Transforming Futures Of Young People

City Voices: A City & Guilds Podcast

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Young people now face unprecedented challenges, including financial worries, employment and climate concerns - with implications for a new generation’s mental health, and the health of the UK economy.

In this Foundation & Friends podcast, host and Executive Director, Corporate Affairs & Foundation, City & Guilds, Faiza Khan MBE, is joined by Thora Eberts, Director of Network Delivery, UK Youth, and Maddie Dinwoodie, Director of Engagement Programmes, EngineeringUK, for a wide ranging discussion on how government, communities and employers can support young talent and help young people to overcome education, skills and development challenges, including:

• How young people can influence policy change through advocacy efforts
• The return on investment for spending on youth work
• The role of employers in supporting the early-stage workforce
• How young people can help to meet the current skills gap in UK engineering
• How community-based engineering projects can positively impact youth at local level
• How educators can signpost young people to a career in engineering

For further information about the material quoted in this episode visit:

• #Untapped: The economic value of youth work - UK Youth
• Partner with us - UK Youth
• #iwill
• The #iwillmovement celebrates a decade of social action during #iwill Week 2023 - UK Youth
• Hatch
• The Power of Youth Charter
• Youth provision and life outcomes research - DCMS
• Net Zero Workforce - Policy asks for the next government - EngineeringUK
• Policy asks for the new government - EngineeringUK
• The science education tracker 2023 - EngineeringUK
• Engineering and Technology: Key to the future

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Chapters

1. Introduction (00:00:00)

2. Bridging the Divide: Addressing Youth Disengagement (00:03:52)

3. Empowering Youth: Advocacy in the Age of Social Awareness (00:08:05)

4. Navigating Employability: Challenges and Strategies (00:12:37)

5. Fostering Change: Collaborating for Youth Empowerment (00:16:34)

6. Bridging the Gender Gap in Engineering: Addressing Bias and Inspiring Diversity (00:22:05)

7. Engineering for Community Impact: Inspiring Local Solutions (00:25:25)

8. Addressing Industry Trends & Innovations (00:29:11)

9. Guiding the Future: Educators' Role in Promoting Engineering Careers for All (00:31:33)

10. Overcoming Obstacles: Advice for Aspiring Young Engineers (00:34:21)

11. Collective Impact: Collaborative Solutions for Engineering Challenges (00:35:53)

12. Magic wand question (00:37:23)

13. Closing Remarks (00:40:32)