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Employer Toolkit: Guidance for Managers of Older Workers

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Employer Toolkit: Guidance for Managers of Older Workers

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The Employer Toolkit is a new interactive resource, offering guidance for managers of older workers.  The information available details how employers can better manage their workforce, and by doing so, how they can capitalise on the UK’s changing demographics.

The Toolkit includes information relating to the 3 ‘R’s highlighted by the Government’s former Business Champion for Older Workers, Dr Ros Altmann CBE. These are retaining, retraining and recruiting older workers. Information is also included on a range of other topics including legal requirements, knowledge management and flexible working arrangements.

Guidance is currently available on a general level, and further information will be released to reflect the realities of working within different sectors.

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The Employer Toolkit is a new interactive resource, offering guidance for managers of older workers. The information available details how employers can better manage their workforce, and by doing so, how they can capitalise on the UK's changing demographics.

The Toolkit includes information relating to the 3 'R's highlighted by the Government's former Business Champion for Older Workers, Dr Ros Altmann CBE. These are retaining, retraining and recruiting older workers. Information is also included on a range of other topics including legal requirements, knowledge management and flexible working arrangements.

Guidance is currently available on a general level, and further information will be released to reflect the realities of working within different sectors.
[Please note this pack is for help and information only. It is not an authoritative statement of the law, and future changes in the law may make it gradually less accurate. The Department for Work and Pensions and its partners take no responsibility for how you use the information. You should always take professional advice on any specific legal or financial matter].

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The Employer Toolkit is a new interactive resource, offering guidance for managers of older workers. The information available details how employers can better manage their workforce, and by doing so, how they can capitalise on the UK's changing demographics. The Toolkit includes information relating to the 3 'R's highlighted by the Government's former Business Champion ...

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To improve their understanding of older learners acess and participation in their provision, in 2015, City Lit carried out research on older learners.  The aim was to:

- Increase understanding of who their older learners are

- Establish the choices learners are making and the benefits they are gaining

- Find out who they were missing and why?

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TAEN works to promote an effective labour market that serves the needs of people in mid and later life, employers and the economy. There is a wealth of resources on the TAEN website including Challenging Age – Information, Advice and Guidance for Older Age Groups,  Caring in later life and more

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CROW - Centre for Research into the Older Workforce

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CROW - Centre for Research into the Older Workforce

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CROW studies the issues relating to the ageing workforce, in the UK and beyond.

The Centre was created in response to the growing policy interest in the ageing population, and to the wish of Governments to encourage more people to stay in paid work later in life.  The website provides information of their current work and links to reports and other age related resources.

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CROW and Helen Hamlyn Centre deliver a report on the impact of age on UK manufacturing

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Avoiding the demographic crunch: labour supply and the ageing workforce

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Avoiding the demographic crunch: labour supply and the ageing workforce

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Over 30% of people in employment in the UK are over the age of 50, and there are unlikely to be enough younger people entering the labour market to replace this group when they leave the workforce, taking their skills and experience with them. This study, by the International Longevity Centre (ILC-UK) and the CIPD, brings to light the challenges the UK faces over the coming two decades. As a result, the CIPD is urging organisations across all sectors to take steps now to reap the benefits of a more age diverse workforce, rather than fall victim to a mass exodus of skills as their workforce ages.

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Age Immaterial: Women over 50 in the workplace 

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Age Immaterial: Women over 50 in the workplace 

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This TUC report from 2014, sets out the findings of the Age Immaterial project, which through labour market analysis, an online survey and specially commissioned polling gathered vital information about the challenges facing older women at work. It provides a set of policy recommendations on areas such as discrimination; the pay gap; caring and working; and health and training.

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Raising employability through equality and diversity in workplace culture

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Raising employability through equality and diversity in workplace culture

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Walsall Adult and Community College's SFA/ECU GPF project aimed to enable college trainees and apprentices to increase their employability through a greater understanding of workplace culture in relation to equality and diversity. For the project case study and the World Cafe resources visit the project home page on Equality Toolkit website.

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Raising employability through equality and diversity in workplace culture | Equalities Toolkit

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Walsall Adult and Community College (WACC) project aim was to enable college trainees and apprentices to increase their employability through a greater understanding of workplace culture in relation to equality and diversity.

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Supported by 2014/15 SFA/ECU good practice fund, the Workers' Educational Association, led a national cross-regional project to develop online learning modules on supporting students with intersectional identities.
The  modules include
Intersectionality: Older men and mental health difficulties - It highlights the experiences of WEA students, specifically older men experiencing mental health difficulties.

