Andrea Barry

DD for Work, Retirement and Transitions at Centre for Ageing Better. Formerly at JRF and YFF. Also a NCAA gymnastics fan. All opinions expressed are my own.

[Andrea Barry @AndreaPhD]

@Rrrrnessa Whew. I didn’t realise how much this would relate as an American working and living in the UK (for 13 years). I’m lucky that my coworkers deal with my directness much better than others. It hasn’t been a problem in this workplace, but was clearly a problem in others.

[Andrea Barry @AndreaPhD]

“Apprenticeships help young people prepare for employment - “but not enough are able to access them”, Dr Barry says.”

More than 850,000 youngsters not in education or employment in UK - BBC https://t.co/ztxzbzsNjG

[Andrea Barry @AndreaPhD]

This personal for me. My daughter had Mongolian Blue Spots on her forehead and bum. I had SO many horrible comments from the public and GPs. Can't believe this mum was actually arrested!

[Melissa Sigodo @melissasigodo]

A breastfeeding mum was separated from her 6mo baby & locked in a cell for 20 hrs after staff at Basingstoke & North Hampshire Hospital had her arrested on suspicion of child neglect after mistaking her son's ‘blue spot’ birthmarks for bruises. Devastating https://t.co/Z8xeh9vqCz

[Andrea Barry @AndreaPhD]

@melissasigodo My daughter was born with the same spot on her forehead. She's mixed Black and white, so was actually quite pale when she was born. The amount of times I was accused in public of abusing my baby, as a new mum, was pretty awful. Poor mum, it really sucks.

[Youth Futures Foundation @YF_Foundation]

Youth Futures Foundation, the What Works Centre for youth employment, is on a mission to fill data gaps and advance research, all aimed at enhancing employment opportunities for young people facing challenges.
Dive into the latest data below.

➡️ https://t.co/sNsgxJmsTb

[Open Innovations @OpenInnovates]

For those of you planning to stay up to watch the #GE2024 we are with you and you can see the results on our map live here https://t.co/JLNppTCeK0

[Youth Futures Foundation @YF_Foundation]

Today's @ONS figures reveal yet another significant rise for young people not in employment, education or training (NEET) in the UK.

Dr Andrea Barry, Principal Economist at Youth Futures Foundation, comments on the latest data:

[Institute for Employment Studies @EmploymtStudies]

Call for evidence: as part of a project for @YF_Foundation, we are completing an evidence review of effective approaches to support disadvantaged young people into self-employment. We welcome any recommendations of research papers to include. Contact https://t.co/wWqp0jZNoZ

[Andrea Barry @AndreaPhD]

UBI for for farmers...? https://t.co/ZJ3W8OXgIg

[The Work Foundation @WorkFoundation]

🏆Our #researchoftheweek goes to @YF_Foundation for their survey on ‘Discrimination and work.' 🧵⬇️

It found that 48% of young people have experienced prejudice/discrimination when entering the workplace. (1/6)

https://t.co/rLqvUGkm5y

[Chris Goulden @Chris_Goulden]

Latest government stats out yesterday. Poverty levels for young heads of families are shocking:

Poverty rates (after housing costs):
🔴No kids: age 16-19 = 30%; age 20-24 = 22%

❗️With kids: age 16-24 = 56%
(materially deprived + in low income = 40%)

https://t.co/AIGn0GYbmg

[Youth Futures Foundation @YF_Foundation]

Our Board member, Lord Simon Woolley, was featured on @SkyNews this afternoon, discussing our recent survey of young people from ethnic minority backgrounds and its findings.

Find out more about the report, here: https://t.co/8eNUrdao9T

[Youth Futures Foundation @YF_Foundation]

The latest @ONS revealed this morning that the number of unemployed young people remains high, and continues to rise. 📈

@AndreaPhD, Principal Economist at Youth Futures comments on the latest statistics:

[Youth Futures Foundation @YF_Foundation]

Interested in evidence generation and evaluation? Join our team!

You still have time to apply for our Senior Economist and Senior Evidence & Evaluation Manager roles.

👉 https://t.co/RBxQDgvRkc

[Andrea Barry @AndreaPhD]

Really excited to finally launch this work that I led on for Youth Futures, working with NatCen. Excellent use of data, and very applicable locally. Also recommend viewing the local data on our Data Dashboard (https://t.co/TG2dIzFkRZ).

[Youth Futures Foundation @YF_Foundation]

New research identifies the key risk factors for young people becoming NEET 📊

The report reveals that there are two groups of young people facing multiple types of marginalisation that are associated with a substantial increase in becoming NEET.

https://t.co/er2AN1kdMk

[Dr Fiona Aldridge @FionaAldridge]

Great to see this new research from @YF_Foundation. At @WestMids_CA, we’ll be using it to better understand which young people are most at risk of becoming NEET, and why, and to design solutions to mitigate these risks.

[Open Innovations @OpenInnovates]

We are very proud of the #Data Dashboard we have created together with @YF_Foundation. It uses #OpenData from the @ONS & presents the current youth labour situation. Using these visualisations can help improve youth employment outcomes.

https://t.co/d6UWSrccWn

[Youth Futures Foundation @YF_Foundation]

Working collaboratively with Open Innovations, we have launched our Data Dashboard. In our mission to improve employment outcomes for young people, we want to give stakeholders quick and practical access to high-quality evidence on youth employment.

https://t.co/a1rAJNQGAN

[Chris Goulden @Chris_Goulden]

A labour of love from @AndreaPhD and @OpenInnovates - delighted to announce the new @YF_Foundation data dashboard! We will be adding more data to this over the coming months. Please let us know what you think...!

https://t.co/zREqMohjsa

[The Work Foundation @WorkFoundation]

🚨📢EVENT: Join us 2pm Tue 21 Nov to explore new research on the 9 Mayoral Combined Authorities & Greater London, and the interventions that could improve workers' access to secure work
Feat @BRHarrison_ @RFlorisson @AndreaPhD @FionaAldridge @Paul_Swinney
https://t.co/K0sFpQfX7Z