Young Lives, Young Futures film created with Genesis Sun and Journey to Justice and directed by Tomasz Wierzbianski The YLYF research team worked with a group of young people from the Black Country, alongside the charities Genesis Sun  and Journey to Justice , to develop a creative response to our findings during two workshops held in the West Midlands in 2025. This work resulted in the co-creation of a film directed by filmmaker Tomasz Wierzbianski  and a song written by a g

Findings from Young Lives, Young Futures , a major research study investigating education, training and employment opportunities in England for young people who don’t go to university, will be presented to an audience of policy makers and other key stakeholders at the House of Lords on Wednesday 12 th November. This six-year study — in which more than 10,000 young people have participated — highlights the urgent need for a coordinated strategy across government and society t

On 13 th -14 th  September in Belgrade, Serbia, we hosted a cross-European symposium on achieving success and equity in the post-16...

We are pleased to announce a call for contributions to a cross-European symposium to take place in Belgrade (immediately after the ECER...

Come and join the Young Lives, Young Futures team! We are currently recruiting a Research Associate to join the team at King's College...

Sharon Gewirtz speaks at 'Developing Skills and Talent: Social Mobility and Post-16 Education' panel event.

The fifth Advisory Panel meeting took place on 17 April. We discussed the upcoming survey: the final wave of quantitative data collection.

New House of Lords report on 11-16 education in England echoes and draws upon findings from our Schools for All? Report.

On Friday 17 November 2023, Meg Maguire will be talking about the Young Lives, Young Futures project at GEPS, Barcelona.