Intersectionality: Young women, childbirth and maternity - Itexplores, through case studies, activities and research, stigmas in being a young mum in deprived areas.
NB Use the link below  to access the WEA's VLE -  WEAVE

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WEA Intersectionality Project - ECU GPF | Equalities Toolkit

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online learning modules that explore ways of supporting students with intersectional identities. Each module was developed through a co-production process whereby WEA staff and tutors worked with a group of WEA students / adult learners to better understand barriers to participation in learning and inclusive ways of working.

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NEET: Young People Not in Education, Employment or Training

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NEET: Young People Not in Education, Employment or Training

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The House of Commons Briefing Paper published in July 2016, shows that the proportion of 15-19 year-olds and 20-24 year-olds who are NEET in the UK is above the OECD average.
Those eligible for free school meals, those who have been excluded or suspended from school, those with their own child and those who have a disability are more likely to be NEET.
Read the summary and the full report on the link below.

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NEET: Young People Not in Education, Employment or Training - Commons Library briefing - UK Parliament

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The proportion of 16-24 year olds who were NEET remained relatively steady between 2002 and 2008, and at the beginning of 2008 13.4% were NEET. The proportion increased following the 2008 recession and peaked in July-September 2011 when 16.9% of 16-24 year olds were NEET (1.25 million people).

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Young Adult Carers: Improving support in FE

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Young Adult Carers: Improving support in FE

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In this recording of the Spring to Equalities webinar, Nicola Aylward and colleagues explore the challenges and barriers that young adult carers face in accessing learning. You will hear from young adult carers, further education providers and support services about the support that colleges and other providers can put in place to make a difference to young adult carers’ lives. Presentation slides used in this webinar can be accessed in the resources section of the Equalities Toolkit website.

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Dún Laoghaire Further Education Institute

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Head of Learning for Young People at Learning and Work Institute

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BlueCross Community & Residential Services

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Young Adult Carers: Improving support in FE. A #SpringtoEqualities webinar

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In this session Nicola Aylward and colleagues explore the challenges and barriers that young adult carers face in accessing learning. You will hear from young adult carers, further education providers and support services about the support that colleges and other providers can put in place to make a difference to young adult carers' lives.

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In period 2013 - 2015, nearly 3,000 people aged 45-64 benefitted from the Government-supported pilot.  The reviews were delivered by 17 partners including the National Careers Service Prime Contractors, voluntary organisations, learning providers, Unionlearn, Workplace Learning Advocates and Community Learning Champions. They covered employment, training, financial planning and health issues, particularly focussed on people out of work, facing redundancy, or wanting to adapt to a new way of working. The  project reports and infographics  can be found on the Learning and Work Institute website.

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Career Review website follows on from the Mid-life Career Review pilots in 2013 - 2015 and is designed to offer information and support for individuals, providers, employers and people involved in research about careers.

For most of us, careers advice is something that happens at school. But our working lives are changing, with many of us choosing to stay in work longer, change career, get back into work after a break or set up a business.

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A Career Review is designed to help you take stock of where you are now and what you want to achieve in your working life. You might have a one-to-one session with an advisor, a group discussion with other people or online support from careers experts.

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In this recording of the Spring to Equalities: Learning and Ageing webinar held on 27 April 2016,  Dr Jane Watts presents ‘A Better Future For Us All’, policy paper, produced in 2015 by Learning and Work Institute and the National Older Learners Group (NOLG). The paper outlines the case for investment in older people’s learning, identifies weaknesses in what is currently available, and proposes solutions.

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New Technologies for Heart Rhythm Disorders | Mini Med School

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National Institute of Adult Community Education

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Spring to Equalities webinar: Learning and ageing policy issues

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Recording of the Spring to Equalities Learning and Ageing webinar on 27 April 2016, in which Jane Watts presents 'A Better Future For Us All', policy paper, produced in 2015 by NIACE (National Institute of Adult Community Education) and the National Older Learners Group (NOLG).

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Young Parents Succeeding | Equalities Toolkit

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We produced an e-book which contains guidance for staff on how to support pregnant students and new parents and how to make appropriate curriculum adaptations to enable these students to achieve their qualifications. This was distributed to all partners.

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Overcoming barriers to FE experienced by young people with learning difficulties

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Overcoming barriers to FE experienced by young people with learning difficulties

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In this SFA/ECU Good Practice Fund project (2014/15), Careers South West ...

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Overcoming barriers faced by young people with learning difficulties and disabilities on entry to FE sector | Equalities Toolkit

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Our findings confirm national issues but also highlight some of the barriers that young people with LDD face locally. We spoke to young people who have successfully accessed college courses to find out what worked for them.

