Next Generation UK 2024 offers insights into the lives of young people across the country. It explores the hopes that they hold for themselves, the most pressing issues they see in the UK, and globally, and how they view their place in the world.
The report reveals that young people remain optimistic about their futures, despite facing a number of challenges in their daily lives, particularly around housing and employment. They are globally-minded, balancing their concerns about issues such as climate change, conflict and inequality, with the belief that they, and the country, can and should make the effort to address them.
We caught up with the Future Voices Group Ambassadors to discuss key insights from the report.
Dive into this comprehensive report to uncover the aspirations, challenges, and global outlooks of young people across the UK.
Explore the unique perspectives and shared experiences from all four UK nations: England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Citation
Pavic, A., Furphy, H., McGinn, M., Carr, N., & Shelley, T. (2024). Next Generation UK 2024. British Council. https://doi.org/10.57884/93HG-4K20
The dataset is available via the UK Data Service: British Council. (2025). Next Generation: United Kingdom, 2024. [data collection]. UK Data Service. SN: 9414, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-9414-1
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