Review of training for young people

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has published Youth Unemployment: Review of training for young people with low qualifications.

The report examined how effective training programmes were in raising the qualifications and skills of people who were out work, looking at programmes targeted at young people who were not in learning or work and who had low or no skills.

It found that there are five factors that are associated with more successful training interventions and are applicable to young people with no qualifications; targeting eligibility; smaller scale programs; a focus on work experience and a transition to work; addressing wider barriers to employment to tackle multiple disadvantage; a joined up approach to tackle unemployment locally.

To read the full report visit www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/70226/bis-13-608-youth-unemployment-review-of-training-for-young-people-with-low-qualifications.pdf.