Sentences with phrase «numbers of young people from»

In effect, the nation's urban high schools, which served increasing numbers of young people from poor and immigrant families, were arguably providing the best academic and, for a smaller number of students, vocational education available in the United States at that time.

«There are now record numbers of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds going to university, and the government is determined to build on this progress.

The programme aims to increase the number of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in higher education by 2020.

So far a number of young people from across Europe have given their opinions on what matters to them when it comes to our digital future.

Not exact matches

A 2012 study from the Centre for Retirement Research at Boston College in the United States found that the greater number of older persons employed led to better outcomes for the young, including reduced unemployment and a higher wage.

In the course of the fascinating discussion, which ranges from Houston's early computer obsession to his ideas about building a successful startup culture, Houston boils down his advice for ambitious young people into an incredibly simple if slightly quirky three - part formula: a tennis ball, a circle, and the number 30,000.

But at the same time, the seemingly endless economic doldrums (the flicker of optimism from this week's jobs numbers notwithstanding), the rise of the Occupy movement, and the general sense that young people are being particular battered by coming of age in a monster recession, suggests that while the»90s and naughts didn't offer much to rebel against, the current decade certainly does.

Gladwell writes that a disproportionately large number of renowned people, from British prime ministers to famous poets, lost a parent while they were young.

Gareth Cheeseman from the Christian charity Acet UK which runs sex education classes said: «Our concern at the moment is the number of young people who don't receive any relationship and sex education because their teachers are untrained and they don't have the curriculum time to cover it, anything that can help tackle that issue has the potential to be a positive force.»

Some young people who travelled to see have formed a group and taking their anointing around the UK, a number of us from our Church are going to see and hear at a Church not far from this group on Saturday night.

Modestly increasing numbers of bright young people from all denominations are seeking theological training.

I think most of the Americans are in lost... as most of them do not know who their father is and it is very unfortunate... even if they know who their father is, the mom has children from diff men outside of marriage... and while a child is being raised, watching what his / her parents do to enjoy their life... so things become normal when they grow up... like if you go back early nineteen century, women were not allowed to go to beach without being covered... and now it totally opposite... if you do not have a boyfriend or girlfriend before 15, the parents worries that their teenage has some problem... and lot more can be listed... And then you go to Church, what our children learn from there... they see in front of the Church an old man's statue with long beard standing with extending of both hand... some of the status are blank, white, Spanish and so on... so they are being taught God as an old dude... then you learn from Catholic that you pray to Jesus, Mother Marry, Saints, Death spirit and all these... the poll shows a huge number of young American turns to Atheism or believing there is no God and so on... Its hard to assume where these nations are going with the name of modernization... nothing wrong having scientists discovered the cure of aids or the pics from mars but... we should all think and learn from our previous generations and correct ourselves... also ppl are becoming so much slave of material things...

Significant numbers of millennials (young people born in the 1980s and 1990s) will continue to walk away from socially conservative religious traditions.

Yet anyone who moves around the world of mainline Protestantism in America comes time and again upon congregations which, without any of the «strong» traits enumerated by Kelley, show remarkable vitality, not only in terms of growth (including the presence of large numbers of young people) but in terms of their members» expressed satisfaction with the spiritual comfort and nurture they derive from their participation.

We need to speed up economic growth in order that we can provide decent jobs for the large number of young people graduating from our universities every year.»

Biraderi's patriarchal and hierarchical nature has led to a number of Bradford's British Pakistanis, especially young people and women, to feel increasingly disenfranchised from a local politics dominated by what has been termed locally as the «biraderi brigade».

(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.»

Wonkblog's Emily Badger takes a look at data from Philadelphia, Seattle and San Francisco that suggests — but doesn't prove — that the appearance of transportation services like Uber and Lyft, that are popular among younger people, may be reducing the number of people arrested in those cities for driving while intoxicated.

MOD figures show that the number of young people signing up to the army continues to decline with just 880 16 - year - olds enlisting last year, down from over 3000 a decade ago.

- 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 study found that a number of young people who had suffered from language problems in childhood often still find it difficult to understand speech as young adults, especially when spoken quickly.

Unless we put the system right now we run the risk of increasing the number of residually unemployed, only this time it will manifest itself as large numbers of younger people permanently excluded from gainful employment.»

Laws that prevent kids from getting access to guns reduce the number of suicides by young people.

The number of daily car journeys taken by young people and adults fell, and the average distance travelled by car also shrank, suggesting that free bus travel prompts a shift away from car use and may therefore be a greener option.

«It's a wide mixture of things, ranging from more transit oriented development being put in place, people just don't need to drive as much, fewer younger people owning vehicles, greater numbers of people walking and biking.»

Dewasha is convinced that more emphasis should be placed on educating and directing young aboriginal people into high - demand areas and that increasing the number of aboriginal students in science and technology is an important step toward the community's transition from being social dependents to contributing to the economy.

They didn't have any knowledge of nutrition, they weren't able to eat nutritious, calorie dense food whenever they wanted due to the absence of agriculture, and their immune systems were likely weaker than ours (living together in large numbers placed enormous selective pressure on our early agricultural ancestors to develop strong immune systems, keep in mind that early human civilizations did not have indoor plumbing... so they were sometimes exposed to fecal matter both from fellow humans and from livestock and they didn't have the kinds of disinfectants and anti-biotics we have today,) so for them to have serious health complications makes perfect sense, nature can be very harsh and doesn't care how long its been since your last meal or what your calorie and micro nutrient needs are... a lot of people died at very young ages back then simply because they got sick and didn't have proper medical treatment or due to malnutrition or starvation.

