Thank you to Rie Thomsen for sending me an update on recent developments in careers education in Denmark. I thought that I would share it on this blog for everyone who is interested in careers education in schools and the Gatsby Benchmarks. Rie has been involved in the development of a series of benchmarks for…
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Career development: Building a virtuous circle
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