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Time to change children and young people's programme: 

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Time to change children and young people's programme: 

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Every teacher needs to watch this 3-minute short film, imagine you are that teacher and work out for real what do you do next and why? http://bit.ly/TTC_YP

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http://www.time-to-change.org.uk/youngpeople How many teachers does it take to change a lightbulb? Introducing Michael, the 'stand up kid'. Watch the clip to see if he makes you laugh... Subscribe to our channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/ttcnow2008

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Intergenerational divides writ large: Brexit

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Intergenerational divides writ large: Brexit

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YouGov reported that 75% of 18- to 24-year-olds and 56% of 25- to 49-year-olds voted in favour of remain, versus 44% of 50- to 64-year-olds and 39% of those over 65, the extent of the generational gulf between Generation Y and the so-called baby boomers and their parents has been palpable.
The age based split of the voters in the EU referendum has been subject to ongoing debates. This article explores some of the issues arising from this and provides link to other related articles and news.

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'I'm worried Brexit has made me ageist," a friend said, following the shock of the referendum result on Friday morning. "I saw this older couple in the street and just felt this sudden, enormous wave of fury towards them and their generation. It was almost physical."

In the immediate aftermath of Britain's vote to leave the European Union, emotions have been running high. Since YouGov reported that 75% of 18- to 24-year-olds and 56% of 25- to 49-year-olds voted in favour of remain, versus 44% of 50- to 64-year-olds and 39% of those over 65, the extent of the generational gulf between Generation Y and the so-called baby boomers and their parents has been palpable. As has the anger many younger people including my friend, are feeling.

Over the past few days, thousands have vented on social media. "I'm never giving up my seat on the train for an old person again," read one tweet. The overwhelming consensus on the part of "millennials" (defined as those aged 18-34), has been that, by opting for Brexit, the older generation has selfishly voted against the interests of subsequent ones. What happens if the people voting against your interests were members of your own family: your parents, grandparents, uncles and aunts?

Stephanie is 21, from Merseyside, and was visiting her parents for the week of the referendum. "Right from the moment I got back I was bombarded with questions about which side I was on and why," she said. "I'm not one to shy away from healthy debate, but my parents completely refused to see things from any point of view but their own, and would deliberately misunderstand my view or rubbish it completely.

"After the leave result, my parents continued to insult and degrade the 48% of us [who voted remain], with my dad at one point getting into an argument with a family friend who is an EU citizen and telling her she 'should leave if she loves the EU so much'. Even when stories of legitimised racism and xenophobia were highlighted, my parents refused to accept this may have been partly because of the leave vote," she adds.

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Young anti-Brexit protesters demonstrate at the gates of Downing Street. Photograph: Isabel Infantes/PA

The referendum may have ruined Stephanie's trip home, but it has shifted her perspective. "What was supposed to be a nice week turned into a week of being belittled and endless arguments, and I have never felt so insulted by members of my own family before. As much as I love my parents, this referendum has made me see them in a different light - people who are unwilling to listen to the opinions of others and disrespectful of those with legitimate concerns about what their opinion could lead to."

Stephanie is far from being the only young person now seeing her family differently. "I've been having the most terrible rows with my mum about it, as I'm so heartbroken by the result," says Alex. "Both my parents voted to leave despite me begging them not to. I tried to explain the effects it would have on my future, and my children's future - but each time it would just end in the most awful arguments. Now, with the way things are, I feel like I can barely look at them. It sounds melodramatic, but I feel so betrayed by it all."

Some will think Alex is going over the top, but the realisation that your parents may not just have voted against your interests but embody wildly different politics and values from yours can be a bitter pill to swallow. Jamie, 28, grew up in a council flat with a single mother who worked hard to make their difficult life better for her children. "I've always been so proud of her for all the things she sacrificed for us. She's warm, kind, generous and funny. She has such acute sympathy that she's been known to cry hearing about the illness of other people's relatives. Oh, and she also hates immigrants."

I've been having the most terrible rows with my mum about it, as I'm so heartbroken by the result

It is not a prejudice that Jamie shares. "My mum voted to leave the EU because she doesn't want non-British citizens here. Despite the fact that my brother and I have been extremely vocal about our reasons for staying in, she's chosen to vote out because she doesn't like the local Asian population. It makes no sense to me.

"When she tells me wildly embellished stories about how disgusting the local peaceful, quiet, mostly elderly immigrant community are, I laugh at her and calmly tell her she's wrong. Most of the time, I can see past her views. But right now, I'm angry and ashamed."

