• +44 (0)24 765 24231
• +44 (0) 24 765 24241

jenny.bimrose@warwick.ac.uk

The Institute for Employment Research (IER) at the University of Warwick is one of Europe's leading centres for research in the labour market field. The work of IER covers a wide range of research-related activities; basic and strategic research; labour market assessment and evaluation; household and employer surveys; technical assistance and consultancy; and post-graduate training and research.

IER has a substantial track record of research relating to the education and training of young people and adults, the employment of young people and adults and the transition between the two. It has also undertaken various research projects into aspects of equal opportunities (e.g. women and the labour market). The Institute has undertaken a variety of research projects in these areas for a wide variety of government agencies such as the Department for Education and Skills, Department for Work and Pensions, for the Learning and Skills Councils, the Training and Enterprise Councils, Careers Services and others. It also has considerable experience of participating in European projects (e.g. Leonardo, Socrates, ADAPT, EQUAL).

Project promoter: co-ordination of project. Explicit dissemination role.

• +45 88889407
• +45 88889728

pepl@dpu

The Danish University of Education is a research-intensive university. The vision for the university is to become an international leader in the field of education and a dynamic centre of research and education in pedagogy, learning and competence development. The realisation of this vision requires a clear research profile - one that is continuously developed and adjusted. It is committed to empirical research, surveys and documentation of educational practice with a view to shedding light on the effects of current educational policy.

The Danish partner is the leader of the newly established Guidance Research Unit at the University, and takes a special interest in developing further its knowledge base. He is directly involved in the training/education of Master's and PhDs in guidance. In addition, the Guidance Research Unit is already involved in other, supplementary EU-funded projects such as the EQUAL project on 'Gender, Youth and Career' (2002-2004) and the Leonardo project on 'Workplace Guidance' (2002-2005).

On the 1st of April 2007 there was an amalgamation between Aarhus University and the Danish University of Education. In conjunction with the amalgamation, the Danish University of Education has been incorporated into the University of Aarhus.

The partner will contribute to and form the hub of Danish researchers and students of career guidance who will use this platform to develop new insight in guidance research, both on a national and a cross-national basis. Explicit dissemination role.

• +358-14- 260 3271
• +358-14- 260 3201

raimo.vuorinen@ktl.jyu.fi

The Institute for Educational Research (IER) is a separate institute of the University of Jyvaskyla. It is a centre for educational research and evaluation in Finland. The IER produces critical scientific knowledge about education and its foundations, but simultaneously participates, together with the Ministry of Education and the National Board of Education, decision-makers and teachers, in education development work. The challenge is to combine science and theory for the benefit of educational practice and the individual learner. The Institute has recently developed an internet-based resource centre in the field of guidance to support practitioners, researchers and students in the field of guidance. The expertise gained from this development is directly relevant to the current proposal.

The partner’s role in the project as an area co-ordinator will be to organise meetings of a working group from the guidance community with expertise in the area of equal opportunities to identify gaps, share experience, and discuss current issues. Explicit dissemination role. Raimo Vuorinen will also take responsibility for internal evaluation - working closely with the project co-ordinator and the external evaluator.

• ++ 30 (0)10 7277571

The Department of Psychology at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens is a national leader in the field of training for guidance and counselling practitioners and in research into guidance and counselling. The Department is directly involved in the education and training and Master's and PhDs in career guidance and counselling and is an active partner in several Greek and EU projects. It offers: an undergraduate course in psychology, a postgraduate programme in educational psychology; a postgraduate programme in clinical psychology and a postgraduate programme in career guidance and counselling. The Department also actively pursues a research programme, which includes issues related to equal opportunities in career guidance.

The partner's role in the project as an area co-ordinator will be to organise meetings of a working group from the guidance community with expertise in the area of equal opportunities to identify gaps, share experience, and discuss current issues. Explicit dissemination role.

• Valerija Čuček

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• +386 1 200 81 80
• +386 1 200 81 99

• valerija@kadis.si 

Kadis provides a wide range of training and other human resource services. They provide services for companies and carry out activities for unemployed who are included in training and employment programmes of Employment Service of Slovenia. Their organisation is also a promotor of the Leonardo da Vinci pilot project regarding young unemployed without vocational education. Quality and effectiveness is a high priority. Their counsellors and other staff have broad range of experience and expertise, which are necessary to achieve the project goal. Their counsellors (some psychologists) have experience in working with long term unemployed and unemployed in particularly difficult situations. They are searching for methods to increase effectiveness of training and employment programmes and believe that co-operation with partners will give expected results. They can also offer experience in project management.

The partner's role in the project as an area co-ordinator will be to organise meetings of a working group from the guidance community with expertise in the area of equal opportunities to identify gaps, share experience, and discuss current issues. Explicit dissemination role.

• + 44 (0)332 591267
• + 44 (0)332 597726

icegsenquiry@derby.ac.uk

The mission of the International Centre for Guidance Studies (iCeGS) at the University of Derby is to be the UK's centre for excellence at the leading edge of guidance and related lifelong learning research and development activities, bridging the gap between managers, practitioners, researchers, and policy-makers. It's aims are: to conduct and encourage research into guidance policies and practices; to develop innovative strategies for guidance in support of lifelong learning; to provide resources to support guidance practice across all education, community and employment sectors.

The Centre houses the Ask iCeGS Information Service (formerly the National Library Resource for Guidance), which has been used to edit and store reference material for the online discussion in the five participating countries during the project. The library is also available as a resource for website users.

The partner's key role relates explicitly to implementation and dissemination. The Centre will also continue to use the project tools and approaches in its research network after the project is completed.

• +44 (0) 1248 360254

mike@theknownet.com

Knownet is a research and development SME founded in 2000 and based in Wales in the UK. It brings together researchers and software developers from the UK, Germany, France and Canada. Knownet are working in the research and development of theories, architectures and applications for the use of software to support collaborative work and learning. Knownet are particularly concerned with the use of ICT for communication and with how knowledge is shared and developed through distributed communities of practice. They are also researching different forms of work organisation for software development that will allow users to provide iterative feedback through the development process. Knownet are presently co-ordinators of the Leonardo da Vinci project, ICT and SMEs, which is examining the use of ICT for learning and knowledge creations in SMEs. They are also contractors for CEDEFOP and the European Commission and have close working links with the University of Bremen, the University of Warwick, the University of London and the British Library.

Knownet have worked with the University of Warwick on the development of ICT platforms to support careers researchers and practitioners in the UK.

Knownet will provide the software platform and tools for communication and knowledge sharing and development.