Caan, 52, was picked by Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg to help promote a campaign seeking opportunities
for young people from all backgrounds.
Educational organisations must remove any existing preconceptions and make engineering an attractive career path
for younger people from all backgrounds.
Not exact matches
I've been speaking at many small colleges that have historical ties to the oldest mainline denominations in the U.S. I have been noticing something interesting: a terrific hunger
for a deeper spirituality on the part of many
young people who come
from evangelical
backgrounds like mine and also like me are looking
for something outside of the right wing conservatism they come
from.
Bemoaning the lack of opportunities
for children and
young people to mix with those
from different
backgrounds, the green paper states:
Segregated schools reduce opportunities
for children and
young people to mix with others
from different
backgrounds in their formative years and it can restrict pupils» outlook and education.»
This analysis confirms what we might have anticipated
from the evidence of the polls — local authorities appear to contain more Leave voters if there was a large vote
for UKIP there in the 2014 European elections, if there was a small vote
for parties of the «left» (Labour, Liberal Democrats, Scottish and Welsh Nationalists and Greens) on the same occasion, and in places with relatively low proportions of graduates,
young people, and
people from an ethnic minority
background.
The government is expected to announce plans
for community cohesion camps where
young people from different
backgrounds can come together later today.
The
Young Atheist's Handbook is a powerful resource for any young person who has questions about the world around them — whether they're from a religious background or
Young Atheist's Handbook is a powerful resource
for any
young person who has questions about the world around them — whether they're from a religious background or
young person who has questions about the world around them — whether they're
from a religious
background or not.
(BBC) and «Ministers have expressed «disappointment» at statistics showing fewer
young people from poor
backgrounds are going to university... The data
for 2004/05 showed that while the total number of students
from all groups rose, the proportion
from poorer
backgrounds fell
from 28.6 to 28.2 per cent.»
Initiatives by successive governments to provide better access to higher education
for young people from less - privileged
backgrounds have failed according to Understanding Society, the world's largest longitudinal study.
- GDP per capita is still lower than it was before the recession - Earnings and household incomes are far lower in real terms than they were in 2010 - Five million
people earn less than the Living Wage - George Osborne has failed to balance the Budget by 2015, meaning 40 % of the work must be done in the next parliament - Absolute poverty increased by 300,000 between 2010/11 and 2012/13 - Almost two - thirds of poor children fail to achieve the basics of five GCSEs including English and maths - Children eligible
for free school meals remain far less likely to be school - ready than their peers - Childcare affordability and availability means many parents struggle to return to work - Poor children are less likely to be taught by the best teachers - The education system is currently going through widespread reform and the full effects will not be seen
for some time - Long - term youth unemployment of over 12 months is nearly double pre-recession levels at around 200,000 - Pay of
young people took a severe hit over the recession and is yet to recover - The number of students
from state schools and disadvantaged
backgrounds going to Russell Group universities has flatlined
for a decade
The EMA was a lifeline
for young people from deprived
backgrounds who wished to stay in education and training after the age of 16.
«These findings - and others
from the same project which show how important places are
for our personal and cultural memories, and
for enabling us to stay connected socially - have implications
for the way we design
for people of all ages,
backgrounds and abilities so that going outdoors in
younger years becomes a lifelong passion
for getting out and about.»
• In a bungled attempt at clarification of a letter by Valerie Yule about using concert technology to help older
people discriminate dialogue (19 March, p 33), we added a sentence saying that compensating
for the difficulty of picking out voices
from low - frequency
background noise «often requires that the radio or television be turned up to a level unpleasant
for younger ears».
I am looking
for the very best individuals
from across the city to lead the way, with a proven track record of bringing together those who can help tackle this problem and improve the health and life chances of our
young people — regardless of their economic
background, their ethnicity or where in the capital they live.»
The Duke of Edinburgh's Award is a Charity that has been working with
young people from all
backgrounds for more than half a century.
The green paper suggested that there was «much more» that independent schools could be doing to improve education
for young people from poorer
backgrounds and suggested that if they did not meet new requirements set out by the government, such as sponsoring under - performing state schools and being responsible
for their performance, then independent schools could have their charitable status taken away.
Now, as dean of admissions at the college, Fitzsimmons makes Harvard possible
for other
young people, including thousands
from working - class
backgrounds similar to his.
«A strong arts and cultural education,
for young people from all social, cultural and economic
backgrounds, is essential if we are to encourage and inspire the next generation of theatre workers,» she said.
Russell Hobby, general secretary of the NAHT, said that this was particularly important
for young people from disadvantaged
backgrounds «who may not believe a particular opportunity could be open to them».
69, Ed.D.» 71, makes Harvard possible
for other
young people, including thousands
from working - class
backgrounds similar to his...
In April this year, researchers
from eight different countries and a variety of academic
backgrounds met in Denmark to reach an evidence - based consensus on the benefits of physical activity
for children and
young people between the ages of six and 18.
