Who are SUN Young Researchers ?
Are a group of young people , aged 13-18 from across Hampshire , Isle of Wight , Bournemouth , Christchurch and Poole ; trained in : research , facilitation and presentation skills .
SUN Young Researchers is a project involving young people from Hampshire , Isle of Wight , Bournemouth , Christchurch and Poole , aged 11-18 , SUN and Participation People .
The project began in 2018 . Since then , young people have been asked to research the
following topics :
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Higher education Careers events Aspirations
Number of survey responden
6,000 5,000 4,000 3,000 2,000
2019 2020 Year
There was a lot of qualitative data to crunch this year ; as Young Researchers delivered 6 focus groups with more vulnerable young people .
This year , they were asked to investigate young people ' s habits , perceptions and lived experiences of : 1 . Barriers to education 2 . Enablers to education 3 . Young people ' s in uencers on decisions about their future
Young Researchers have learnt and improved on lots of skills throughout the project . Their top 10 this year were : 1 . Con dence 2 . Communication skills 3 . Team work 4 . Questioning skills 5 . Data analysis 6 . Presentation skills 7 . Leadership 9 . Speaking with different audiences 10 . Problem solving
We have written this report to be young person friendly and hope student councils will use it to give their campaigns clout !
Since running the survey a few things have changed locally and nationally including , but not exclusive of :
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A new government , including new leadership of government departments . The UK is no longer part of Europe . Covid19 pandemic . A new focus on technical quali cations for young people . GCSE and A-Level exam cancellations and changes to grading .
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