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Cedefop (2020). Inventory of lifelong guidance systems and practices – UK / Northern Ireland. CareersNet national records. https://www.cedefop.europa.eu/en/publications-and-resources/country-reports/inventory-lifelong-guidance-systems-and-practices-uk-northern-ireland In Northern Ireland career guidance refers to services intended to assist people, of any age and at any point throughout their lives to make educational, training and occupational choices and to manage their careers. Career guidance helps……

The Global Resources team at the Education and Development Trust (EDT), Hooly campbell Kathryn Cheary, Paul Thorley, Lauren Bunn, Andy Hurley, have produced a series of five reports following research conducted by the team linked to the effects of the pandemic and how countries are responding. A few months into global lockdown, at the peak of mass school closures in most countries,……

The University of Ulster ‘s Economic Policy Centre has published a detailed and thought provoking publication on how the pandemic is impacting on different types of occupations in Northern Ireland. https://www.ulster.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0004/578263/COVID-19-Worker-characteristics_08.06.2020.pdf The authors (Magill and McPeake) highlight “It is too early to assess the scale of the economic damage on the NI economy caused by……

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has today released a policy document “Plan for Jobs” as its “Second Phase” to combat the economic impacts arising from the Covid 19 virus lockdown measures introduced last March. Phase 1 of the policy was the furlough scheme to promote job retention. This second phase comprises a series of policy……