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MA in Career Guidance and Development – Webinars – Adventures in Career Development
This spring/ summer, the MA in Career Guidance and Development team at iCeGS are running a series of webinars to introduce our MA programme to potential students. These are an excellent chance to learn about what an MA study in Career Guidance looks like and the benefits of coming to iCeGS to complete your MA…
Comparing the conservative and labour party’s proposals for skills: what’s the problem represented to be? – Adventures in Career Development
My colleague Ghazal Vahidi and I have just published a new article looking at the skills policies of the Conservatives and the Labour Party before the last election. In the article we critically examines the UK skills development policies as articulated in two key policy documents: the Conservative government’s White Paper Skills for Jobs: Lifelong Learning…
I’m safe, but the fight against redundancies at Derby (and in HE) goes on – Adventures in Career Development
Yesterday I found out that I am not going to be made redundant from the University of Derby. The redundancy process has been organised in three rounds, like some kind of grim version of X Factor, with people gradually being whittled down on the basis of a number of questionable criteria. Yesterday round two took…
Automation and the future of work (Presentation in the Sherwood Observatory) – Adventures in Career Development
Yesterday I had the opportunity to visit Sherwood Observatory as part of a meeting of local government, business and education stakeholders. We spent the morning talking about AI, automation and the future of work. We really benefitted from input from Professor Amin Al-Habaibeh from Nottingham Trent University who is an AI researcher. I was really…
Stop redundancies at the University of Derby – Adventures in Career Development
Readers of this blog will be aware that I am based at the University of Derby. The University has recently announced that it will make up to 40 professors and associate professors redundant. All professors and associate professors were put in the pool for redundancy and the Union and representatives of the professoriate have been…
NICEC journal 54 now available – Adventures in Career Development
I wanted to bring people's attention to the fact that NICEC Journal 54 is now available on the journal's website. The NICEC journal is a free, open access journal that brings together policy, research and practice. The latest issue features articles on higher education careers practice, the use of digital technologies in careers work, career…
Journal of Imaginary Research – Vol 10 – Adventures in Career Development
Volume 10 of the Journal of Imaginary Research has just been released. A creative, irreverent and satirical look at contemporary research and universities, the journal is well worth a look. This volume features an article by me (in disguise as the psychologically damaged Professor Warren Burnside). Enjoy! Journal of Imaginary Research
Trip to Maynooth – Adventures in Career Development
I'm horribly behind on sharing my stuff on this blog. My plan is always to share everything that that I do that might be of use to other people via this site. Once in a while there is something that I can't share for some reason, but everything else it thrown up here. Most of…
Good adult career guidance – Adventures in Career Development
Today, the Gatsby Charitable Foundation has just published a new report on Good adult career guidance. Along with Jo Hutchinson I am the co-author of this paper and am really pleased to now see it in print. The report emphasises that public employment services are a critical element of the provision of adult guidance services,…
Presentations to the Growing great education conference (Canterbury Christ Church University) – Adventures in Career Development
I've got very lax in posting my presentations, but I remain committed to sharing my materials on this site so that people can make use of them where they feel that they have value. So, I'm going to try and catch up. A couple of weeks ago I was asked to give a couple of…
Surviving the future: Why you shouldn’t worry about robots, but should worry about your career – Adventures in Career Development
Last week I was invited to speak at the Nottingham Business School as part of their Future of Work conference. I talked about career as our pathway into the future and argued that we need to think about the future critically and positively as we plot our own careers into it. This is what I…
Presentation to the ILO Africa Skills Hub – Adventures in Career Development
Today I had the opportunity to present with Dr Pedro Moreno da Fonseca of the International Labour Organisation to the ILO's Africa Skills Hub. We discussed the value of thinking about career, career development and career guidance to the achievement of a range of policy aims for African countries. We presented the career development framework…
Engaging with social justice in your work – Presentation to Solihull careers hub – Adventures in Career Development
Yesterday Keren Coney and I presented to careers advisers in the Solihull Careers Hub. This was part of a new initiative by the Hub to provide a developmental space for careers advisers. We really welcome this and are keen to support both careers leaders and careers advisers and recognise that sometimes this is best done…
Call for papers – Adventures in Career Development
