Speakers Mental toughness, health and wellbeing Session Content Dr Reinekke Lengelle will speak about personal development, resilience in the context of loss and grief, and how writing can facilitate this learning. To be healthily connected to ourselves via an internal dialogue that is both cognitively sound and affectively satisfying is the foundation of resilience in…
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Speakers Why inclusion is integral to reskilling Britain and our long term recovery Session Content While the impact of Covid-19 continues to unfold and the reskilling agenda emerges as a critical solution to economic recovery, there is a growing risk that the principles of inclusion, diversity and social justice will become diluted in the rush…
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Speakers Professionalisation of the career development workforce Session Content This session will explore whether career development can legitimately be regarded as a profession. It will examine aspects of professional identity and what this means for career development practitioners, including the challenges to professional identity and the importance of creating a sense of belonging. There is…
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Speakers Session Content Day 3 Plenary Session Dr Deirdre Hughes will welcome delegates to the final day of the conference. This will be followed by a short talk from our guest speaker Sandra Cheyne from Skills Development Scotland. Our keynote speaker is Dr Anthony Mann who will discuss; Career guidance: from good practice to effective…
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Speakers Leaderhood and equality: where next? Session Content We are living through a period of unprecedented change. The challenges are acute, including educationally, as schools, colleges and universities now reopen their doors to students. Dame Ruth Silver CBE argues “more than ever, we need to act with compassion and show social solidarity, and nowhere should…
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Speakers Session Content Day 2 Plenary Session Jamie Hepburn MSP – Minister for Business, Fair Work, and Skills will kick off the session with a ministeral address to delegates. Dr Deirdre Hughes will recap the learnings and highlights of the conference so far and will introduce and invite Alice Barnard, Chief Executive of our headline…
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We are encouraging delegates to join us for some virtual networking. This informal session, hosted by Dr Deidre Hughes OBE and the team at Learn by Design, will give delegates the chance to exchange ideas, comment on topics and learn about virtual networking. This session will help you explore the Whova application and give you…
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Speakers Apprenticeships and VET Session Content Equality of Apprenticeship opportunitiesEveryone agrees that Apprenticeships are a valuable career option.But access is not always equal and open for all.How can we ensure Apprenticeships are accessible by all members of society? Session sponsored by < Back to Agenda

Speakers Welcome and Introduction – AI and the future of work Session Content Across the world, robotics and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are rapidly changing the world of work, including education and careers support systems for young people and adults. Over recent years, there have been many projections of the numbers of jobs likely to be…
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Speakers Lessons from lockdown: Innovative approaches to careers education Session Content Through the pandemic and the sudden switch to remote delivery, many of us have discovered and adopted new ways of working with clients to ensure continuity of service and quality careers provision wherever possible. Creativity coupled with need has led to some fantastic new…
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