Sarah is also struggling with anti-immigrant sentiments among those close to her. She is the only known remain voter in her family. "I grew up in the Midlands on a council estate where many of my relatives still live, so I do wonder if that has something to do with their choice," she says. "It came to a head post-result, when a relative asked: 'How can Remain voters call leave voters 'racist?'"

I've never felt so insulted by family members before

"I had pointed out that sharing EDL, Britain First and BNP posts online [means] people will assume you share those views and are likely to call you a racist, homophobe and a sexist."

After that, things took a nasty turn. "I'm no longer engaging with it. My family isn't impressed I 'called my family racist', and the whole referendum has certainly created a them versus us divide that I don't think will heal any time soon. I haven't spoken to any of them since Friday. It's a bit sore."

Naturally, not all tales of post-referendum familial disharmony will be so extreme. Where some parents are defiant in their voting choice, for others, a certain amount of guilt is setting in. "My whole family voted leave," says Emma. "My brother, who is 31, now feels awful about it and wishes he hadn't even voted at all. My parents have been staunch Eurosceptics their whole lives, and are pleased with the result. But my mum now feels bad about how upset I am; and all of her friends' children have been upset, too. We are having very tense conversations.

I'm ashamed of my own mother. I'm incredibly angry that she didn't consider the future of her children

"I don't begrudge her the life that she has had - my parents are homeowners who retired early with nice pensions - because she has worked damn hard for it. I'm not even angry with her for voting the way she has, because she has a right to her views. I just feel sad about my own future and I can't pretend that I'm not. And so she feels bad for making me feel sad, which just keeps going in a never-ending cycle. I feel like we are both hurting and we can't help each other."

Jo, too, is cut up about her parents' decision. "My parents voted out. I was very shocked when I found out how they were voting," she says. "My parents were anti-Thatcherites, originally from the north-east, and they partially blamed Europe for the loss of industry and jobs in the north. They are not racists and they are degree-educated people who had decided years ago that if the vote ever came up they would vote out.

"They felt lied to in the original vote as to what Europe would become. It seemed to be a vote for nostalgia. I had a hard time picking up the phone on Friday, and I think mum was upset as to how distraught I was about the result. She said she never thought it would actually be out and was surprised. I feel like something has died that we can't get back as a nation."

Due to petty quibbles with EU practice, my parents have voted away my right to live and work in nearly 30 countries

One woman I speak to is so furious with her uncle for voting leave that she is considering not inviting him to her wedding. "I just don't want anything to do with him at the moment," she says. "Maybe after a few days I will calm down. Then again, maybe not."

From speaking to young people up and down the country, many of whom are now embroiled in rifts with the closest members of their families, it becomes clear that their reactions to the result are not just matters of political principle, but come from a place of profound grief and betrayal. It sounds dramatic but, for many, the heartbreak is total, because of the futures so many feel they have lost. One person I speak to, from west Wales, has spent their entire adult life studying or working on an EU-funded programme across several European countries, and is furious that despite this their mother didn't even bother to vote. Another, who speaks two EU languages, is working on a third, and dreams of living abroad, is furious. "Now, because of petty quibbles with EU practice, my parents have voted away my right to live and work in nearly 30 countries," she says. "Everything I've studied for, for as long as I can remember, has been thrown away over false constructs of sovereignty and lies about immigration.

"I am presumably one of the citizens who leave voters thought they were winning the country back for. I don't want their toxic, pathetic little country, it is not mine. If I had anywhere else to go I would burn my passport."

You can imagine how it must feel, to invest so much of your young adult life into the European project, only to have your parents undermine it. "How could they do this?" is the phrase that comes up again and again. Some tell me they are leaving the Labour party, dismayed at what they perceive as Jeremy Corbyn's failure to passionately fight for the EU they so love, or are moving to Scotland and plan to vote SNP, and several mention the Lib Dems' promise to campaign to reverse the decision if there is a snap general election. Whatever happens, there is a huge swell of political support among young people for remaining in the EU that clever politicians could potentially galvanise.

I don't want anything to do with my uncle at the moment

In the meantime, young people are reflecting on the fact that you only get one adult life, and it's one that politicians and parents alike have gambled with. "I'm ashamed of my own mother," says Jamie. "It's a horrible feeling. I'm incredibly angry that she didn't consider the future of her young children who are just starting out in the world.