The plan builds on the 2010 Welsh - medium Education Strategy and sets the direction
for the development of Welsh - medium and Welsh language education over the next four years with the aim of ensuring that all
young people,
from all
backgrounds, come out of the education system ready and proud to use the language in all contexts.
So what role is there
for religiously trained
people — chaplains — to be endorsed by the federal government as the only personnel that they will fund to provide advice and care to children
from diverse cultural, religious and ethnic
backgrounds in need — to
young people struggling with issues of sexual orientation and identity, with bullying or family violence, death and trauma?
The counties have been criticised
for an «unacceptably wide» gap between the achievements of
young people who are eligible
for free school meals (FSM) and those
from more advantaged
backgrounds.
In April this year, researchers
from eight different countries and a variety of academic
backgrounds gathered in Denmark to reach an evidence - based consensus on the benefits of physical activity
for children and
young people between the ages of six and 18.
Researchers
from Education and Employers reviewed the best international research to identify the interventions and approaches
for which there is evidence of employers having a positive impact on
young people's outcomes, particularly those
from disadvantaged
backgrounds.
Most of my teachers came
from different
backgrounds than the
young people we were leading, and most of my staff had been teaching
for 10 + years, in a building whose students and needs were very different.
Education Secretary Nicky Morgan welcomed the results in England as evidence that «a generation of
young people from all
backgrounds are now securing the GCSEs that help give them the widest range of options later in life - whether looking
for a rewarding job or a top apprenticeship».
The education charity is calling
for apprenticeships to be made more inclusive, after finding that
young people from sufficiently low income
backgrounds to qualify
for free schools meals are less likely to go on to become apprentices.
Giving
young people from all
backgrounds a greater opportunity to develop those skills can therefore be an engine
for opportunity and social mobility.
A Department
for Education spokesperson said: «The Sutton Trust itself has highlighted the positive impact grammar schools can have on pupils
from less well - off
backgrounds and that's exactly why we want more
young people to benefit.
«We chose to give to the Greater Good fund because we have been so happy with the Great Hearts approach
for our daughter, and the idea that the same high - level academic environment and classical education is offered in communities that are less fortunate than ours is very important... I see the Great Hearts schools as a larger community, and it's important to us that this community be diverse and support
young people from all socio - economic
backgrounds.»
It works to improve educational opportunities
for young people from non-privileged
backgrounds and increase social mobility.
Tom is a trustee of the Social Mobility Foundation, a charity that aims to make a practical improvement in social mobility
for young people from low - income
backgrounds.
The SMF is a charity that aims to make a practical improvement in social mobility
for young people from low - income
backgrounds.
It's also key
for businesses to make sure that these routes are accessible and visible to
young people from all
backgrounds.
Apprenticeships offer new ways into the sector
for young people from different
backgrounds and could be key to helping the sector to recruit a more diverse future workforce.
Staff
from Hays offices across the country will undertake a number of fundraising activities throughout the next twelve months with aims to raise # 60,000 to fund an employability programme
for young people from disadvantaged
backgrounds struggling to get their foot on the work ladder.
Staff
from Hays offices across the country will undertake a number of fundraising activities throughout the next twelve months to fund an employability programme
for young people from disadvantaged
backgrounds struggling to get their foot on the work ladder.
Transcultural mental health centres, migrant resource centres and ethnic community councils can also offer support
for young people from migrant and refugee
backgrounds.
BRiTA Futures: A resilience building program
for children and
young people from culturally and linguistically diverse
backgrounds - Program description and preliminary findings.
Centre
for Multicultural Youth (CMY) The Centre
for Multicultural Youth (CMY) is a community based organisation that advocates
for the needs of
young people from migrant and refugee
backgrounds.
The comprehensive suite of services includes therapeutic, drug and alcohol counselling, psychiatric consultations, vocational guidance, help with job seeking as well as health and wellbeing services
for all
young people, including
young people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD)
backgrounds, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ)
young people.
Victorian Settlement Planning Committee Victorian Settlement Planning Committee has developed guidelines
for services and organisations working with
young people from refugee
backgrounds: Good practice principles: Guide
for working with refugee
young people.
Victorian Settlement Planning Committee has developed guidelines
for services and organisations working with
young people from refugee
backgrounds: Good practice principles: Guide
for working with refugee
young people.
The comprehensive suite of services will include therapeutic, drug and alcohol counselling, psychiatric consultations, vocational guidance, help with job seeking as well as health and wellbeing services
for all
young people, including
young people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD)
backgrounds, and lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ)
young people.
For Aboriginal children and
young people, or children and
young people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD)
backgrounds, practitioners are expected to create and implement cultural plans that support them maintaining connections to their families and communities.
Importantly
for Aboriginal children and
young people, or those
from a culturally and linguistically diverse
background, contact arrangements facilitate connection to their culture, identity, religion and language.
Strong connections with their cultural heritage, family and community has big mental health benefits
for children and
young people, particularly those
from culturally and linguistically diverse
backgrounds and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
young people.