The contributions in this issue abound in unemployment rates, percentage points and explanations as to why youth unemployment is rife- or under control. Many texts make explicit policy and practical r...
Orientation Youth unemployment LLinE opens its first issue of the year with the theme of youth unemployment. The choice of topic is almost foolhardy for two reasons. The first is that the theme could ...
Interview with Jamila, a young woman from Kabul about learning opportunities in Afghanistan. I am sitting in the GIZ office in Kabul, the headquarters of the huge project on reforms of vo...
As the American drama film Precious (2009, based on the 1996 novel Push by the former social worker Sapphire) makes clear to a wider audience, much of what we believe in as standards of communic...
The secrets behind Singapore’s low youth unemployment are its ability-driven education, centrally planned manpower and social benefits tied to employment. But can it last under the pressure of a...
Chances are, if you haven’t heard them, you will have heard of them. TED talks are lectures featuring high profile speakers, broadcast on the internet for free. The topics of the talks range from sc...
Every unemployment statistic has a human story behind it. Here, four young Europeans talk about their relationship to work. Of the crushing lack of future prospects. Or, in abundance of work, of the v...
This report documents the status quo of youth unemployment in 18 European countries in 2013.
This article was originally published in Elm’s predecessor media, LLinE. Austria, Germany and Switzerland all have low youth unemployment rates compared to the rest of Europe. What are they doin...
This article ws originally published in Elm's predecessor media, LLinE. Introduction Youth unemployment has increased dramatically all over Europe since the financial crisis of 2008 although at d...
In most European countries Lifelong Learning has become a political priority. However, already at early stages in life it has proven difficult to motivate people for learning. A common problem across ...
Introduction: youth unemployment in Europe That socio-economic prospects for young people and young adults in Europe are inauspicious is an understatement. The global economic crisis of 2008 heralded ...
In Greece, strong families may replace those social networks that might be helpful for employment. Source: Wikimedia Introduction Youth unemployment in Greece has increased dramatically the last four ...
In the midst of serious youth unemployment in many parts of Europe, it feels reasonable to ask how can lifelong learning policies and practices best equip youth to thrive in the 21st century? While re...
How does urbanisation affect a particularly big issue of our era – learning?
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