Graduates leaving university found it harder to get jobs in 2011 than students finishing A-level courses, as youth unemployment hit its highest level since the 1980s, official data shows. In 2011, 20% of 18-year-olds who left school with A-levels were unemployed compared with 25% of 21-year-olds who left university with a degree, according to figures … Continue reading
Charities and businesses will be given cash incentives to get jobless under-18s ‘earning or learning’, Nick Clegg announced today. The Deputy Prime Minister hopes to defuse the ‘ticking time bomb’ of youth unemployment with a £126million scheme across England Organisations will receive up to £2,200 for every young person they help. They will receive an … Continue reading