactive website and poster campaign to encourage children and young people to give their views on play and play areas as part of a national consultation on children's play.
- Strategy for modernising alternative provision for young people
- 21 May 2008The government has published a White Paper which aims to overhaul educaton for disengaged young people.
- Young people do know what's good for them
- 21 May 2008Writing in response to a Guardian article opposing the idea of youth councils, a young member of the youth council in Camden argues that youth councils can be trusted to make informed decisions and spend money wisely.
- British Youth Council launches new website
- 21 May 2008Launched today the new BYC website offers a range of new features, including videos, message walls and an online map of all local youth councils in the UK.
- One in five 11-year-olds fail on three Rs
- 20 May 2008Ofsted has warned that school standards have stalled, with as many as 20 per cent of 11-year-olds leaving primary school unable to read, write and add up properly.
- Why young men carry knives
- 20 May 2008Young men from different backgrounds talk frankly about what compels them to carry knives and why they are increasingly prepared to use them.
- Young mothers go back to education and take their babies with them
- 20 May 2008Article describes the Karenza project, based at Camborne College in Cornwall, which offers young mothers aged over 14 the opportunity to study a range of further education courses while their child is being looked after by professionals just along the corridor.
- Firms may educate excluded pupils
- 20 May 2008A government White Paper focusing on improving education standards for pupils removed from mainstream classes is expected to include proposals such as the opening up of services for disruptive and excluded pupils - with charities, private firms and community groups invited to offer alternatives.
- Overwhelming majority of young people want to get married
- 20 May 2008A new Civitas/Ipsos Mori survey of 1,560 young people reveals that the overwhelming majority want to get married.
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