We have just issued a call for papers for the launch conference of the Critical Perspectives on Career and Career Guidance network. Please consider submitting a proposal by 28th February. Some funding will be available to cover the costs of attending. Further information follows... https://cocag.co.uk/2025/02/05/career-guidance-policies-and-practices-in-europe-assessing-the-strengths-and-addressing-the-gaps/
How can and should secondary school teachers be involved inbuilding students’ career knowledge and skills? – Adventures in Career Development
Suzanne Rice and I have just published a new new paper entitled How can and should secondary school teachers be involved inbuilding students’ career knowledge and skills? A Delphi study of the expert community. It is open access, so you should be able to access it where ever you are. I hope that it will…
Call for Papers: NICEC Journal Vol.55 (Autumn 2025) – Adventures in Career Development
Submissions are now invited for volume 55 of the NICEC journal which will be published in Autumn 2025. In keeping with our new approach to the journal we are open to receiving articles on all topics. However, this issue will include a special collection guest edited by Emily Róisín Reid focused on career development as…
Introducing The Career Development Handbook – Adventures in Career Development
Last week we ran a webinar to provide an introduction to The Career Development Handbook. Just in case you have missed it, this is a new book written by Gill Frigerio, Rosie Alexander and myself. The book is designed to give a comprehensive introduction to the field and practice of career development. The book is…
Using the The Career Development Handbook: A one day workshop – Adventures in Career Development
Thursday 6th March - 9.30am to 4.30pmLocation: Kedleston Road Campus, Derby DE22 1GB£125 At the start of March we are offering a once in a lifetime opportunity to spend the day with me, Gill Frigerio and Rosie Alexander for a one day workshop exploring The Career Development Handbook. The workshop will help you to: Understand…
The future of career guidance in public employment services – Adventures in Career Development
Earlier this week I participated in a seminar organised by the World Association of Public Employment Services. In this I had the opportunity to present some of the work that we have been doing on career guidance in public employment service. As well as my presentation on the results of the survey we also heard…
Career guidance in public employment services – Adventures in Career Development
I have just finished a project in which iCeGS has collaborated with the World Association of Public Employment Services and the International Centre for Career Development and Public Policy. In this project we sought to explore the provision of career guidance in public employment services globally. The report finds that there is a global footprint…
Is the concept of calling still relevant to career decision making in Norway? – Adventures in Career Development
We have just published a new article in the Indian Journal of Career and Livelihood Planning. This is an open access journal so the article is freely available to anyone who is interested. Schulstok, T., Kjærgård, R., Hanson, J., & Hooley, T. (2024). Is the Concept of Calling still Relevant to Career Decision Making in…
New year, new me (again) – Adventures in Career Development
So every year I publish my New Year's Resolutions on this blog. This is an attempt at some kind of reflective practice and also a desire to give myself some accountability for the things that I want to do. At the end of the year I review my progress against these resolutions and let people…
And so passes another year – Adventures in Career Development
Every year I post some New Year's resolutions. I haven't got around to doing this year's yet, but I will do. But, I also review last year's resolutions as a form of reflection on my life and practice. So, that is what I'm going to do in this post. I posted my New Year's resolutions…
Come and work with us at iCeGS: Research Assistant vacancy – Adventures in Career Development
At iCeGS we are recruiting a new research assistant. The role will support the growth and development of research and consultancy in the area of careers, employability, and the relationship between education and work. We are looking for someone with a degree in social sciences, education or a related discipline. Ideally you will have experience…
Career Development Handbook now available in Sweden and the Nordic countries – Adventures in Career Development
Our new book The Career Development Handbook is now available in Sweden and the Nordic countries via Adlibris. I suspect that it will also be easier for others in Europe to get the book via this route. For those of us in the UK, we can still buy it direct from the Trotman website. Hope…
Imaging education for the green transition and the future of work: Presentation to the Jeju education for designing a happy future – Adventures in Career Development
Yesterday I was set to fly to South Korea to address the Jeju education for designing a happy future conference. But, sadly the imposition of martial law gave me pause for thought and I decided not to get on the plane. Thankfully it now appears that the coup has been defeated and South Korea's democracy…
Breaking through… Why career development matters for people, for politics and for the profession – Adventures in Career Development
I've spent the last couple of days at the CDI conference. This was a great experience and was the biggest of these conferences since the pandemic. We heard some very encouraging things from the Department for Education (although there is still some considerable way to go with this). I felt that there was a very…
