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Almost 1m young people not in education, employment or training
The government’s youth contract, which includes an extra 20,000 apprenticeships, has yet to be implemented. Stockbroker/Alamy
Almost 1 million young people are not in school, work or training, according to official figures which underline the extent to which the economic slowdown is hurting school-leavers.
One in six 16- to 24-year-olds was a “neet” in the last three months of 2011, according to statistics published by the Department for Education .
The figures show that while the proportion of 16- to 18-year-olds who were out of school or training has remained stable year-on-year, there has been a big drop in the employment rate for school-leavers.
Tony Dolphin, chief economist with the Institute for Public Policy Research, said: “Firms haven’t reacted by upping the number of redundancies. What they have done is hesitate in taking on new workers. Older people who are in jobs are keeping them – young people looking for jobs are not getting them.”
The figures show that 958,000 young people aged 16-24 were considered to be neet in the fourth quarter of 2011. F
5 Triangle students taking research to U.N.
Several Triangle college students have looked beyond the comforts of their own lives to delve into the hardships facing women in rural areas of North Carolina and the rest of the globe.
Anuja Acharya, a senior at N.C. State University, is one of five women who have received fellowships to present their research at an upcoming United Nations event.
They will offer previews of their presentations at a forum and dinner Thursday at the N.C. State University Club. The News & Observer is a sponsor of the program.
“This is exploring an issue we see right here in our own backyards and how it can be applied on a larger scale,” she said. Acharya studied political participation of rural women for her fellowship.
Hannah Nemer, a sophomore at UNC Chapel Hill whose researched was on technology education for girls, said she was struck by the fact that each of the fellows were able to find local issues facing rural women that apply on a global scale.
WomenNC, an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization, has sponsored fellowships for students to present at the Commission on the Status of Women at U.N.
GMAT Question of the Day (Jan 17): Algebra and Sentence Correction
Math (DS)
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Verbal (SC)
The investigations of many psychologists and anthropologists support the generalization of there being little that is a significant difference in the underlying mental processes manifested by people from different cultures.
(A) of there being little that is a significant difference
(B) of there being little that is significantly different
(C) of little that is significantly different
(D) that there is little that is significantly different
(E) that there is little of significant differences
Answers to the questions: E, D
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A higher education bill retreat will just push changes under the radar | Liam Burns
David Cameron and his education minister, David Willetts, appear to have made a U-turn on a proposed higher education bill. Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images
The government’s apparent retreat on presenting a bill on higher education in this parliamentary session has been welcomed by many working and studying in higher education. It is seen either as a U-turn on policy direction after months of public criticism, protests and occupations, or a sign that ministers have heeded calls from the sector for stability until the impact of a trebling of the fee cap to £9,000 is known. In truth, it is neither and we must stay vigilant.
Many of the most damaging proposals contained in the government’s white paper can now happen under the radar, without scrutiny from either the Commons or the Lords. The platform that would have allowed us to defeat these moves where we can, and secure protections where we can’t has been denied to us, while the government can continue to drastically reshape our universities without being challenged in parliament.