MAJOR CAREER GUIDANCE REVIEW in IRELAND – PUBLIC CONSULTATION

  The Department of Education and Skills in Ireland has committed in the National Skills Strategy 2025 and the Action Plan for Education 2016-2019, to commence an independent review of existing career guidance tools and career information for students and adults and recommend changes to improve the existing tools and information currently in place across the education and…
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RISE OF THE MACHINES : AM I STILL NEEDED?

Recent developments in robotics, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning have put us on the cusp of a new automation age – the fourth Industrial Revolution. I’m delivering a keynote on this topic today at Aston University talking about innovative ICT developments in labour market intelligence/information (LMI) and careers work. Around half the activities people…
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NATIONAL CAREERS SERVICE, WEST MIDLANDS EVALUATION of the INSPIRATION IN CUSTODY AGENDA – by Karen Adriaanse (Senior Associate)

This report evaluates the Inspiration in Custody agenda activities and partnership work across the West Midlands region to establish best practice and help promote the importance of future delivery of this type of provision in prisons. The focus of the evaluation has been on the impact the events and activities have had on motivating the…
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Hard Times: smoothing transitions in the Employment and Support Allowance customer journey

Hughes, D., Luchinskaya, D., & Kispeter, E. (2016)Hard Times: smoothing transitions in the Employment and Support Allowance customer journey. Funded by Prospects Services, South West region.

International Literature Review: Careers Education

International Literature Review: Careers Education commissioned by the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), London. Project Start Date: February 2016 – Project End Date: July 2016. This report, commissioned by he Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), supported by the Bank of America Merrill Lynch, is designed to provide an overview of the evidence-base underpinning careers education and its impact…
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CareersNet, Cedefop, Thessaloniki

In 2017, Deirdre Hughes was appointed as UK expert in Lifelong Guidance and Careers Education by Cedefop, Thessaloniki, Greece CareersNet was created to collect comparable and reliable information on a European scale in the field of lifelong guidance and career development issues. The gathered information and analysis aims at identification of gaps and solutions, beyond a…
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International Literature Review: Education and Training in Prisons

In July 2017, Prospects commissioned dmh associates to undertake an international literature review of education and training in prisons. The final report draws upon key findings from the UK, Europe and internationally. The work is set within the context of a recommissioning of education and skills in England’s prisons in 2018. The aim of the…
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WEST MIDLANDS COMBINED AUTHORITY: VISION FOR AN ALL-AGE CAREERS STRATEGY

Deirdre Hughes has been commissioned by the West Midlands Combined Authority to work with colleagues on the design and development of an all-age careers strategy in the West Midlands region of England. This builds on models of good and interesting policies and practices at an international, national and regional level. Preliminary work began in late…
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Evidence and Impact: Careers and guidance-related interventions

https://www.slideshare.net/betterbreakfast/evidence-and-impact-careers-and-guidancerelated-interventions?qid=693db632-0867-414d-a1c8-f339142f2952&v=&b=&from_search=24

Integrating new-technololgies-into-careers-practice

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