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![2nd NEXT-UP Living Lab Workshop: Emerging Insights on Youth Education–Employment Transitions [20.04]](https://www.nextup-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/devin-avery-lhAy4wmkjSk-unsplash-scaled.jpg)
2nd NEXT-UP Living Lab Workshop: Emerging Insights on Youth Education–Employment Transitions [20.04]
On April, 20 we have met online with 42 young people, employer representatives, policy makers, researchers at the 2nd NEXT-UP Living Lab workshop, where NEXT-UP research teams across Europe shared their initial research findings on youth transitions from education to employment in post-covid era. Each presentation was followed by a brief stakeholder engagement activity (e.g.
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Practical Recommendations to Boost Graduate Employability Through Internships
In Finland, internships are a compulsory component of the majority of Universities of Applied Sciences (UAS) degrees, forming a central bridge between academic study and professional practice. Because of this bridging role, the quality and accessibility of internships directly shape young people’s readiness for work — and, ultimately, their opportunities after graduation. While higher education
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Tampere Summer Job Voucher: a social innovation for youth employability
Across Europe, cities are looking for practical ways to help young people enter working life at a time when entry-level jobs are becoming scarcer and competition is increasing. Summer Job Voucher (Kesätyöseteli) is one such instrument available almost in every city in Finland: a subsidy that supports young people in accessing their first work experience
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Next-UP Living Lab kick-off
The Living Lab* kickoff on 3 November was a success, bringing together more than 40 participants from 10 countries: researchers, young people, employer representatives and policymakers. The program featured an overview of the Next-UP project and it’s Living Lab approach (WP6), the keynote by the president of Tampere Youth Council and hybrid-mode group discussions on
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![Invitation to Next-UP Living Lab kick-off, [November, 3 at 10.00-12.00, CET]](https://www.nextup-project.eu/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/volodymyr-hryshchenko-V5vqWC9gyEU-unsplash-scaled.jpg)
Invitation to Next-UP Living Lab kick-off, [November, 3 at 10.00-12.00, CET]
We warmly invite you to participate in the Next-UP Living Lab activities: 📍The Next-UP Living Lab, coordinated by Tampere University, serves as a mediating space for collaborative innovation. Through interactive workshops (e.g., World Café, Foresight Game, Policy Co-design), it facilitates dialogue among youth, educators and career services, employers and HR professionals, policy-makers and public officials,