Last week I was invited to speak at the Nottingham Business School as part of their Future of Work conference. I talked about career as our pathway into the future and argued that we need to think about the future critically and positively as we plot our own careers into it. This is what I…
Multiple surveys make clear that teachers care deeply about school culture when sizing up jobs. Here’s what that means.
Today I had the opportunity to present with Dr Pedro Moreno da Fonseca of the International Labour Organisation to the ILO’s Africa Skills Hub. We discussed the value of thinking about career, career development and career guidance to the achievement of a range of policy aims for African countries. We presented the career development framework…
Yesterday Keren Coney and I presented to careers advisers in the Solihull Careers Hub. This was part of a new initiative by the Hub to provide a developmental space for careers advisers. We really welcome this and are keen to support both careers leaders and careers advisers and recognise that sometimes this is best done…
Better money is a solid first step. But teachers need to be treated as professionals if they are to stay.
Helping teachers advocate for themselves is key to success.
Last week we ran a webinar to provide an introduction to The Career Development Handbook. Just in case you have missed it, this is a new book written by Gill Frigerio, Rosie Alexander and myself. The book is designed to give a comprehensive introduction to the field and practice of career development. The book is…
Thursday 6th March – 9.30am to 4.30pmLocation: Kedleston Road Campus, Derby DE22 1GB£125 At the start of March we are offering a once in a lifetime opportunity to spend the day with me, Gill Frigerio and Rosie Alexander for a one day workshop exploring The Career Development Handbook. The workshop will help you to: Understand…
Every year I post some New Year’s resolutions. I haven’t got around to doing this year’s yet, but I will do. But, I also review last year’s resolutions as a form of reflection on my life and practice. So, that is what I’m going to do in this post. I posted my New Year’s resolutions…
Like Pokemon, I’ve got to catch em all (my cultural references are as on point as the King’s). So before the election I’m going to quickly report on the Green Party’s manifesto. The manifesto is called Real Hope, Real Change which is essentially the party trolling the other political parties in a fairly amusing way….