Where next?

for career education?

Tristram Hooley (Professor of Career Education)

Presentation to the Career Education and
Guidance Summit, London
5th November 2014

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Some reports wot I wrote

What do these find

Career education and guidance are good things!

They are positively associated with a range of benefits
including:
Retaining young people in the education system
(reducing absence and drop out)
Increasing attainment
Supporting smooth transitions to further learning and work
Underpinning lifelong career building

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Operationalising a career development programme

Involvement of
employers and
post-secondary
learning providers
in the education
system

Quality and
evaluation

Activities and resources

Professional
infrastructure for
careers workers

Advice and guidance

Curriculum

Careers coordinator

Local brokerage
and partnership
organisations

Senior leader
buy-in

School
vision

High quality LMI

and resources
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The Gatsby benchmarks

1. A stable careers programme

2. Learning from career and labour market information
3. Addressing the needs of each pupil
4. Linking curriculum learning to careers
5. Encounters with employers and employees
6. Experiences of workplaces
7. Encounters with further and higher education
8. Personal guidance

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The statement Im looking for from politicians on careers

policy (from about 18 months ago)

Career support is a universal and lifelong need which underpins the effective
functioning of the labour and learning markets.
Career support is a system. A national framework such as the Blueprint for
Careers would be a huge step forwards.
There has been a clear decline in the quality and quantity of career support in
schools. The proposals of the Education Committee on Career Guidance for
Young People represents the most realistic way forward from the current
situation.
The National Careers Service has been the most important innovation of this
government in relation to career support. However, its potential has yet to be
fully realised (particularly in relation to schools).
There are both opportunities and dangers presented by the localisation of
careers services. It is important to ensure a functioning middle tier.

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What does the future hold?

Career education at the core of the

education system.
Lifelong learning and lifelong guidance are
an entitlement for all.
The triumph of the learning paradigm over
the matching paradigm.
Career development as an integral part of
HR strategy.
Blended delivery is the norm.
Highly skilled career professionals,
respected by clients, other educators,
employers and policy makers.
Access points in every major population
centre from here to Gallifrey.

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Our future will be shaped

by the assumptions we
make about who we are and
what we can be.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

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Tristram Hooley
Professor of Career Education
International Centre for Guidance Studies
University of Derby
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t.hooley@derby.ac.uk
@pigironjoe
Blog at
http://adventuresincareerdevelopment.wordpress.com

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