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8:33	theother66 - Young people: Finding their way in a new era - Policy forum

8:33	theother66 - NCVER - Melbourne Park Function Centre - Tuesday 11 November 2009

8:42	theother66 - Key Note Presentation from: Dr Lucas Walsh, Director of Research, Foundation for Young Australians

8:45	theother66 - Foundation of Young Australian - not for profit - commissions, conduct sand partners in research

8:45	theother66 - What has been the impact of the global economic downturn on young Australian?

8:56

theother66 - More than one third (36%) of young people are not fully engaged in the first year out of school:
- part-time work = 17%
- Unemployment - 11%
- not in the labour market - 8%

The first year out of school has significant impact on how young people are able to engage in the labour market

9:07	theother66 - Regional and remote areas will need targeted funding to help them develop innovative ideas to engage young people to complete year 12 and engage in post-compulsory education. Large states and metropolitan areas are reaching their educational certification targets.

9:09	theother66 - Worlds of work - program to help young people try work experiences outside of their traditional communities ie regional & remote young people - http://bit.ly/19G9Z5

9:19	theother66 - More young people are taking a pathway into further education.

9:21	theother66 - What are the implications of having young people taking longer before they more into full time work ie full time further education, gap years?

9:21	theother66 - The school, family and the community are responsible for the education of young people.

9:23	theother66 - Recognition of the importance of the 'early years' is key factor. Engaging young people in the 'middle years' is important in preventing early drop out.

9:23	theother66 - How will our aging population impact on young people?

9:26

theother66 - Patterning shows:
- younger people are taking longer to get into the labour market
- the need to support an aging popluation (ie by 2051 up to 45% of the Australian population will be over 65 years old, retired, out of the labour market)
- heavy economic responsbility for those individuals from 25-65 years old

9:29	theother66 - Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians: - Goal 1 - Australian schooling promotes equity and excellence - Goal 2 - all young Australians become: successful learners, confident and creative individuals, and active and informed citizens http://bit.ly/3QngZo

9:33	theother66 - New forms of engaging in 'democracy' and democratic decision making through active volunteerism

9:36	theother66 - Young people don't see a distinction between what they do and technology. They don't agree with using the terms: - "cyber-bullying" is still bullying - "e-learning is still learning"

9:37	theother66 - Need to focus on much broader definitions of 'success' in education - not just about a good year 12 result

9:39	theother66 - "Ecological Refugees" - Pacific Islands who have been trans-located

10:08

theother66 - The Education and employment outcomes of youth in school to work transitions
Nicolas Herault, Weiping Kostenko, Gary Marks and Rezida Zakirova
University of Melbourne

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