Biography
Alice is a Senior Research and Engagement Officer for the ESRC-funded Young Lives, Young Futures study.
Alice has a PhD in youth policy which she completed at King’s College London as part of the Young Lives, Young Future study. Her research explored the reality and potential of youth participation in national policymaking in England.
Alice’s background is in youth work and youth policy. Prior to joining King’s, she was a Policy Advisor in the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. Working in the Youth Policy Team, she led an expansion of national youth voice programmes to enable young people to participate in government policymaking. Alice is a qualified youth worker and supports a range of youth groups, including a local youth council, youth club and participation groups for care experienced young people.
Research
Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR)
The Centre for Public Policy Research is an interdisciplinary research centre research developing critical analyses of social change and social in/justice in education and other policy arenas, sectors and contexts to inform national and international policy debate, social activism, and personal, professional and organisational learning.
Opportunity, equality and agency in England's new VET landscape: a longitudinal study of post-16 transitions (Young Lives, Young Futures)
How England's vocational education and training (VET) system could better support the school to work transitions of young people who don’t go to university.
Project status: Ongoing
News
Young people who do not want to go to university lack support from schools and policy
Young people seeking non-university routes are being neglected by schools and policy due to a 'hidden curriculum' that values academic routes over vocational...
ECS student wins Policy Idol 2023
ECS postgraduate researcher Alice Weavers was voted Policy Idol 2023 for her idea of gov.uk/youth, a platform to involve young people in national policy-making.
Young Lives, Young Futures: Helping young people shape the future of education
A project looking at education and employment opportunities available to young people who don't go to university has launched.
Features
How do we change the status quo? Start by involving young people
The concept of child participation is enshrined in the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, but too often engagement with young people is tokenistic...
Research
Centre for Public Policy Research (CPPR)
The Centre for Public Policy Research is an interdisciplinary research centre research developing critical analyses of social change and social in/justice in education and other policy arenas, sectors and contexts to inform national and international policy debate, social activism, and personal, professional and organisational learning.
Opportunity, equality and agency in England's new VET landscape: a longitudinal study of post-16 transitions (Young Lives, Young Futures)
How England's vocational education and training (VET) system could better support the school to work transitions of young people who don’t go to university.
Project status: Ongoing
News
Young people who do not want to go to university lack support from schools and policy
Young people seeking non-university routes are being neglected by schools and policy due to a 'hidden curriculum' that values academic routes over vocational...
ECS student wins Policy Idol 2023
ECS postgraduate researcher Alice Weavers was voted Policy Idol 2023 for her idea of gov.uk/youth, a platform to involve young people in national policy-making.
Young Lives, Young Futures: Helping young people shape the future of education
A project looking at education and employment opportunities available to young people who don't go to university has launched.
Features
How do we change the status quo? Start by involving young people
The concept of child participation is enshrined in the 1989 UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, but too often engagement with young people is tokenistic...