80by18
Years active: 2013-2014
Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council
The 80by18 project is premised on the assumption that cities are potentially powerfully rich resources for young people’s learning that are too often untapped; that young people have a right to participate in the public, civic and commercial lives of cities and to influence what happens there; and that the sorts of contemporary economic, technological and environmental challenges that young people are facing requires young people to participate in activities and experiences that simply cannot be provided by schools alone.
The project aims: to identify and mobilise the organisations, places, spaces of the city that could offer interesting and challenging future-facing experiences for young people; to make these resources visible to young people online along with resources to help them access them; and to actively encourage young people to participate in these experiences.
To realise these aims, the project has involved:
- a city-wide engagement process, involving workshops with 120 young people to identify the resources of the city that might support young people’s learning and development and
- the creation of a website that showcases ’80 things to do in Bristol before you are 18’ and guidance to help young people achieve the challenge
Principal investigator
- Keri Facer
Co-researchers
- Paul Strauss (Research Fellow)