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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

I recently participated in a panel discussion on ‘technology and inequalities’ as part of the OECD’s Future Dreaming Conference 2024. In the discussion, myself, Anthony Mann and Tricia Berry discuss the way in which careers interventions can disrupt inequality and explore how they interface with new technologies ..read more

The Exploring Green Guidance project has just published a new literature review focusing on the evidence that supports green guidance. The paper explores literature which examines the intersection between career, career guidance, sustainability, green issues and environmental concerns. It finds that the literature is clear that climate change is real and already happening and that it is already having impacts on people’s careers through the greening of the labour market and education system and through a range of psycho-social effects such as climate anxiety. This has led to the development o ..read more

Like Pokemon, I’ve got to catch em all (my cultural references are as on point as the King’s). So before the election I’m going to quickly report on the Green Party’s manifesto. The manifesto is called Real Hope, Real Change which is essentially the party trolling the other political parties in a fairly amusing way. The manifesto has received a lot of fairly favourable coverage, see the BBC’s explainer or The Guardian’s summary. Basically it is a fairly standard progressive manifesto with a particular interest in the environment. The section on the economy is particularly interesting as it im ..read more