... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2011 Socio‐economic status Young people Tertiary education Australia Young adults Social groups Australia (1) Index of Relative Socioeconomic Disadvantage (IRSD). This index summarises 17 area‐based variables, including low...

... a willingness to continue their education during the first five years after school. Using a regression model, it was found that the willingness of these young people to continue their education and training is dependent on achievement motivation, contingency beliefs, self‐efficacy, cooperation, independence...

...Karen Evans The £3 million ESRC Research Programme on Youth Citizenship and Social Change was launched in 1998, with 15 projects commissioned to explore different dimensions of young people’s lives in the changing social landscapes of Britain and Europe. Three of the projects were international...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Community relations Young people United Kingdom Citizenship on the agenda Keywords: Community relations, Young people, United Kingdom Eleven consortia – a mixture of education providers, community organizations and voluntary groups – have...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Young people Politics Europe Young people needed to join enlargement debate Keywords: Young people, Politics, Europe The Organization for the Co-operation of European Students brings together young people from across Europe to discuss EU...

... The new framework builds on the 1994 and 1997 versions and is more clearly focused than previously on the effectiveness of the provision in meeting the needs and raising the achievement of young people. The Connexions service provides a new approach to guiding and supporting all young people...

... the contributions delivered by young people deal mainly with local and national issues, I needed the green light from education ministers to continue. The ministers gave me that green light, saying they want a White Paper with content that takes account of young people." Nevertheless, the conclusions of the Youth...

... By way of context the book provides us with a critique of the post-16 options available to young people as they reach the minimum school leaving age. One such route is to leave school, seek employment, but continue with some form of education and training. The Modern Apprenticeship (MA...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Young people Discrimination Race relations Internet Council adopts declaration on racism Keywords: Young people, Discrimination, Race relations,Internet The European Youth Council has adopted a declaration on the fight against racism...

... Youth forum opposes cuts Keywords: Sport, Young people, Europe The European Youth Forum, which represents more than 90 youth organizations in Europe, has protested against the Council of Europe's proposal to cut its youth and sport budget by 3 per cent in 2002, following the 5 per cent...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Young people Bulgaria Youth-exchange budget proposed Keywords: Young people, Bulgaria Bulgaria will contribute 4.7 million euros towards its participation in the EU Youth programme in the five years to 2006, under proposals put forward...

.... A tentative model of educational‐vocational achievement is outlined. Education Vocational training Australia Young people School leavers People vary greatly in their educational and vocational achievements throughout the lifespan and this is a familiar phenomenon to both laypersons and researchers...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Training Young people Students go back to school Keywords: Training, Young people An innovative project which takes young people into schools to work alongside pupils and staff has received financial backing from the EU. The scheme...

... Youth projects approved Keywords: Young people, Funding, European Commission © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Young people Funding European Commission The European Commission has approved 71 out of 133 applications for funding under the Youth programme. Total grant aid...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Young people Entrepreneurialism Young entrepreneurs focus on training Keywords: Young people, Entrepreneurialism The training of young entrepreneurs was among the subjects covered at the annual forum of the European Confederation...

... © MCB UP Limited 2001 --> Construction industry Young people Construction-industry forum Keywords: Construction industry, Young people A round-table forum aimed at bringing together organizations which could attract new people into the building trade has been...

... and beyond. © MCB UP Limited 2001 Schools Training School leavers Young people Education theory and practice has reflected a long standing concern with preparing individuals for life in a complex world; a major assumption being that the greater the range of “skills” that an individual...

...Terry Hyland; Denise Musson After two years of operation on a national scale, the New Deal Welfare to Work (WtW) programme for young people aged 18‐24 (New Deal for Young People, NDYP) – a flagship scheme and key element in New Labour’s general lifelong learning policy for post‐compulsory education...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> European Commission Grants Young people Keywords European Commission, Grants, Young people The European Commission is distributing 80 million euros under the EU Youth programme in 2000. Particular attention is being focused on sport, culture...

... © MCB UP Limited 2000 --> European Union Young people Youth training Youth forum asks for more Keywords European Union, Young people, Youth training The agreement between the European Parliament and European Council to give the new EU Youth programme a 520...