Economic Crisis: Impact on Youth

Wednesday 11 January 2012

The University of Greenwich, Business School is holding a free seminar on young people and the economic crisis.

The current economic crisis has intensified the difficulties faced by young people in securing decent employment. Record numbers are without work, while many more have either given up searching or have withdrawn from the labour market ‘hiding out’ in the hope that things can only improve. 

As increasing numbers, particularly graduates, find they are ‘overqualified and underemployed' or stuck in jobs that fall well short of their expectations,  schools, colleges and universities will continue to lose legitimacy, as a generation considers it has been short changed. 

Finally, as rent increases and mortgages become increasingly unobtainable, young people’s situation has become yet more precarious.

Speakers:

Martin Allen:
Martin Allen is a writer/ researcher having completed a PhD at the Open University. He is a part-time teacher in a comprehensive school in West London and an active member of the National Union of Teachers.

Patrick Ainley:
Patrick Ainley is Professor of Training and Education at the University of Greenwich School of Education and Training, London, UK. He has published widely in the industry.

Martin and Patrick are authors of 'Education make you fick, innit?' (2007, Tufnell Press); 'Lost Generation';  'New Strategies for Youth and Education', (2010, Continuum Books); and more recently, the e-pamphlet 'Why young people can’t get the jobs they want and what can be done about it?'.

Drawing on arguments contained in these sources, on current research and analysis and against a background of inner-city riots and student demonstrations, the presentation will examine whether the ‘lost generation’ is able to find its way.

When:

Wednesday 11 January 2012, from 5 to 7pm

Where:

Hosted in the King William Court, room 002, University of Greenwich, Old Royal Naval College, Park Row, London SE10 9LS

Fee:

Free for all

Venue:

This conference, hosted by the University of Greenwich, is being held at the Greenwich Campus, Old Royal Naval College.

The campus is based on a World Heritage Site on the banks of the river Thames. The university’s largest campus is centered on three baroque buildings designed by Sir Christopher Wren at the end of the 17th century.
"More breathtaking than the Versailles of Louis XIV" is how The Independent newspaper described it.

The Borough of Greenwich is steeped in history. East meets West on the Meridian Line, which divides the hemispheres and marks longitude zero. The line runs through the courtyard of the 17th century Royal Observatory and indicates the spot from which Greenwich Mean Time is calculated.

For further information contact:

Conferences and Executive Development team
Telephone: +44 (0) 20 8331 9083
Email: businessevents@gre.ac.uk