Latest youth work training figures show a decline in the number of people undertaking youth and community work courses, and in those gaining employment upon completion of their degree.
The National Youth Agency's Annual Monitoring of Youth and Community Work Programmes reveals the latest trends in youth work training. It shows that 673 students were recruited in 2015/16, compared with 793 the year before. This is just under half of 2009's figure of 1,277 and down 278 on 2011's tally of 951.
On average, higher education institutions managed to recruit 97 per cent of their expected target. However, of 51 programmes monitored, just 14 met or exceeded this target and nine failed to recruit any students.
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