Transforming Young People's Decision-Making
06-October-2006
'Transforming Young People's Decision-Making at Age 16' by Briony Webb reports on research and consultation carried out by Careers Wales West for the Pembrokeshire Network. The project was designed to determine how careers education and guidance provision could best be developed in order to facilitate young people's access to a wide range of academic and vocational courses and training, without restriction of institutional barriers and interests. The report also provides a case-study of ways in which research data collected at local level can support reviews of local policy and practice.
The findings suggest that many of the conditions to achieve this are already in place for some young people; many simply involve adjustments to exisiting good practice. What do you think? Read the full report on CeGS website to learn more.
Equal Opportunities data for ex-offenders in LMI.
06-October-2006
For guidance, it would be useful to know how many ex-offenders were employed in a particular sector, not least to guage the 'freindlyness' of the employers. This data however, does not seem to be held sufficiently by employers as many ex-offenders chose not to disclose. In this respect it is similar to hidden disabilities. Are there any ideas around collecting data of this kind for LMI?
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- How about...; 02-November-2006 17:00:15 by Elizabeth Davies
UK Country Report on Guidance
17-October-2006
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.
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- A useful summary for practitioners; 17-October-2006 16:09:15 by John Marriott
