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Welcome to the Careers Education community

This community is for anyone involved in delivering careers education to higher education students or graduates, both inside and outside the curriculum. It is intended to be a forum for the exchange of ideas and views and will promote good practice.

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Careers provision in HE not good enough?

A new DIUS report claims that information, advice and guidance for undergraduates in England is not good enough. AGCAS is preparing a response and invites members to comment.
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Careers services more popular than Facebook

New research reveals that students and recent graduates are far more likely to use their careers service than Facebook for careers information and advice.
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And the winner is ...

JPMorgan (Bournemouth office) was presented with the AGCAS Award for Outstanding Contribution to Developing Employability and Skills in the Curriculum at the 2008 TARGETjobs award ceremony at the H...
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Resources

Making an Impact: The Graduate Job Interview (DVD)

Image description AGCAS's interview DVD shows real students and graduates being interviewed by actual recruiters. It includes extracts from each interview, selectors' verdicts and candidates reflecting on th... More details ›

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Exchanging views and ideas

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.

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 the AGCAS Careers Education Task Group or, if they relate to the website, Gemma Green, Content Developer. Alternatively, you'll find a full list of AGCAS staff here.