UK Country Report on Guidance

17-October-2006

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Deirdre Hughes, Director of the Centre for Guidance Studies at the University of Derby, recently completed a report for the Finnish Presidency Conference detailing progress in implementing the May 2004 Council Resolution on Guidance throughout life in the UK.

In the UK, the specific term ‘guidance’ is normally reserved to describe the more intensive support element of a broader range of services collectively referred to as ‘information, advice and guidance’ (IAG). These services are highly developed across the whole of the UK and are widely available to those in education, in the labour market and in a variety of community settings. However, there are many differences and similarities in the arrangements for the delivery of IAG services across the four constituent countries of the UK: England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. These arrangements partly reflect differences of geography, culture, complexity and relative population sizes; increasingly, they are also linked to differences in the legal and constitutional responsibilities that apply.  This report explores these differences and similarities in further detail.  The full report is available from the CeGS website. 


Hayley Reynolds ; 17-October-2006 16:00:28; forum (1) help

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1 A useful summary for practitioners

This report is a useful summary of developments in the UK guidance sector
An interesting insight into the contrasts and comparisons between the delivery of guidance in each nation.
John Marriott, 17-October-2006 16:09:20 forum / discussion

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