Report
Supporting Youth Transitions in Buckinghamshire: Interim Report
We are pleased to share the first report from our collaboration with The Rothschild Foundation, which explores the experiences and transitions of young people aged 16 to 24 in Buckinghamshire. You can read the full interim report here, and the summary, here. Recognising the challenge that the pandemic has imposed on the younger generation, we…
Report
Higher Education on Hold: Access to higher education for young people with insecure or unresolved immigration status
Our new research report ‘Higher Education on Hold’, in collaboration with King’s College London, explores the barriers to higher education access faced by young people who have insecure immigration status. The report is the first to examine the barriers to accessing HE that that stand in the way of young people who: Have refugee status…
News & Events
New essay on trauma and children’s social care published
I am pleased to have contributed a short essay to The Centre for Social Justice’s new publication, Trauma: The Long-Term Impact, looking at trauma and the children’s social care system. In my essay, I recount some of what I have learnt from the frontline practitioners I have spoken with, about their experiences of supporting children…
Blog
Windows and Mirrors: Children and young people’s access to diverse literature
“Imagine loving stories, inhaling book after book, imagine books being such an important part of your life. Now imagine never seeing yourself in books, never seeing someone who looks like you or feels like you. Imagine never seeing someone like you as the hero of the story. Imagine never believing you can be a hero…
News & Events
Coverage of CfEY and University of Oxford’s research
Last week saw the launch of two important reports on oracy. In partnership with the University of Oxford, The Centre for Education and Youth published its report ‘Oracy after the pandemic’. This research informed the Oracy All-Party Parliamentary Group’s Speak for Change report, which we drafted using evidence supplied by the APPG. You can access…
Report
Oracy after the pandemic
Oracy APPG report ‘Speak for Change’ published today In 2016 The Centre for Education and Youth published The State of Speaking, in partnership with Voice 21 and Big Change. This research revealed that while teachers prioritised oracy highly, they were rarely able to give it the attention they felt it deserved. This research spurred the…
