career guidance: what has this government done?

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Presentation to the CITB

17th

September 2014

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Career guidanceWhat has this government done?

and what should it have done?

Tristram Hooley

(Professor of Career Education)

Presentation to the CITB

17th

September 2014
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What the Government think the problem is

You've got to get out there

and find people, win them

over, get them to raise

aspirations, get them to thinkthey can get all the way to the

top. "

David Cameron

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erm but

closure of Aimhigher cuts to the WP budget

closure of Connexions as a national service

loss of funding for Education Business Partnerships

loss of the statutory duty for work experience

loss of the statutory duty for career education

poorly framed and much criticised new duty for career

guidance



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So what has happened?

A postcode lottery. Some good, some bad, some indifferent

provision.

A lot of reports criticising government

policy.

But Good practice is persuasive

You cant keep a good idea down!

Nature abhors a vacuum.

There is still policy and debate in

this area.


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Cutting out the middle man

For young people reflecting on whichcareer path to follow no information is

as valuable, no inspiration so

powerful as the testimony of those at

the front line of business. That is why

the new careers guidance produced

by my colleague Matt Hancock is allabout cutting out the middle man and

getting inspirational speakers in front

of students to spark their ambitions.

Students cant aspire to lives theyve

never known. So we need businesspeople to visit schools, engage and

inspire.



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New statutory guidance

Another nail in the coffin ofprofessional career guidance?

It says

Involve employers

Use careers professionalsif you want

Dont worry about careers

education

Ofsted might be watching or they might not!

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Employers are not the whole picture

If employer contributions are to be effective,they require logistical support, curriculum

space, and receptive schools and young

people. They also need to be an integral partof properly planned, delivered and reviewed

careers education and guidance programmes

run by schools.

Careers Sector Stakeholder Alliance



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And what does she think?



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Evidence-based principles for the design of lifelong

guidance services


1) Lifelong guidance is most effective whereit is genuinely lifelong and progressive.

2) Lifelong guidance is most effective whereit connects meaningfully to the wider

experience and lives of the individuals whoparticipate in it.

3) Lifelong guidance is most effective where

it recognises the diversity of individuals andrelates services to individual needs.

Focus on the individual


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guidance services


4) Lifelong guidance is not one intervention, but many,and works most effectively when a range of interventions

are combined.

5) A key aim of lifelong guidance programmes should bethe acquisition of career management skills.

6) Lifelong guidance needs to be holistic and well-integrated into other support services.

7) Lifelong guidance should involve employers and

working people, and provide active experiences ofworkplaces.

Support learning and progression


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guidance services


8) The skills, training and dispositions of theprofessionals who deliver lifelong guidance

are critical to its success.

9) Lifelong guidance is dependent onaccess to good-quality career information.

10) Lifelong guidance should be quality-assured and evaluated to ensure its

effectiveness and to support continuousimprovement.

Ensure quality


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8) The skills, trainingand dispositions of the

professionals whodeliver lifelong guidance

are critical to itssuccess.

9) Lifelong guidance isdependent on access to

good-quality careerinformation.

10) Lifelong guidanceshould be quality-

assured and evaluatedto ensure its

effectiveness and to

support continuousimprovement.

Ensure quality

4) Lifelong guidance isnot one intervention, butmany, and works most

effectively when a rangeof interventions are

combined.

5) A key aim of lifelongguidance programmes

should be theacquisition of careermanagement skills.

6) Lifelong guidanceneeds to be holistic and

well-integrated into othersupport services.

7) Lifelong guidanceshould involveemployers and working

people, and provideactive experiences of

workplaces.

Support learningand progression

1) Lifelong guidance ismost effective where it isgenuinely lifelong and

progressive.

2) Lifelong guidance ismost effective where itconnects meaningfully

to the wider experience

and lives of theindividuals whoparticipate in it.

3) Lifelong guidance ismost effective where it

recognises the diversityof individuals and

relates services to

individual needs.

Focus on theindividual

10 evidence-based principles for the

design of lifelong guidance services


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The lifelong guidance policy loop


Understanding whatis known about theefficacy of lifelong

guidance

Developing newpolicies and services

Implementing newpolicies and sevices

Monitoringimplementation andchecking efficacy


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Useful links

CDI/ACEG Framework or careers and work-related education

http://www.cegnet.co.uk/uploads/resources/ACEG-Framework-final.pdf

The Career Development Institute http://www.thecdi.net/

Careers England http://www.careersengland.org.uk

Careers Alliance http://careersalliance.wordpress.com/

ELGPN http://www.elgpn.eu/

iCeGS http://www.derby.ac.uk/icegs/

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Tristram Hooley

Professor of Career Education

International Centre for Guidance Studies

University of Derby

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