Progetto School Inclusion

Database of Publications

TITLE OF THE PUBLICATION:

Worklessness in Deprived Neighbourhoods: A Review of Evidence

SURNAME AND NAME OF AUTHOR(S):

Policy Research Institute (PRI) at Leeds Metropolitan University on behalf of the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit
(Department for Communities and Local Government)

TYPE OF PUBLICATION:

Research Document

LANGUAGE/S OF PUBLICATION:

English

LANGUAGE OF REVIEW:

English

DESCRIPTION OF CONTENTS:

This report provides a review of the available evidence relating to the problems of high levels of worklessness in deprived neighbourhoods and the effectiveness of policy interventions to address the problem.

COMMENTS ON THIS PUBLICATION:

The report provides a lot of detailed, extensively researched, background information about the problem of worklessness in deprived neighbourhoods and links with the project in emphasising the importance of school performance and educational attainment on subsequent employment prospects. It further emphasises the importance of effective local strategies for raising educational attainment and preventing school 'drop outs'.

WHERE TO FIND IT:

http://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/communities/worklessnessdeprived

NAME OF COMPILER:

Roger Murfin

NAME OF INSTITUTION:

Wilsthorpe Business & Enterprise College

ROLE:

Business Manager

News

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.

Lifelong Learning Project - School Inclusion - Preventing Early School Leaving