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An opinion piece describing the costs that underfunded education bring to young people in the long-term, and how Impetus works to alleviate this systemic issue through our work.
December 2025
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy.
November 2025
Impetus wins in the 2025 autumn Budget.
November 2025
Impetus press release on November 2025 NEET stats
November 2025
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy.
October 2025
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy.
September 2025
A case study spotlighting Impetus' work with portfolio partner Generation UK and what makes our partnership special.
September 2025
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy.
August 2025
Press release on the Government's statistics on the number of young people not in education, employment, or training (NEET) in August 2025.
August 2025
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy.
July 2025
An Impetus-funded report uncovering recommendations for tackling the barriers faced by young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
July 2025
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy.
June 2025
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy.
May 2025
Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, with low qualifications and special educational needs are more than three times as likely to be out of work, our new groundbreaking study reveals
May 2025
Our tenth Youth Jobs Gap report reveals how multiple layers of disadvantage affect young people’s chances of not being in employment, education or training (NEET).
May 2025
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy.
March 2025
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy.
February 2025
How and why Impetus conducts research and policy work to drive systemic change for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
February 2025
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy.
January 2025
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy.
December 2024
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy.
November 2024
For the Government's white paper to succeed, young people furthest from the labour market must be at the heart of its policy implementation.
November 2024
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy.
October 2024
Celebrating the graduation of the Impetus Leadership Academy's third cohort
October 2024
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy.
September 2024
Impetus celebrates the graduation of three longest standing charities from the portfolio.
September 2024
GCSE results show the disadvantage gap continues to grow, painting a clear picture for the Labour government.
August 2024
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy.
August 2024
The Education Policy Institute's report, commissioned by Impetus, identifies a “suspension employment gap", with young people who are suspended at secondary school experiencing a range of poorer outcomes in late adolescence and early adulthood, compared with those who are not suspended.
August 2024
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy.
July 2024
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy.
June 2024
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy.
May 2024
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy.
April 2024
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy.
March 2024
Our 2024 manifesto is a collection of evidence-based ideas aimed at transforming the lives of young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. It’s also a call to action, urging the next government to place these young people at the forefront of their policy agenda.
March 2024
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy.
February 2024
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy.
January 2024
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy.
December 2023
Impact and impact management are central to everything we do in our partnership with City Gateway
November 2023
Welcome to Impetus Insights... a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy - and what we think it means for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. We'll be sharing this every month alongside news and updates about our own policy work. We’d love to hear what you think of this edition, and what you’d like to see in future newsletters.
November 2023
Welcome to Impetus Insights... a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy - and what we think it means for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. We'll be sharing this every month alongside news and updates about our own policy work. We’d love to hear what you think of this edition, and what you’d like to see in future newsletters.
October 2023
Welcome to Impetus Insights... a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy - and what we think it means for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds. We'll be sharing this every month alongside news and updates about our own policy work. We’d love to hear what you think of this edition, and what you’d like to see in future newsletters.
September 2023
Youth Employment Group calls for “Young Person’s Guarantee” to reduce the number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEET).
September 2023
This paper emerges from a broad series of conversations, discussions, and consultative sessions and is shaped by a range of experts, organisations, and perspectives. On this basis, we propose a transformational offer for our young people: The Young Person’s Guarantee.
September 2023
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy.
August 2023
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy.
July 2023
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy.
June 2023
At Impetus, we build sector-leading charities. We work shoulder-to-shoulder with them to help make them stronger, delivering better results year after year, to more young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
June 2023
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy.
May 2023
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy.
April 2023
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy.
March 2023
Impetus announces £600k in grants to Babbasa, Generation UK, IMO Charity and Sister System
February 2023
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy.
February 2023
Welcome to Impetus Insights, a place where we discuss ideas, articles and interesting reading about education and employment policy - and what we think it means for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds.
January 2023
Supporting the development of a demonstrator youth hub, at the Library of Birmingham.
January 2022
Young people from disadvantaged backgrounds have been hit hardest by this pandemic, in both their education and in the jobs market - their needs must be addressed by the Chancellor in the upcoming budget so they can avoid the long-term scarring effects of learning loss and long-term unemployment.
March 2021
the Youth Employment Group secretariat believes that there is a compelling case to extend the Kickstart scheme beyond December 2021. This policy paper sets out five reasons why an extension to Kickstart would be the right decision for young people around the country.
