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TITLE OF THE PUBLICATION:

School Matters - Teenage Dropouts - NEETS - June 2008

SURNAME AND NAME OF AUTHOR(S):

Teachers.tv

PLACE AND DATE OF PUBLICATION:

Published 24 June 2008

TYPE OF PUBLICATION:

Video - 30 minutes long

LANGUAGE/S OF PUBLICATION:

English

LANGUAGE OF REVIEW:

English

DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTS:

The programme synopsis says 'Why do young people end up as NEET - Not in Education, Employment or Training? And what can be done to reduce their number, estimated at 200,000 (in the UK) in 2008?

Three young NEETS, who all left school at 16, talk about their experiences of moving between college courses and short term employment and about whether they have a direction in life. The video then goes on to show an example of a school in London which has developed at successful strategy to help with the problem.

COMMENTS ON THIS PUBLICATION:

A very useful vidoe, showing the views and experiences of 3 young people who are NEET and then showing the actions taken by professionals to deal with the problem.

Actions taken include an early intervention programme developed by Quintin Kynaston School in north west London to prevent Year 10 and 11 girls from becoming disengaged and dropping out.

WHERE TO FIND IT:

www.teachers.tv/video/27607

NAME OF COMPILER:

Roger Murfin

NAME OF INSTITUTION:

Wilsthorpe Business & Enerprise College

ROLE:

Business Manager



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15 November 2012

Stay@School at the Future of Education Conference

The Stay@School projet will be presented at the third edition of the “Future of Education” international conference, held in Florence, Italy, on 13 - 14 June 2013. Over 250 participants from all over the world will attend the conference. The conference participants belong to the sectors of higher education, school education, vocational education and training as well as adult education, therefore representing all of the target groups of the Stay@School project.

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