In the light of the Labour Party’s promise to align Jobcentre Plus and the National Careers Service in England, Professor Pete Robertson offers some useful reflections on the opportunities , and pitfalls, that such a move might offer. One of the promises in the Labour Party manifesto for the Westminster election is to kickstart economic…
My tour of the manifestos has now reached Britain populist right wing party the Reform Party (the people who brought you Brexit). At the time of writing they are surging in the polls and looking to capture around a sixth of the votes. Because of our weird electoral system this is only likely to result…
Earlier this week I participated in a webinar organised by the Career Development Policy Group to discuss the current election and what it means for career guidance. We discussed the Career Guidance Guarantee and talked through the party manifestos. It is worth a listen if you are interested in these kinds of policy issues.
I’m working my way through all the manifestos for parties in the current election to see what they have to offer for careers. I started with the current government (pretty much ignores careers), then went to the Labour Party (not bad on career, but not so good on the wider economic and public sector picture)….