A younger man dating an older woman Ask MetaFilter Christian Rudder, president of Ok Cupid, is the guy who digs up the numbers from the millions of people using his free dating site.

The number of young people under 18 who were victims of sex crimes in connection with dating service sites in 2006 increased to 1,153, up 92 people from the prior year.

• The app provided by the site can be quite tricky to use; • Most couples here are over the age of 30, so it will be hard to find a younger couple, under this age; • The majority of the couples on the site come from areas where English is spoken, so those who can't handle this language won't be able to communicate with them; • Due to the large number of members, in case you search to fulfill a particular fantasy, it may take you quite a while to find the right person for it;

«I don't really meet Jewish people in everyday life... Sure enough, when you check out the forum on free Muslim dating site, Helahel.com, an alarming number of posts are from young men (or so they claim), essentially advertising...

A number of other major restorations will have their World Premieres at the Festival: Carol Reed's atmospheric Graham Greene adaptation of OUR MAN IN HAVANA (1959), set in Cuba at the start of the Cold War, makes timely viewing as US / Cuba relations thaw; Ken Russell's reworking of D.H. Lawrence scandalous classic WOMEN IN LOVE (1970) stars Oliver Reed, Alan Bates and Glenda Jackson and shows two couple's contrasting searches for love, and was restored by the BFI National Archive working alongside cinematographer Billy Williams; A MAN FOR ALL SEASONS (1966) is directed by Fred Zinnemann from a script by great British screenwriter, Robert Bolt from Bolt's play about Sir Thomas More, a perfect companion piece to Wolf Hall; Henry Fonda stars in the ripe - for - discovery WARLOCK (1959), a seething study of vengeance and repressed sexuality in a Utah mining outpost; and Bryan Forbes» THE RAGING MOON (1971) starring Malcolm McDowell and Nanette Newman in a tender story between two young people in wheelchairs which was ahead of its time in its attempts to change attitudes to disability.

As a young person increasingly fearful about the threat of nuclear annihilation, especially as the Cuban missile crisis unfolds, Fanning displays a dazzling naturalness on camera, an ability to move persuasively between any number of emotions, from hesitant to sassy to distraught to anything else you can name.

Supported by the BFI with Lottery funding, together with funding from the film industry and a number of other sources, Into Film incorporates the legacy and staff of two leading film education charities, FILMCLUB and First Light, building on their experience and success in delivering programmes of significant scale and reach to children and young people across the UK.

As I said in the first article of this series - Lessons from PISA - no matter how you read the results of PISA 2012 in relation to the mathematical skills of our young people, there is a significant number of 15 - year - old Australians who do not have access to sufficient numeracy and mathematical skills to be able to cope equitably with life in the 21st Century.

In a 2016 survey by Mission Australia, young people were asked to indicate from a number of sources where they would go for help with important issues in their lives.

Lifelong learning arrangements, particularly those in informal and non-formal settings, can confer a number of benefits: they can provide people who live in countries that do not have universal education with access to learning opportunities on a continuous basis; they can address the problem of conventional formal schooling being too far removed from local cultural and social environments; and they can alleviate economic hardship, particularly for young people in developing countries who may experience strong pressures to earn income to help support their families or, particularly if they are girls, to take on significant responsibilities at home (1, 4).

Findings from its evaluation of a number of youth problem areas indicate, the report says, that «there is human suffering on the part of young people, and it is growing worse.»

The report revealed that the number of young people participating in full - time education has increased from 2.1 million in 1996 to 3.2 million in 2014 but the part - time jobs that are suitable for students, such as those in the retail, hotels and restaurant sectors, have fallen from 2.43 million in 2002 to 2.40 million in 2014.

In fact, new research from Childline shows that in the last year the number of young people seeking help due to exam results has skyrocketed.

The number one, biggest surprise of the last year was... The biggest surprise from last year was learning as much as I did from Rick Weissbourd and my classmates about how to help young people have ethical romantic and sexual relationships.

The number of children and young people experiencing online bullying has increased by 88 per cent over the past five years, according to a new report from the NSPCC.

The goals included: narrowing the gap in literacy and numeracy achievement in primary schools and at GCSE; ensuring young people develop key strengths such as character and good mental health; narrowing the gulf in the numbers of youngsters continuing their education and training after GCSEs; and narrowing the gap between rich and poor students graduating from university.

Neil Carmichael MP, chair of the Education Committee, said: «The undoubted increase in the number of children and young people suffering from mental health issues is extremely alarming.

The record investment includes # 42million from the Essex Schools Forum, as well as # 43million of capital funding from Essex County Council, and follows an increase in the number of young people in the county being diagnosed with autism and a growing need for special school places.

Universities and Science Minister Jo Johnson added: «We are seeing record numbers of disadvantaged young people going to university and benefitting from the real opportunities that our world class universities can offer.

These figures come at a particularly pertinent time, as figures from the National Water Safety Forum reveal a rise in the number of young people drowning.

Ofsted has warned that a number of young people are at «significant risk of harm» from attending unregistered schools across the country.

The plan's five main objectives, to be delivered by 2021, are: to develop a new Welsh language; to increase opportunities for children and young people to use their Welsh in various contexts and embed their language use patterns from an early age; to support leaders and practitioners in Wales to continue to develop their Welsh language skills and have the knowledge and expertise to deliver the curriculum through the medium of Welsh and Welsh as a subject; to increase the number of learners in Welsh - medium settings; and to ensure that all learners can have equal access to Welsh - medium education and experience the best opportunities to develop their language skills.

The borough also has the largest youth population of any London borough, and since 2010 has seen the number of young people with special educational needs for whom the borough maintains an education, health and care plan increase from 1,800 to 2,500.