Occasional Paper
The Re-emergence of Career: challenges and Opportunities
ISBN 978-1-899253-74-6
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This occasional paper offers a collection of articles resulting from presentations given at the Centre's biennial conference on the Salomons campus of the University in May 2009.
Contents:
Professor AG Watts covers changes in careers education, advice and guidance services for young people, key issues relating to the new Adult and Advancement Careers Service for Adults in England, along with a discussion on the Conservative party's plan for an all-age service.
Professor Jenny Bimrose examines selected findings from recent longitudinal research into career development and effective guidance.
Dr Bill Law examines what the policy shift means in terms of partnerships between career education and guidance and also for the wider network of help that people, families and communities need now.
Dr Hazel Reid and Malcolm Scott look at the development of narrative career guidance and chart the progress from theory to practice via the discussion of a current collaborative research project.
Jane Westergaard explores ways in which group learning can enhance guidance outcomes for individuals.
Dr Barbara Bassot and Anne Chant explore the challenges and opportunities involved in providing career education, information, advice and guidance for young people in the context of the 14-19 curriculum and the raising of the participation age.
Ian King reflects on the early stages of a research project that is investigating the career experiences and aspirations of, so called, 'third age' (50+) professional workers.
Barbara Shottin moves from established career theory to an examination of the Planned Happenstance approach.
Anthony Barnes and Anne Chant examine the requirements and expectations of the role of CEIAG and assess the challenges and opportunities that are to come.
Joanna Oliver considers professional identity within multi-agency contexts related to work with children and young people.
Alison Fielding, David Milton and Rebecca Towner discuss the issues raised by the report 'The Panel on Fair Access to the Professions', making explicit reference to initiatives in Kent.
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Occasional Papers, Centre for Career and Personal Development, David Salomons Estate, Broomhill Road, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, Kent. TN3 0TG