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Exploring delivery of integrated education, employment and mental health support for young people with mental health needs, and its suitability for a full impact evaluation.
Reflecting on our achievements in 2025 as the national What Works Centre for youth employment
Exploring delivery of supported internship programme model for SEND young people and its suitability for a full impact evaluation.
Disentangling the impact of Active Labour Market Programmes to inform the new and improved Youth Employment Toolkit
Research report detailing the methodology and insights from a component network meta-analysis conducted to understand the impact of common programme components on young people's employment, education and training outcomes.
Research report detailing the methodology and insights from an IPE of employment services
This report provides statistical insights on England’s youth labour market.
We analyse the latest data to explore some of the main factors driving the increase to over one million NEET young people in the UK.
Guiding young people's journey to good work
Why BAE Systems made it an apprenticeship
Bringing together the latest data and evidence on the youth employment landscape to inform effective action.
Ourinteractive online tools are designed to help you access and make use of the latest youth employment data and research.
Summarising evidence on effective youth employment interventions.
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The latest youth labour market data and our latest research.
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Interactive map of the youth employment system in England.
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The world's largest interactive map of effective youth interventions.
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