Welcome to the Employability community
If you deliver careers information, advice and guidance AND you'd like to be better equipped to help clients make informed choices about employability or have ideas you'd like to share with others, this AGCAS web community is for you.
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LSC to re-launch career development loans
The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) is making changes to career development loans in a bid to make them more attractive to potential learners seeking to improve their skills for work.
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PwC win AGCAS award for work with careers services
PricewaterhouseCoopers has won the AGCAS Award for the Outstanding Contribution to Developing Employability and Skills in the Curriculum at the TARGETjobs National Graduate Recruitment Awards 20...
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Dundee first to offer internship graduate certificate
The University of Dundee's Careers Service has become the first in the UK to offer graduates an internship certificate. The Scottish Internship Graduate Certificate (SIGC) is designed to boost ...
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- Employers shortlisted for curriculum work with careers services
- New employability report published
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Knowledge Workers and Knowledge Work
This report aims to give a more comprehensive portrait of work and the workforce in the knowledge economy. It is based on a survey that asked people what they actually do at work and how often they...
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All AGCAS members can exchange views and ideas by submitting news articles to this website and contributing to the discussions which follow many articles. If you work in an AGCAS member service, you can also pick the brains of other careers professionals through AGCAS-Servicelink. Join the list or, if you have already joined, post a message.
There is also a discussion list for anyone interested in PDP. Join the list or, if you have already joined, post a message.
AGCAS members who do not work in institutions with member services can join AGCAS-networklink and post a message to it.
People to contact
If you'd like to talk to other AGCAS members or staff about topics related to this community, good first contacts are Rose Mortenson, AGCAS Membership Development Manager or, if they relate to the website, Gemma Green, Content Developer. Alternatively you'll find a full list of AGCAS staff here.
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The Power of Two - Career Management & Development: making the most of PDP, Leicester
The decrease in graduate vacancies and ever increasing focus on the ‘financial crisis’, makes career management and PDP - Personal D...
Physics Information Day, London
This day will showcase resources that the Institute of Physics (IOP) can provide to assist you in your work and it provides an opportunity to tell ...
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