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  • Blog
  • 11th Apr 2024

Could summer jobs stop youth violence?

In many American cities, Summer Youth Employment Programs offer young people from disadvantaged backgrounds short-term paid employment during the long summer break from school. Some of these programmes have been in existence for decades and operate at a huge scale. Given the evidence from the US on violent youth offending,…
  • Report
  • 6th Feb 2024

How can we promote a reasoned use of screens by children?

We tested a digital family mediation tool, offering information and support to parents and guiding them to create their own personalised strategy for better managing screen time at home.

Also available in: Français

  • Report
  • 6th Feb 2024

Comment promouvoir un usage raisonné des écrans chez les enfants ?

Nous avons testé un outil numérique de médiation familiale, permettant d’offrir de l’information et du soutien aux parents et de les guider dans la création d’une stratégie personnalisée pour mieux gérer les écrans à la maison

Also available in: English

  • Blog
  • 6th Feb 2024

“Together for a safer internet”: how and why we should put children and young people at the heart of designing future internet policy

Today is Safer Internet Day, raising awareness globally of a safer and better internet for all, especially for children and young people. Lis Costa, Managing Director of BIT UK, considers how we might make this year’s theme of “Together for a safer internet” a meaningful reality. 
  • Blog
  • 5th Dec 2023

Three remarkable new findings in PISA - the worlds guide to how our kids are learning (or not)

In the world of education, the PISA results are the World Cup, Olympics and Oscars all rolled into one. For a generation they have provided the benchmark study on how well our children are learning - and how well our educational systems are performing. 
  • Blog
  • 27th Nov 2023

Using behavioural insights to improve school attendance

Absent children are at greater risk of harm, through abuse and exploitation, and are much less likely to achieve the qualifications that unlock future opportunity. 
  • Blog
  • 25th Apr 2023

From oratory to laboratory - turning words into action and launching the EYV Lab

The recent Ending Youth Violence Lab launch event (4th April) was a significant milestone for us.  It was our first major opportunity to engage with stakeholders across the sector, and to set out what we are seeking to achieve and how we will work.
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Callum O'Mahony

Callum is an Advisor in BIT’s Education team. Since joining BIT, Callum has worked on several exploratory qualitative research projects with Nesta, aiming to improve outcomes in the early years. Other projects include work for the Education Endowment Foundation and Department for Education. Prior to joining BIT, Callum trained as…
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Julia Ryle-Hodges

Julia is an Advisor working in the Education team. Before joining BIT, Julia spent five years as a primary school teacher, focusing particularly on supporting children’s writing. Prior to that, she was a research assistant in the Psychology Department in the University of Oxford where she evaluated the impact of…
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Dr Jovita Leung

Jovita is an Advisor in the Health and Wellbeing team at the London office. She has delivered projects across a range of  policy areas including obesity, childhood vaccination, mental health, and early years. Jovita has worked on a range of projects spanning from qualitative studies exploring barriers and facilitators for…