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




Record A and A* results as schools refine entries
22 Aug 2008Record GCSE results were reported yesterday with the proportion receiving the highest grades rising at the fastest rate in almost 20 years.
Pensioners outnumber under-16s for first time
22 Aug 2008Children and young people are outnumbered by people over 60 years old for the first time according to figures released by the Office for National Statistics.
The chance to live a full life
21 Aug 2008Article exploring the limited options available to young people with learning disabilities once they have left school.
Boys break through 60 per cent A*- C barrier
21 Aug 2008The 2008 GCSE results, released today, show the overall A*-C pass rate has increased by 2.4 percentage points to 65.7 per cent and English has risen 0.7 percentage points and maths 1.1 percentage points compared to last year.
Evaluation of Youth Funds and good practice guidance published
21 Aug 2008Young people taking part in Youth Fund panels have seen their confidence and social skills soar, their behaviour improve and their standing in the community increased, according to a report issued today by Children’s Minister Beverley Hughes.
£4.5 million for positive youth activities and to improve community relations
20 Aug 2008Children's Minister, Beverly Hughes, has announced £4.5 million funding to support positive youth activities in areas such as adventure, arts, media projects.
Curfew America
20 Aug 2008Report on nighttime curfew measures being imposed in US cities to tackle new waves of gun violence this summer.
Modern Clubbing for the Kids
20 Aug 2008Comment piece from Jerry Ward, a youth worker based in Birmingham, on the importance of youth club provision.
'Stopping and searching won't solve the problem'
20 Aug 2008Comment piece on the government's campaign aimed at persuading children not to carry knives and the limits of stop and search laws as a means of addressing the problem.
Poorest children being let down by underfunded schools
20 Aug 2008Children from the poorest homes are being systematically failed in their education because their schools are not receiving the funding needed to properly support them, according to research undertaken by the End Child Poverty campaign.



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