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Recognizing and accrediting students’ prior learning and competencies is one way universities can tweak business-as-usual approaches.
Young workers are particularly vulnerable in the workplace because they tend to do short-term work, often lack training and safety education, and may see injury as just “part of the job.”
Nigerian youth have increasingly been resisting and expressing their dissatisfaction with toxic workplaces.
There is enough momentum for Australia’s unemployment rate to go lower than 4.2% in 2022. Keeping it low is another matter.
Since 1999, extreme poverty has declined while rates of young people in education and employment have risen. Without investment though, the impact of the pandemic could see this progress imperilled,
Clear and consistent safety messaging in workplaces is imperative for employees both young and old.
LSAY is one of the biggest and oldest surveys of its kind in the world. It follows young Australians from the age of 15 to 25 to find out what helps and hinders them along the way.
It isn’t only because they are in worse jobs. it’s also because they are earning less from businesses.
In his fifth “vision statement”, opposition leader Anthony Albanese outlines labor’s priorities for change and opportunity.
Values – and capital – are clearly passed down from one generation to the next.
The number of young people who work traditional summer jobs has declined significantly in recent decades. A scholar who focuses on generational differences in the workforce explains why.
Unlike other age groups, 16- to 24-year-olds haven’t recovered the job losses they suffered during the Great Recession. Spurring investment and growth are key to getting them back to work.
Domino’s Pizza and Ford have teamed up to offer pizza delivery via driverless cars in Michigan. Is it the way of the future?
Five years ago, young people in the Middle East and North Africa led a major uprising with hopes for a better life. A University of Texas labor market expert explains why little has changed.
Students who complete internships at university are better at managing their careers and are satisifed with their career choices, research shows.
The economic reasoning is the same behind Labor and the Coalition’s job plans for young people.
Internships can have direct and indirect costs that may exclude some who can’t afford them.
There isn’t a lot of research on whether an internship will secure you a job.
Employers run the risk of breaking the law if they are getting interns to do work that otherwise would be done by paid employees.
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Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Economics, University of Canberra
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Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
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Former Senior Lecturer, UTS Business School, University of Technology Sydney
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Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Professiorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Work and Organisation, Queensland University of Technology
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Scientia Professor & Head of the School of Psychiatry, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Employment Relations and HRM, University of Newcastle
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Visiting Professor of Social Inclusion Studies, Centre for Children, Schools and Families Department of Psychology and Counselling, University of Greenwich
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John Bray Professor of Law, University of Adelaide
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Professorial Fellow at the Centre for Education and Industry, University of Warwick
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Head of the Centre for Education & Industry, University of Warwick
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Research Fellow, Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick
