Engaging all young people in meaningful learning after 16

The Equalities and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) commissioned a project to determine how to engage all young people in meaningful learning which has now published its findings.

The aim of the project was to capture the voices of a wide range of young people aged 14-18 in order to identify the key influences affecting their decisions to participate and engage in learning after 16, including the impact of inequality. The project highlighted practical measures/solutions that young people recommend in order to encourage and support all young people to continue in meaningful learning until 18. The three reports are:

Engaging all young people in meaningful learning after 16: a review which reviewed relevant literature and included interviews with experts from a range of organisations working with young people.

Engaging all young people in learning after 16: a survey, which included a survey of 1,021 teenagers aged 14–18 years in England in January 2009

Engaging all young people in meaningful learning after 16: a qualitative study which included interviews with young mothers, white working class teenagers, young offenders, young people from different ethnic groups, disabled, refugees, asylum seekers, Gypsies and Travellers, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender, Not in Education and Training (NEET), and from diverse religious and socio-economic backgrounds.