Please help me with our construction survey – Adventures in Career Development
I have been involved in running a survey on careers professionals attitudes to construction for the last three years. It has been a really useful survey (see my recent post setting out some of the findings). But, if we are going to do this kind of research, we really need everyone to engage with the…
The Career Development Handbook – Adventures in Career Development
Trotman have just published the new book that I have written with Rosie Alexander and Gill Frigerio. Entitled The Career Development Handbook it sets out everything that you ever wanted to know about career development policy, practice and theory. The book is aimed at new and training careers professionals. So in the UK that is…
NICEC Journal special issue on career and sustainability – Adventures in Career Development
We have just published a new issue of the NICEC Journal which focuses on career and sustainability. I had the great pleasure of editing this special issue, so if you want to find out more you can read my editorial. Other articles address. Enhancing the sustainability of careers in disruptive times by Ans De Vos…
Career guidance practitioners’ attitudes to construction – Adventures in Career Development
For the last few years, the Construction Industry Training Board has been undertaking research with careers practitioners to find out how they are engaging with the construction section. In this blog we set out some of the main findings from last year and explore what the implications might be for careers practice. The overall picture…
Call for papers: Career guidance and schools – Adventures in Career Development
I will be keynoting the online Career Guidance in Science and Practice conference next April. This looks like it is going to be a fantastic event which will bring people together to discuss career guidance in schools. The organisers are currently calling for papers, workshops and other contributions focused on career guidance in schools. If…
Book your place for iCeGS annual lecture 2024: Professor Guðbjörg Vilhjálmsdóttir on ‘counselling socially disadvantaged clients’ – Adventures in Career Development
The iCeGS annual lecture will take place on the 20th November 2024 at the Kedleston Road, Derby Campus. Attendance is free, but pre-booking is essential. The lecture will be given by Gudbjörg Vilhjálmsdóttir, Professor Emerita, University of Iceland and Professor at the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences. She will discuss the evidence on 'counselling…
Call for papers for the NICEC journal – Adventures in Career Development
The Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling is seeking submissions for the Spring 2025 issue. This issue will be an open call and articles may be submitted on any topic relevant to career development. For consideration, full articles need to be submitted by December 6th 2024 to the journal platform. Further information…
Transitions and recruitment in the Midlands – Adventures in Career Development
Today I'm addressing the Institute of Student Employers Midlands group. I'm going to be talking about the policy context for student transitions and recruitment and then moving on to give some data about both the supply and demand sides of the student labour market. In particular I'm interested in thinking about how we can build…
Come and work with us at iCeGS as a Lecturer in Career Development – Adventures in Career Development
An exciting new opportunity has arisen for a Lecturer in Career Development (Teaching) to support the growth and development of our teaching and learning portfolio, including the MA in Career Guidance and Development which incorporates the Qualification in Career Development (QCD) awarded by the Career Development Institute and our Career Leaders programmes. Further details are…
Keynoting the CDI conference – Adventures in Career Development
I'm pleased to announce that I will be keynoting the CDI conference on the 26th & 27th November at the Studio, Birmingham. I will be talking about how career guidance can support us in breaking down barriers to opportunity. As well as me there will also be speeches from Jane Hubbuck (Deputy Director for Careers, Department…
A career development handbook for low- and middle-income countries – Adventures in Career Development
Over the summer the International Labour Organization published a new handbook for career development for low- and middle-income countries. The handbook introduces a new career development framework that can be used to establish career education and career guidance programmes. It can be used to enhance, integrate and develop curricular and non-curricular activities and help organise…
Last chance to sign up for an MA in career guidance and development this year – Adventures in Career Development
It is almost time to start our new intake for the MA in Career Guidance and Development at the University of Derby? We are still open for applications for the 24/25 academic year for our MA programme. If you study with us you will become part of the International Centre for Guidance Studies which is the leading…
Online research: Launch webinar – Adventures in Career Development
At the end of May I released a new book called Online Research which I co-authored with Rachel Buchanan. To give people an insight into the new book we organised a webinar last month, which we have now posted on the iCeGS YouTube Channel. In the webinar we discuss the book, some of the key…