During 2008, Phase 2 of the Youthworx project will feature a launch, a new Research Fellow, a new book and a PhD.
Plans for 2008 include:
The operational launch of the Youthworx initiative, including the recruitment of a new Research Fellow and a part-time youth-worker (based at Youth Development Australia), to facilitate the entry of the first cohort of program participants into the Youthworx program, the YDA and then SYN-FM, via the Brunswick corps of the Salvation Army. This will begin in early 2008.
Ethnographic research by the new Research Fellow at YDA and SYN-FM, tracking expectations, processes and outcomes from the entry of disadvantaged young people into the Youthworx project and SYN-FM programs.
Completion of Ellie Rennie’s book and of a series of articles and conference papers by investigators.
Completion of several chapters of Chris Wilson’s PhD project.