The latest NYA-collated database indicates that there are now 39 validated higher education youth work courses on offer across 28 universities and colleges in the UK as of June 2018.
That is a drop of five courses since November 2017, when the National Youth Agency (NYA) reported that there were 44 validated courses across 28 higher education institutions.
The NYA has stressed that the figures for June 2018 are provisional, and could be subject to change, but the findings tally with a trend of declining choice for those wishing to study youth work.
In 2007/08 there were more than 60 courses on offer from more than 40 institutions. Since then the number of degree, graduate certificate, masters and postgraduate diploma in youth work programmes has been falling.
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