Questions discussed include:

• Should careers advisers resist becoming social engineers, concentrating instead on empowering clients?
• Should LMI dominate the career decision process or simply be seen as another piece of relevant information?
• Can we afford courses that have little market value?
• What is the point of gaining qualifications and experience in an occupational route that is in decline or has few opportunities in your travel to work area?
• Is there a need for career choice to be informed by the wider context of the needs of the economy?
• Is a maths degree of any more vocational value than a media degree?
• Why should an individual invest in occupationally specific training if the only incentive is to become part of a flexible work force on a temporary contract knowing that they can be dismissed as soon as their services are no longer needed?