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 Careers in the curriculum – Towards an integrated approach Session Content The Edge Foundation brings together some of their key partners to discuss how careers education can truly move from ‘something else’ that schools and colleges have to deal with to being a core component of curriculum planning and institutional culture. This session will…
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Speakers Career-related learning in childhood Session Content Why focus on career-related learning in childhood and why now in the context of the global pandemic? Career-related learning in childhood provides a foundation for the career aspirations and the subsequent learning and work decisions of adolescence and adulthood. Career-related learning happens unintentionally through the experiences and observations…
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Speakers Session Content Day 1 Plenary Session Dr Deirdre Hughes and Olly Newton from Edge Foundation will welcome delegates. Deirdre will introduce you to the work of dmh associates and will set the scene for the three days of the conference in terms of the themes, speakers and content. Lord Victor Adebowale CBE will be…
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As part of the Prime Minister’s Lifetime Skills Guarantee, if you are 19 or over you can now access a course for free. This is part of the government’s Plan for Jobs. If you’re 19 to 23 years old you can also access additional qualifications for free. If you’re in this age group, contact your…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Today we launched this NEW International Think-Piece in association with the Education Development Trust, Reading. This evidence-based report provides an overview of key challenges and opportunities for young people in the current CovId-19 landscape. It contains rich content, including exemplars of good and interesting policies and practices aimed at Ministers, policymakers, managers and practitioners. The…
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