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Tag: Careers Policy

  • INVESTING IN CAREER GUIDANCE – INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN AGENCIES JOIN FORCES

    INVESTING IN CAREER GUIDANCE – INTERNATIONAL AND EUROPEAN AGENCIES JOIN FORCES

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    JOINT STATEMENT OF OECD, ILO, UNESCO, THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND ITS AGENCIES ETF AND CEDEFOP Four international organisations, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), and the European Commission, and two agencies (European Training Foundation (ETF) and the European Centre for…

  • FUNDING FOR CAREERS PROVISION IN ENGLAND’S SCHOOLS: IN SERIOUS DECLINE

    FUNDING FOR CAREERS PROVISION IN ENGLAND’S SCHOOLS: IN SERIOUS DECLINE

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    Report: National Survey of School Leaders and Careers Professionals by Dr Deirdre Hughes on behalf of  Careers England in association with NAHT and Jules White, Headteacher Tanbridge House School and Leader of the Worthless? campaign. National Survey of school leaders and careers professionals On the 12th November 2019 at the national Careers England Summit, London…

  • ICCDPP SYMPOSIUM 2019 NORWAY

    ICCDPP SYMPOSIUM 2019 NORWAY

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    Leading career development services into an uncertain future: Ensuring access, integration and innovation I attended the 9th International Centre for Career Development and Public Policy (ICCDPP) Symposium held in Trumso, Norway. A total of 33 Country Teams came together to share major policy developments and the challenges and opportunities within each country. Country papers cover…

  • SCHOOLS WEEK EXCLUSIVE: CEC WILL CONTINUE TO BE RELIANT ON GOVERNMENT HANDOUTS

    SCHOOLS WEEK EXCLUSIVE: CEC WILL CONTINUE TO BE RELIANT ON GOVERNMENT HANDOUTS

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    The Careers and Enterprise Company will continue to be reliant on government handouts after ministers dropped their ambition for the quango to become self-sustaining. Announcing the creation of the company in 2014, former education secretary Nicky Morgan, said that “in the longer term the company will sustain itself”. But CEC’s new sustainability plan, seen by Schools…

  • OECD EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK 2019

    OECD EMPLOYMENT OUTLOOK 2019

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    The OECD’s annual report on jobs and employment in OECD countries – http://www.oecd.org/employment/outlook/. Each edition reviews recent trends, policy developments, and prospects.  They have produced some terrific infographics on the ‘Future of Work’, as well as short informative videos. Job Automation (OECD, 2019) Download in Excel Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General, estimates that “14% of existing…

  • IRELAND – LAUNCHES REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF CAREER GUIDANCE TOOLS AND INFORMATION

    IRELAND – LAUNCHES REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF CAREER GUIDANCE TOOLS AND INFORMATION

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    The Minister for Education and Skills in Ireland Joe McHugh T.D. together with the Minister of State for Higher Education Mary Mitchell O’Connor T.D. and Minister of State for Training, Skills, Innovation, Research and Development John Halligan T.D. today (Wednesday 24 April) launched the Report of the Independent Review of Career Guidance Tools and Information…

  • CAREER-RELATED LEARNING (CRL) ARRIVES IN BALLYSALLY PRIMARY SCHOOL, COLERAINE, N.IRELAND

    CAREER-RELATED LEARNING (CRL) ARRIVES IN BALLYSALLY PRIMARY SCHOOL, COLERAINE, N.IRELAND

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    Primary Futures:Northern Ireland dmh associates brokers the first Primary Futures event to be held in Coleraine, Co. Londonderry, N.Ireland. I grew up in the 1970s in Coleraine during ‘the troubles’ and over the years I have recognised an urgent need to find a way of raising children’s aspirations from an early age, particularly in areas…

  • THE EMPLOYABILITY PLAN: ONE YEAR ON – JOB SUPPORT WALES

    THE EMPLOYABILITY PLAN: ONE YEAR ON – JOB SUPPORT WALES

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    Ken Skates AM, Minister for Economy and Transport in Wales had published a written statement on “The Employability Plan – One Year On”.   He referenced ‘Job Support Wales’,  the new name given to the programme formerly known as Working Wales. Job Support Wales will have three strands: (i) Youth Engagement; (ii) Youth Training and (iii)…

  • CAREER-RELATED LEARNING IN PRIMARY : THE ROLE OF PRIMARY TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS IN PREPARING CHILDREN FOR THE FUTURE

    CAREER-RELATED LEARNING IN PRIMARY : THE ROLE OF PRIMARY TEACHERS AND SCHOOLS IN PREPARING CHILDREN FOR THE FUTURE

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    A new report ” Career-related learning in primary: The role of primary teachers and schools in preparing children for the future” has been written by   Dr Elnaz Kashefpakdel and  Jordan Rehill  both from Education and Employers and Dr Deirdre Hughes of DMH Associates. https://www.educationandemployers.org/research/teach-first-career-related-learning-in-primary/ This paper, commissioned by Teach First,  provides evidence on the benefits of…

  • THE BAKER CLAUSE : ONE YEAR ON SECTOR RESPONSE

    THE BAKER CLAUSE : ONE YEAR ON SECTOR RESPONSE

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    FE News has reported on the Baker Clause after its first year and included a response from leading lights within the sector including comments from Deirdre Hughes. https://www.fenews.co.uk/fevoices/24190-the-baker-clause-one-year-on-sector-response?utm_source=MadMimi&utm_medium=email&utm_content=FE+News+via+email+-+Daily+update&utm_campaign=20190109_m149149742_Daily+fenews+update+via+RSS&utm_term=The+Baker+clause_3A+One+year+on+-+Sector+Response In recent years, there has been an increasing focus on the need to improve the technical education system in England. Successive governments have recognised the importance of…