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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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Trento Meeting in November
Welcome Early November, we had our 2nd Consortium Meeting. After the inspiring Kick Off at Tampere University in cold and snowy Finland this time we went to the north again -not of Europe, but the north of Italy. Trento welcomed us with clear weather and great food on the Wednesday evening. Day one The next
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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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Second training for Interviewers at CSI – University of Heidelberg on the 17th of October 2025
In preparation of the upcoming interviews for the Next-UP project the UAB team visited CSI at University of Heidelberg. Lara and Victoria led the team at CSI through the procedures of the planned interviews. They presented not only the protocol in detail. The researchers discussed tricky questions of translating the protocol and sampling procedures. An
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First training for interviewers at Tallinn University on 6th of October 2025
NEXT-UP project is very interested in perceptions of young people concerning education and training and their perspectives and expectations towards job markets. In WP2 the UAB team is leading an international collection of 125 longitudinal qualitative interviews. Partners will take the interviews following the same protocol. To insure consistency of the implementation of protocols and
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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,
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Rethinking Youth Education-to-Work Transitions: From Fixing Graduates to Building the Ecosystem
For years we have tried to improve youth employment by ‘fixing’ young people with more workshops, more micro-credentials, and more bootcamps. Yet many early careers still get stuck. The real problem isn’t a lack of effort or talent. It’s that the system young people enter is not joined up. The move from education to work
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Successful kick-off meeting in Tampere, Finland
In January, the kick-off meeting of our promising international project “next-up” took place in Tampere, Finland. The event was a complete success, both on a human and professional level. The project consortium, which consisted of several partners from different European countries, had met in a relaxed and professional atmosphere, which laid the foundation for successful
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The internet just got a little more exciting!
The internet just got a little more exciting! Today marks the official launch of www.nextup-project.eu, a new platform for our project. Learn more about our work, the teams we work in, and many news items that emerge during our collaboration. We’re still in the start-up phase, but feel free to sign up for our newsletter today