Recent posts

Involving parents in career education and guidance

21-August-2007

Given the high level of investment made by many parents/carers in supporting and financing their children's education and personal development should they be encouraged more to become actively involved in 21st century career discussions with advisers/counsellors?

Assessing and measuring the impact of career guidance and counselling

21-August-2007

It's time to investigate more fully difffering approaches used to assess and measure the impact of career guidance and counselling interventions.

Developments in establishing a National Policy Forum

23-November-2006

The recent demise of the National Guidance Policy Forum in the UK demonstrates that alternative approaches are required to connect policy makers to guidance issues and in particular to equal opportunity dimensions of this.

What’s our research agenda for the 21st century?

24-July-2006

Deirdre Hughes and Rie Thomsen raise a number of key issues in career guidance research and invite discussion from the guidance community to help formulate the research agenda for the 21st century.

Delivery methods

20-March-2006

As information and communication technology (ICT) continues to become more sophisticated, and more available, what will its impact be on the delivery of IAG services? Could high profile, high volume ICT services be more cost-effective, and is there a danger of them “squeezing out” more traditional methods of delivery?

Bibliography on E-guidance and Telephone Helplines

30-November-2005

Update to my previous blog about locating sources of information about e-guidance and telephone helpline services.

E-guidance and telephone helpline research

12-October-2005

I volunteered to find out more information on published work relating to e-guidance and telephone helpline services.

Dissemination/Valorisation

14-April-2005

Jenny`s reminder about the need to record all relevant dissemination/valorisation activities is timely.

First comments on the new site

12-February-2005

The site looks very accessible, but here are some thoughts ....