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📈The number of young people out of work or training has hit a 12-year high – rising to over one million, according to the Office for National Statistics.   The Rt Hon. Alan Milburn published an interim report for his independent review into young people and work, which finds that those not in education, employment or training cost the UK £125bn per year. It also warns that one in six young people could become NEET in the next five years if action is not urgently taken.   In a recent RAND Europe commentary, experts from our Education, Employment and Skills team highlight that over half of young people classed as NEET report having a health condition and many also face complex challenges, caring responsibilities or deep-seated disengagement from formal systems.    The authors argue that although there is no quick fix to this crisis, we don't have to start from scratch.    They outline effective initiatives from countries around the world and demonstrate how these can be adopted in a UK context.    Read the commentary to find out more: https://lnkd.in/ehfWNrHy

📈 The number of young people out of work or training has hit a 12-year high – rising to over one million. Find out how the UK can address its NEET crisis in this week's round-up of RAND Europe activity👇

Yesterday, we were proud to continue our longstanding collaboration with the Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission by welcoming the Marshall Scholars to our Cambridge office for an introduction to policy research. The programme featured insights from our researchers on career pathways in the field, as well as project presentations from our teams on topics such as dual-use space systems, drug and alcohol treatment and recovery services, and the STEP Ukraine programme which supports Ukrainian guests to adjust to life in the UK. The Marshall Aid Commemoration Commission is a Non Departmental Public Body of the British Government, sponsored by the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). Discover more about the projects👇 Dual-use space systems: https://lnkd.in/etm5A_jP Drug and alcohol treatment and recovery services: https://lnkd.in/evFG9ShJ STEP Ukraine: https://lnkd.in/ePjpqGQD

📢 Call for participants!   Are you interested in helping us to understand how military families can have positive experiences of overseas postings? Take part in an online focus group to talk about your experience.   Are you:   🔹 An ex-serving member of the Regular or Reserve UK Armed Forces, or 🔹 A partner of a serving or ex-serving member of the Regular or Reserve UK Armed Forces,   AND within the last 3 years, have you:   🔹 Considered going on an overseas posting (even if you ended up not going), or 🔹 Been on an accompanied posting overseas, or 🔹 Been separated from your partner due to an unaccompanied posting.   If this applies to you, please fill out this Expression of Interest survey: https://lnkd.in/e6gAkkuy   This research is conducted by RAND Europe. The VFFO project is delivered by the Army Families Federation (AFF) in partnership with the Naval and RAF Families Federations, and funded by the Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust.

🏠In the UK, around four million households rely on the social housing sector for a safe and decent home. Yet long-standing concerns about the safety and quality of social housing remain. To address these concerns, the Regulator of Social Housing (RSH) introduced a set of Consumer Regulation Reforms designed to strengthen landlords' accountability for providing safe, good-quality homes. The RSH has commissioned a consortium led by RAND Europe, with Shared Intelligence and the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research, to deliver an independent, theory-based impact evaluation of its Consumer Regulation Reforms, and assess whether they are leading to improved outcomes for tenants. Find out more about the project here👉 https://lnkd.in/eWVJdp-c

Over one million young people are out of work or training, costing the UK £125bn per year.    The Rt Hon Alan Milburn is leading an independent review into young people not in education, employment or training (NEET). The interim report, published today, argues that "fundamental and far-reaching reform is needed" to address the NEET crisis.   We are proud to note that experts from our Education, Employment and Skills team at RAND Europe contributed evidence to help shape the findings of this report.    In addition, RAND Europe's recent paper for Youth Futures Foundation identifies successful initiatives from across the globe and offers recommendations for how the UK can translate these lessons into practice.    Read our paper to find out more👇 Madeline Nightingale Martha Aitken Christoph Körbitz Sarah Cheesbrough Christian Van Stolk

Compared to just a year ago, offensive cyber capabilities are far more widely accessible thanks to advances in frontier AI models. Capabilities once reserved for experts are now within reach of anyone who can install the software. As the cyber landscape continues to evolve, states and security actors must develop a more sophisticated understanding of AI-enabled cyber capabilities. The AI Security Institute commissioned RAND and RAND Europe to conduct a human uplift study, which evaluated the impact of AI access on offensive cyber operations among lower-skilled actors. The report offers evidence-based insight into how AI access affects novice human cyberattacks. From this data, our experts offer recommendations for policymakers, AI labs, researchers and cybersecurity teams. Read the report to find out more👇

☀️ How might climate change affect the workplace?   A new policy brief depicts four possible future scenarios, each with various climate change developments and crises. Each scenario considers the potential indirect impacts of climate change on workplace health, safety and wellbeing in Europe over the next 10 to 25 years.   This policy brief is one in a series of three delivered by RAND Europe, in partnership with the Insight Foresight Institute (IFI) and the AIT Austrian Institute of Technology as part of the Foresight-on-Demand consortium Swipe to explore the scenarios👇