February 2021
I joined Impetus as Director of Public Affairs in June 2016, the week the UK voted to leave the EU. Four and a half years on, the UK is preparing to leave. And my time is up too.
November 2020
The YEG recommends that clear objectives are set to monitor progress in supporting young people during the economic crisis and beyond.
September 2020
Recently, Chancellor Rishi Sunak announced his plan for jobs. Our Director of Policy, Sam Windett, shares our response and what we should do next.
July 2020
We knew young people would bear the economic burden of COVID-19. We're calling for an Opportunity Guarantee to ensure they have the choice of an education place, an apprenticeship, or a job.
July 2020
Once the medical crisis passes, we cannot afford a five year wait to undo this damage to the lives of people under the age of 25
May 2020
Supporting young people’s employment opportunities – in the immediate and medium term – will be key to ensuring that the UK makes a rapid and full economic recovery from COVID-19. This short briefing note has been prepared by the lead organisations of the Youth Employment Group: Youth Futures Foundation, Impetus, Youth Employment UK, The King's Trust and the Institute for Employment Studies.
May 2020
Written in partnership with the Youth Futures Foundation, this report looks at the trends and responses to youth employment since the last recession. It shows that those most likely to be out of work and education are some of the most vulnerable young people, and that the headline numbers overlook some pressing issues such as underemployment.
April 2020
Sam Windett: Regardless of how the pandemic plays out, there are three key areas we should build on for young people and employment.
March 2020
Thanks to Impetus' Youth Job Gap series, Resurgo have been able to benchmark the performance of their Spear programme, supporting NEET young people into sustained employment, with a base case of what might have happened without their work.
March 2020
London Councils’ and Impetus’ report, The Employment Gap in London, delves into data on school performance and the transition into further study or employment for thousands of young Londoners, giving the clearest picture yet of the strengths and weaknesses in the system and the complexity and different outcomes between local areas. The urgent issues raised in the The Employment Gap in London have prompted London Councils to make five recommendations for improving London’s skills and employment system.
February 2020
The eighth report in our Youth Jobs Gap series, this one focused on London, finds that the rate of young Londonders out of education, employment and training is consistently higher than the national average. But it's not all bad news: young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in London are more than twice as likely to go onto higher education than their peers in other regions.
February 2020
At the Conservative Party Conference, Impetus held a panel event with the Centre for Social Justice, "The Forgotten Few: why are 1.3 million people still unemployed?" Our Director of Public Affairs, Dr Maria Neophytou, discusses her remarks about the 800,000 young people not in education, employment or training, including the 75% who have been NEET more than 12 months.
October 2019
In our Youth jobs Gap series, we have looked at NEET rates both nationally and regionally. This report looks longer-term, at what happens when a young person becomes NEET, and how this affects disadvantaged young people compared to their better-off peers.
September 2019
Our Youth Jobs Gap series looks at NEET rates, higher education, and apprenticeships across the country. Our reports also look at differences between regions and within regions. This fifth report looks at the West Midlands region.
July 2019
The first three reports in the Youth Jobs Gap series have looked at NEET rates, higher education, and apprenticeships. These national reports have also looked at differences between regions – but differences within the regions are often greater than the differences between regions. This fourth report looks at the North West region – drilling down to the local authority area level, including the combined authority areas of Greater Manchester and the Liverpool City Region.
June 2019
This Youth Jobs Gap report uses the Longitudinal Education Outcomes data to reveal how disadvantaged young people are accessing and progressing in apprenticeships, including differences between regions in England.
June 2019
Higher Education is one of the most topical issues in politics, with the UK government’s post-18 education and funding review (the Augur review) due to report back imminently. For the first time, this Youth Jobs Gap report analyses the Longitudinal Educational Outcomes (LEO) data, showing the clearest picture of disadvantaged young people and their access to higher education to date, including differences between different regions in England.
May 2019
In this blog and webinar, Sam Windett, Impetus' Director of Policy, talks through the 1st report in the Youth Jobs Gap series.
May 2019
The new report 'Youth Jobs Gap: Establishing the Employment Gap', is the first in the Youth Jobs Gap series. This new NIESR and Impetus report reveals that disadvantaged young people are 50% more likely to be NEET (not in education, employment and training) than better-off peers, irrespective of their qualifications.
