Career Guidance and Wellbeing – Collaborative Pilot Programme, Careers Wales and the Canadian Career Development Foundation

Canllawiau a Lles Gyrfa – Rhaglen Beilot Gydweithredol, Gyrfaoedd Cymru a Sefydliad Datblygu Gyrfa Canada Building a Brighter Future: Careers Guidance and Well-being. International Collaborative Research Pilot Project: October 2021 – January 2022 Adeiladu Dyfodol Disglair:Cyfarwyddyd Gyrfaoedd a Prosiect Peilot Ymchwil Cydweithredol Rhyngwladol: Hydref 2021 – Ionawr 2022 Careers Wales in association with the Canadian…
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The North East Parental Engagement: Career Related Learning Strategy

The North East Ambitions’ Primary Pilot has recently appointed Dr Deirdre Hughes OBE, Director of dmh associates and Lauren Croll, Outreach Special Projects Manager at Learn by Design, to work with selected primary schools in the North-East region on the design and development of a new career-related learning (CRL) Parental Engagement Strategy and Good Practice…
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New Research Report:The Big Careers Conversation with Young People in England

Young people want career guidance but are struggling to find it. Those young people from disadvantaged backgrounds, who need most support, are struggling to get access to professional career guidance. “High quality careers guidance is essential for young people to expose them to the abundance of great opportunities that exist in the world of work…
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ARE ADULTS MAKING USE OF CAREERS SERVICES IN CANADA?

An Insight Report from the Labour Market Information Counciland the Future Skills Centre, Canada The COVID-19 pandemic led to a historic disruption in the job market, bringing renewed attention to the availability and access of services to support Canadians in their career choices. Almost one in five adults aged 25–64 have received career services in…
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INNOVATION AND ADAPTATION OF ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET POLICIES TO CHANGING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS

NEW materials available from the European Training Foundation (ETF) , A recent ETF webinar on “INNOVATION AND ADAPTATION OF ACTIVE LABOUR MARKET POLICIES TO CHANGING ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL CONDITIONS” was held on 28 October 2021. On the event page on the ETF website you will find the presentations made during the event, in all working languages of the event (please scroll down…
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Our Future Derby: Career-Related Learning in Derby Primary Schools

Year 2 Programme Evaluation and Impact Assessment 2021 Our Future Derby is designed to enhance social mobility, improve gender equality and expand opportunities for primary school children in 33 primary schools across 7 of the most deprived Wards in Derby city. This is the second year of the Our Future Derby programme which began in…
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DIGITAL TRANSITIONS IN LIFELONG GUIDANCE: RETHINKING CAREERS PRACTITIONER PROFESSIONALISM

This collection is a step towards updating Cedefop’s work on professionalising career guidance since the publication of Professionalising career guidance: practitioner competences and qualification routes in Europe over 10 years ago. The current papers consist of diverse authored contributions from independent CareersNet guidance experts and contributors to Cedefop’s 2020 CareersNet meeting. Changing career guidance delivery…
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NEW RESEARCH REPORT : THE BIG CAREERS CONVERSATION WITH YOUNG PEOPLE IN ENGLAND

To download the report click on the image above From July – September 2021, Dr Deirdre Hughes led a research project designed to capture the experiences of young people and what they think about careers support in schools/academies across England. ____________________________________________________________________________ The research commissioned by ‘Launch Your Career’ involved: * 3,615 pre-GCSE pupils from 52…
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AMENDMENT TO SKILLS AND POST-16 EDUCATION BILL – IMPLICATIONS FOR CAREERS INFORMATION FOR YOUNG PEOPLE

Skills and Post-16 Education Bill: Careers information Today the government have issued an amendement to the Skills and Post 16 Education Bill in which they have made some important changes to the Baker Clause. High-quality careers education and guidance in school or college is critical to young people’s futures. It helps to prepare them for…
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AUSTRALIA TOWARDS 2031

Demographic behaviour trends shaping the nation To view the report click here This latest report by McCrindle Research of Australia is written by Mark McCrindle, Sophie Renton and Kevin Leung. “Coined in the 1980’s, the VUCA acronym has been an apt summary of recent decades (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity). In 2018 at the World…
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