«A multimillion pound investment in music and arts education will help hundreds of thousands
of young people from all backgrounds enjoy potentially life changing cultural activities, Schools Minister Nick Gibb announced today (18 November 2016).
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».
Comparatively, of the fifth
of young people from backgrounds with the highest entry rate, 52.1 per cent went to university in 2016, an increase of 1.2 percentage points.
Not exact matches
Young Enterprise gives young people — from all backgrounds — the opportunity to realise their full potential through a range of practical enterprise programmes, from one day masterclasses to year - long proj
Young Enterprise gives
young people — from all backgrounds — the opportunity to realise their full potential through a range of practical enterprise programmes, from one day masterclasses to year - long proj
young people —
from all
backgrounds — the opportunity to realise their full potential through a range
of practical enterprise programmes,
from one day masterclasses to year - long projects.
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.
Fatherlessness is rife in our communities and it's severely affecting the development
of young people, especially boys,
from underprivileged
backgrounds.
When we look at the self - image that Our Lady left imprinted on the tilma — we notice that she is a brown - skinned
young woman: a mestizo, whose family
background includes a mix
of descendants
from Europe and indigenous
peoples.
•
young people are protected
from teaching and materials which are inappropriate, having regard to the age and the religious and cultural
background of the pupils concerned
College football teams are collections
of more than 100
young people from all over the country, with different
backgrounds and music tastes.
Bemoaning the lack
of opportunities for children and
young people to mix with those
from different
backgrounds, the green paper states:
Sheila said, «With a clear vision
of what we are seeking to achieve I believe we can encourage the most talented, across the whole community to become part
of our profession — we need to have more women, more
young people, more
from ethnic
backgrounds and more representatives
of those who have mobility impairments working in our industry.
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.
«We need a closer understanding
of the demographic make up
of these applicants before we can conclude that top up fees aren't deterring
young people from poorer
backgrounds.»
(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.»
More
young people from disadvantaged
backgrounds going to university than at any time in the history
of our country.
Nonetheless, given the remarkable increase in the participation
of young people in higher education that has taken place over the last 20 years, the brief analysis presented here reveals little evidence that the much vaunted policy ambition - to provide better access to higher education to those
from less privileged
backgrounds - has been successful.»
The TUC / NUS report - All Work and Low Pay - says 55 %
of young people from managerial and professional
backgrounds work.
- 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 was not only inspired by the research
of young scientists, I also found it exciting to meet
people from different countries and cultural
backgrounds because in this one week I learned a lot
from different parts
of the world and I had the pleasure to talk about life itself, not only science.
I am a caring, honest, respectful, loyal, intelligent, kind generous, faithful with a sense
of humor and a God - fearing woman... I was born and brought up with a strict Christian
background and I was taught
from the
young age to always respect myself and other
people and I still maintain these value wherever that I goes the inner beauty is more important to me than the beauty
of appearance
Younger Americans — who are more approving
of interracial dating — are also more likely to have dated a
person from a different racial or ethnic
background.
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 government has announced more than # 300 million to help
young people from every
background enjoy the benefits
of music and the arts.
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.
In our country, different teaching contexts differ drastically, and yet
young people from all
backgrounds deserve to be challenged and nurtured in order to develop visions
of social change and possibility.
Compiled by a Qualified Teacher, Tor Alexander Bruce, with a range
of experience
of having these conditions himself and who has worked extensively over a period
of 11 years with
young people from disengaged
background and the services that represent them.
But once the focus shifts to countries abroad and fair, apples - to - apples comparisons are made, it becomes manifest that nearly all
of our
young people —
from privileged and not - so - privileged
backgrounds — are not faring well.
NCS is a tried and tested way
of bringing
young people from different schools and
backgrounds together to create an integrated and strong society.
«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 United States wastes an enormous amount
of its human capital by failing to cultivate the innate talents
of many
of its
young people, particularly high - ability girls and boys
from disadvantaged and minority
backgrounds.
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.
The programme aims to increase the number
of young people from disadvantaged
backgrounds in higher education by 2020.
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».
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?
These teachers empower and enrich the lives
of young people from nearly every
background imaginable.
Evidence shows that students and
young people from disadvantaged
backgrounds benefit most
from programmes
of this nature, and the Generation UK internships will be focussed on
young people from these
backgrounds.
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.
The challenge is just one
of many initiatives that Shell is running in schools to encourage more
young people from a greater range
of backgrounds to further STEM learning and to consider STEM careers.
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.
GlamSci aims to support the advancement
of education in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) subjects among
young people, particularly disadvantaged
young women and men
from poorer
backgrounds, who would not ordinarily engage in these subjects.
In her new book, Author and General Manager
of Whitelion (a charity supporting Australia's vulnerable
young people), Rachel Porter delves into the lives
of nine Australian men
from troubled
backgrounds who have lived through incarceration and managed to change their lives around.
The Arnold Foundation was established in 2003 to deliver a programme
of boarding bursaries to
young people from disadvantaged
backgrounds as well as to enrich the life and culture
of Rugby School.
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.