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NICEC
16 - 17 April, 2019
Chancellors Conference Centre
Manchester, UK
How do we reinvent careers for the changing and what the implications thinking about career
21st century? The volatile, uncertain, might be for theory, practice and development?
complex and ambiguous world - and policy-making in career • What influences career identity
more specifically the anticipation of development in a world where once and the self?
the changing post-Brexit landscape taken-for-granted assumptions are • Can disruption be fruitful?
in April 2019 - brings into sharp being challenged. • What does the future of work
focus the way that previously look like?
Aim
unplanned events can alter our view
To share perspectives on current • What conceptualisations of
of ourselves, our identity, and our career will be needed?
and changing relationships between
career development.
theory, practice and policy in career
Themes
As the UK and Europe enter a period development.
The conference be organised
of transition we are reminded how
many types of transition are Objectives around three broad themes
reflecting NICEC’s focus on the
navigated through career Participants will have the
development: from education to opportunity to explore, discuss and relationship between policy,
work; the spatial and geographical; think about a range of questions research and practice:
youth and aging; new conceptions including: • Changing context for work and
of gender; socio-cultural shifts; etc. career
• Current change and what is
This conference will explore the pushing at the boundaries of • Shifting themes and concepts
ways in which boundaries are • Innovating practice
Dr John Amaechi OBE is an reviewed international journals. She has Development and is particularly interested in
organisational psychologist who helps authored six books applications of systems thinking and systems
individuals and organisations to improve and co-authored mapping to career theory, research and
communication, leadership and culture as a thirteen. She is the practice. Mary researches and publishes on
way to grow, improve performance and scientific career development across the lifespan,
achieve goals. His psychological insight helps coordinator of the narrative career counselling, and qualitative
people understand the barriers to European Doctoral career assessment.
achievement and Programme in
overcome them, Career Guidance Professor Michael B Arthur writes on
transforming and and Counselling how the individual career owner can succeed
inspiring. He was (ECADOC). In in a turbulent world. He is a Visiting Professor
awarded an OBE for 2013, Rie was awarded the Danish National at Cranfield School of Management, an
work in the Guidance Award for her research and research Emeritus Professor of Management at Suffolk
voluntary sector in communication and in 2016 she was University, Boston, and a developer of the
2011. In addition to appointed International Fellow by the ICCS Career Exploration System. His most
running his own National Institute for Career Education and recent book is An Intelligent Career: Taking
international strategic performance Counselling (NICEC) in the UK. Ownership of Your Work and Your Life (Oxford
consultancy Amaechi Performance Systems, University Press,
John is also a Research Fellow at the Dr Mary McMahon is an Honorary 2017/18). He
University of East London and currently holds Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at writes a regular
various board and trustee positions. The University of Queensland where she column on
taught career development and narrative career
career ownership for
Professor Rie Thomsen is Professor of
counselling. She Forbes.com. His
Career Guidance at Aarhus University. She is
is a developer earlier books
the scientific coordinator of the university’s
and co-author of include the
Guidance Research unit. Her research
the Handbook of
revolves around lifelong career guidance
internationally Career Theory, The Boundaryless Career, The
practices and policies with a special interest in
known Systems New Careers and Strategy Through People.
the role of communities and in organisational,
Theory Born in Hartlepool, Michael now lives in
leadership and social justice aspects of career
Framework of Andover, Massachusetts, USA.
guidance provision. Since 2005, Rie has
Career
published more than twenty articles in peer-
Plenary programme Tuesday 16th April
9.00 Registration Main foyer
9.30 Welcome Flowers
Opening session
Chair: Julia Yates
12.30 Lunch
1.15 Professor Rie Thomsen Flowers
Towards an Emancipatory Career Guidance
Chair: Tristram Hooley
12.30 Lunch
1.30 Professor Michael Arthur Flowers
A Message for Clients: Take Ownership of Your Career, Have
a Better Time, and Build a Better World!
Chair: Janet Sheath