CAYT research digest: number 2

Welcome to the second edition of the Centre for the Analysis of Youth Transitions (CAYT) digest. In this digest we aim to bring to the Department's attention key pieces of work in the field of youth transitions. In particular we highlight high quality research that has been published in the last year.

To correspond to the work streams that CAYT is working on, we have organised the research under the following themes:

• education and employment;
• risky behaviours and positive activities;
• disadvantaged and vulnerable groups.

In this second edition of our digest we also include a brief summary of CAYT work to date, highlighting key findings from the research we have carried out for the Department . Additionally, we have included a special theme in this edition, focusing on an issue of particular policy interest, namely the effectiveness of more autonomous schools.

We start with a brief update on the major projects that CAYT has completed so far.

A repository of CAYT impact studies is hosted Mentor-Adepis (Alcohol and Drug Education and Prevention Information Service).