"We're graduates, starting our careers and beginning postgraduate studies. We're newlyweds and nearlyweds, looking for our first homes and who will be starting families in the next 10 years. But when our mum voted, she chose to ignore that, driven by her hate for foreigners, rather than love for her own children. She's sacrificed a lot in life to give us the best chances but now, with one little cross in a box, she's undone all the good she did for us. I just don't understand why she didn't listen to her children before she voted."

Mum says we all make bad choices, she voted for Thatcher in '79, and she forgives me

Not all young people voted to remain, of course. Emily, 26, voted leave, while her mum, dad and grandad all voted remain. "My mum hung up the phone on me when she found out my younger sister and I had voted leave. Dad said he was devastated at the result, and my granddad, a second world war veteran, initially told me he was worried for a future he wouldn't see." Her younger sister, who is a student, also voted leave.

"Being young, both my sister and I felt we were at the sharp end of the economic crash. She's saddled with £9,000-a-year tuition fees she didn't have any say about, and set to work under the dreaded junior doctor contact in a decimated NHS. I'm still paying nearly half my income in rent. We wanted something to give. Mum and Dad are second-home owners. Grandad has been retired longer than he has worked. The system worked for them. Now the economic reality is beginning to set in, I'm not sure if I made the right decision. Mum says we all make bad choices, she voted for Thatcher in 79, and she forgives me. Grandad says not to worry, nothing will be as bad as the Great Depression he grew up in. When he was a child, he was so hungry he ate acorns for dinner and had no shoes. People nowadays need to toughen up, he says. It'll be OK in the end."
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Family rifts over Brexit: 'I can barely look at my parents'

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'I'm worried Brexit has made me ageist," a friend said, following the shock of the referendum result on Friday morning. "I saw this older couple in the street and just felt this sudden, enormous wave of fury towards them and their generation. It was almost physical."

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Advancing equality for disabled learners in workplace learning

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Advancing equality for disabled learners in workplace learning

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In this SFA/ECU Good Practice Fund (2014/15) project Grantham College, worked collaboratively with learners, employers and a range of other agencies, to:

increase opportunities for disabled learners

make progression pathways clear to both learners and employers

challenge perceptions of potential learners and employers – enabling positive attitudes

increase the number of employers who would consider employing a trainee or apprentice

demonstrate to employers how they can make their recruitment practices more inclusive

Resources were developed to address underrepresentation in the workplace for those with disabilities. For more visit the project page on the Equalities Toolkit website: http://bit.ly/Grantham_gpfp

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Government Office for Science: Future of an Ageing Population

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Government Office for Science: Future of an Ageing Population

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This report brings together evidence about today’s older population, with future trends and projections, to identify the implications for the UK. It is hoped that this evidence will help government to develop the policies needed to adapt to an ageing population.

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Why our sector leaders must change: intergenerational mis-matching gender identities 

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Why our sector leaders must change: intergenerational mis-matching gender identities 

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Highlighted in our recent research report, Pride and Prejudice in Education, the Forum for Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity will shortly launch a briefing for sector leaders on the increasing intergenerational divide in our sector  in relation to gender identities.

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In this recording from the Festival of #Identities livestream on 11 May 2016 at City Lit, Kelly Pickard-Smith presents 'Mathematical Identities' the stand-up routine in which she presents insights from her PhD research. Her routine which was a sell-out at the international science festival: 'Pint of Science' 2015, highlights how learning, teaching and succeeding in maths is at times an inter-generational issue.

Health warning:  this video may contain language that some people may find offensive
NB the livestream includes live closed captions

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In this recording from the Festival of #Identities livestream on 11 May 2016 at City Lit, Kelly Pickard-Smith presents 'Mathematical Identities' the stand-up routine in which she presents insights from her PhD research. Her routine was a sell-out at the international science festival: 'Pint of Science' 2015.

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Youthquakes: Arts and education as epicentres of cultural change?  

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Youthquakes: Arts and education as epicentres of cultural change?  

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This episode of the Front Row: The Cultural Response To Brexit, explores whether Brexit presents an artistic opportunity, if it signals a retreat from European culture, how it will be reflected in the books, films, plays and music of the next few years, and what art can do to help us navigate the realities of post-Brexit Britain

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Front Row: The Cultural Response To Brexit, Front Row - BBC Radio 4

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Artists and writers respond to Brexit in a special edition of Front Row from the RSA.

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How black young men are overcoming the label of educational 'failure' to achieve success

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How black young men are overcoming the label of educational 'failure' to achieve success

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This Runnymede article explores some of the issues relating to young black males association  with ‘underperformance’ in education, the ideas around black masculinity and the ways in which young black men are transforming their negative experiences to achieve success.
http://bit.ly/2ajWD0M