The Warwick Institute for Employment Research is currently undertaking a longitudinal study into the effectiveness of career guidance over a five year period. From here you can access the latest reports.

This project, undertaken in 2001, examined the benefits of Careers Guidance for Open University students in receipt of financial awards. It stemmed from concerns that students in this group may need more than just financial support in order to be motivated to continue with their studies. The finding from the report suggest that the value of careers guidance provision, its relationship to achievement and retention across the whole student cohort is worth further investigation.

Friends, teachers, tutors and parents are the preferred source of information and advice for most 16 – 19 year olds when deciding on their choice of university. The professionals young people turn to most readily are their personal or form tutors. This study provides a fascinating insight into where young people look for advice, which sources they value and just how misinformed many are.

Does IAG exist in the workplace? This report is based on the author’s experience of piloting Matrix Quality Standards with employers where she found that terminology got in the way. She describes her initial discussions as a translation of what they provided to their employees into what matrix advisers would term IAG.