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  • First training for interviewers at Tallinn University on 6th of October 2025

    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]

    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

    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

    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!

    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

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