Improving local education and employment opportunities for young adults

  26/02/2019 - 28/02/2019   Event ID :14192
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Toynbee Hall, 28 Commercial Street, E1 6LS
Tuesday 26 February 2019
10:15 – 14:00

This invitation-only event provides delegates with an opportunity to hear about the findings of Learning and Work Institute’s Youth Commission so far and explore:

  • Current education and employment outcomes for young people and how these vary across local areas
  • Why high youth employment figures are not the whole story – and why we need the YouthCommission
  • Whether current policy plans match up to what is needed
  • The experiences and aspirations of young people – and how local areas can improve education and employment opportunities for their residents

The Commission, launched in July 2019, looks at how to improve education and employment opportunities for 16-24-year-olds.

Through research, consultations and engagement with key stakeholders, the Commission is considering the current education and employment prospects for young people, the likely impact of changes in policy and the labour market, and new ideas for ensuring all young people have access to high quality opportunities.

By invitation only.

Programme

 

10:15 Arrival, registration and refreshments

 
11:15 Welcome and introduction

 

Chair: Maggie Galliers CBE, Chair, Learning and Work Institute

 
11:25

 

 

 

 

 

 Opening address

High youth employment figures are not the whole story: why we set up the Youth Commission?

 

Chair: Stephen Evans, Chief Executive, Learning and Work Institute

 
11:35 Keynote address

 
11:40 Look to the Future: Young people share their experiences and aspirations

 

Chair: Dr Fiona Aldridge, Director for Policy & Research, Learning and Work Institute

 
12:15 Improving education and employment opportunities: what can national government do?

 

Speaker: Dr Emran Mian OBE, Director General for Strategy and International, Department for Education

 
12:30

 

 

 

 Keynote

 

Improving education and employment opportunities at a local level

Speakers: Rob Tabb, Employment and Skills Team, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority; Francis Lawlor, Cambridgeshire Peterborough Combined Authority; Michelle Burton, Head of Employment and Skills, West Yorkshire Combined Authority Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership; Ketan Gandhi, Head of Wellbeing and Community at Slough Borough Council

 
13:15 Closing comments

 

Chair: Stephen Evans, Chief Executive, Learning and Work Institute

 
13:20 Lunch and networking

 
14:00 Close

 

By invitation only.

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