Category: Blog
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WEBINAR NUMBER 26: BUILDING AND BENCHMARKING YOUTH ESSENTIAL SKILLS
Date & Time: 18th July 2024 – 13.30 – 15.00 (UK) Register HERE now and be part of the conversation! This webinar is hosted by Dr. Deirdre Hughes – Director of DMH & Associates with guest speakers Jo Clark, Director of Programmes and Impact at Envision and Chris Percy, Senior Researcher, DMH & Associates. Join…
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CAREERCHAT(UK) UK WINS PRESTIGIOUS AWARD – UK CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARD (UKCDA) 2024
CareerChat (UK) is thrilled to announce that we have won the prestigious Career Development Institute’s award for Use of Technology in Career Development. This accolade celebrates four years of innovative work on ‘CiCi,’ a truly groundbreaking curated careers chatbot drawing on AI, including large language models. CiCi stands for Careers innovation and Careers intelligence. Previously…
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DEBATE IN ENGLAND’S PARLIAMENT TODAY: CAREERS GUIDANCE
Christina Rees in the Chair] 2.30pm – https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-07-13/debates/16ADC431-015A-40EC-8731-CC36152A63C2/CareersGuidanceInSchools Mike Amesbury (Weaver Vale) (Lab) I beg to move, That this House has considered the provision of careers guidance in schools. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship once again, Ms Rees, and I welcome the new Minister to her place. In 1985, I left…
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NEW INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANISATION (ILO) DIGITAL INVENTORY OF CAREER GUIDANCE TOOLS
In this article in FE News Deirdre Hughes highlights the new Digital Inventory of Career Gudiance Tools in which the Careerchat Ltd chatbot CiCi is featured. Deirdre was part of the team who recognised that a careers chatbot would be a major tool for careers practitioners to help support individuals to explore their career options.…
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LIFELONG GUIDANCE: DIFFERENT MODELS TO MEASURE IMPACT
Our amazing Dr. Deirdre Hughes OBE would like to introduce the latest Cedefop report, FRESH OFF THE PRESS published only a couple of days ago! Cedefop – Towards European Standards for Monitoring and Evaluation of Lifelong Guidance Systems and Services (VOL. I) This new first volume published today by the Centre for the Development of Vocational Training…
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BARELY ANY CHANGE TO GENDER EARNINGS GAP IN LAST 25 YEARS ONCE YOU ACCOUNT FOR INCREASES IN WOMEN’S EDUCATION
In this FE News article produced by the Institute for Fiscal Studies the authors inform us : “The average working-age woman in the UK earned 40% less than her male counterpart in 2019 @TheIFS. This is because, among 20- to 55-year-olds not in education, long-term sick or retired: -Women are 9.5 percentage points less likely…
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FURTHER IMPROVING THE CAREERS SERVICE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND ADULTS IN NORTHERN IRELAND
Introduction CALL FOR EVIDENCE – HAVE YOUR SAY! The Department for Economy’s Careers Service Northern Ireland has commissioned an independent research project exploring the careers guidance needs of young people and adults. This is led by Dr Deirdre Hughes OBE, former Chair of Skills Northern Ireland and international careers specialist. The enquiry will engage with…
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IMPORTANT REPORT ON YOUNG PEOPLES ATTITUDES TO JOBS, CAREERS GUIDANCE WORK EXPERIENCE
Not Just Any Job Young people do not believe the work available to them is of good quality For those still in education, a common issue is the low quality of work experience Young people feel let down by the quality of careers support they receive Not just any job, good jobs! Youth voices from…
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NORTHERN IRELAND: A NEW DECADE,NEW APPROACH
The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Tánaiste have published the text of a deal to restore devolved government in Northern Ireland, exactly three years after the Assembly collapsed. The time has come for the N.I Assembly to re-establish itself and focus on the issue that really matter to N.Ireland citizens. A NEW DECADE,…
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INVESTING IN CAREER GUIDANCE – INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN AGENCIES JOIN FORCES
JOINT STATEMENT OF OECD, ILO, UNESCO, THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND ITS AGENCIES ETF AND CEDEFOP Four international organisations, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the European Commission, and two agencies (European Training Foundation (ETF) and the European Centre for…