April 2019
This first report from Impetus' Youth Jobs Gap series shows that there is an employment gap between disadvantaged young people and their better-off peers. This report draws on newly available government data to explore the employment outcomes of young people in England.
April 2019
The Youth Jobs Gap research series uses new Longitudinal Education Outcomes (LEO) data to present new insights into disadvantaged young people’s transition from compulsory education into employment. The technical details in this document are important to fully understand how we've used LEO for the Youth Jobs Gap series.
April 2019
When Impetus came on board in 2010, Resurgo’s main priority was to expand beyond the two centres it was operating in Hammersmith and Chelsea. Today, with Impetus' support, they have improved the effectiveness of their programme so that they are getting more young people into work, for longer, and they have expanded to eight centres across London.
November 2018
The bad press surrounding the Apprenticeship Levy is hiding the positive prospects it provides for disadvantaged young people to access and progress to higher level apprenticeships and jobs, as Maria Neophytou explains.
March 2018
Progress in tackling youth unemployment has ground to a halt. Our second Youth Jobs Index has found that the number of young people spending over a year not earning or learning has increased.
June 2017
To mark National Apprenticeship Week our Policy and Communications Apprentice, Rianna King shares her story. Rianna joined Impetus-PEF in October 2016 and is completing a Level 3 Business Administration Apprenticeship.
March 2017
2016 – not all bad! What’s the first word you think of when you look back on 2016? I can hazard a guess – ‘uncertain’, ‘tumultuous’, maybe ‘historic’, maybe something less polite! But for me the word is ‘inspiring’.
February 2017
It feels foolish to make any predictions at the moment. But barring an upset of Leicester-winning-the-league proportions, Theresa May will be our next Prime Minister. Regardless of your politics, certainty is a scarce and valuable commodity right now, so it’s good to know who will lead the country through the unpredictable times ahead.
July 2016
Earlier this month, I went to one of Resurgo’s Spear celebrations in Bethnal Green. Resurgo is a charity partner of Impetus-PEF, and we’ve been working with them since 2010 – helping them with management support, pro bono advice and strategic injections of funding.
June 2016
In Newcastle, young people in care are more likely not to be in education, employment or training (NEET) by 19. Part of our Life After School campaign, this research shows that having good GCSEs helps to prevent young people becoming NEET.
June 2016
Can you solve a problem if you can’t quantify it? That was the question we were pondering when we first came up with the idea for the Youth Jobs Index, published today.
May 2016
More than a million young people are spending six months or more not earning or learning. This has a knock-on effect for the rest of their lives, reducing their choices and prospects.
May 2016
Our new CEO Andy Ratcliffe gives his thoughts on educational outcomes for disadvantaged 16-19 year olds, as part of Impetus-PEF’s Life After School campaign.
March 2016
This report reveals the journey of 16-19 year olds through education and training: who they are, how they perform, and where they go. Part of our Life After School campaign.
March 2016
The government has lost track of over 150,000 young people aged 16-18 in England. For those not in education, employment or training this means they can’t get the support they need. This report highlights that the government’s published statistics don’t show the full picture.
December 2014
The large number of young people not in education, employment or training (NEETs), has been a problem for over a decade. This report provides the case and details of a five-year strategy to ‘make NEETs history’.
October 2014
Careers services are fractured. What do employers look for? This report uses employers to identify six vital capabilities for young people to be ready for work. It gives service providers, employers, funders and policymakers information to inform their service design and investment decisions.
September 2014
The youth unemployment rate in London is significantly higher than the national average. Current policies are not doing enough to tackle the root causes of youth unemployment – this report highlights the causes and what needs to be done.
April 2014
Young people who leave school with no more than GCSEs are more than twice as likely to be unemployed. This report maps youth unemployment across the UK and the barriers that prevent young people from moving to cities where they have more chance of finding entry-level work.
April 2014
Young people not in education, employment or training (NEET) is a major problem in Britain – and it’s not going away on its own. This report analyses the drivers and impact of being NEET and provides steps that the government should take to solve the crisis.
January 2014
Social care is an example of a growing sector with significant skill demands. More high quality apprenticeships could offer young people a strong vocational alternative to academic routes into work.
November 2013