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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Work while studying: blessing or curse?
Research into undergraduates' experiences of working has been conducted by AGCAS member Angela Vesey, Senior Lecturer in the School of Social Sciences at Nottingham Trent University (NTU) and winner of the 2011 AGCAS John Roberts Memorial Prize. Angela's study, as part of her MA in Career Education, Information and Guidance in HE (CEIGHE), explored the nature and extent of undergraduates working at NTU, their motivations for working and its perceived impact.
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Sir Alex Ferguson's employability audit
Sir Alex Ferguson this week celebrates 25 years as Manchester United manager. To be continually employed for a quarter of a century is quite an achievement, especially in a field where job secur...
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Mixed picture on graduate jobs front - HE careers services
University careers services across the UK have reported a mixed picture during the third quarter of 2011, both in the messages they are getting from employers and in the number of jobs they...
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- Revised matrix Standard launched
- Careers section of Education Bill 2011 - suggested amendments
- Progress towards a National Careers Service for England
- AGCAS and the Careers Profession Alliance
- Concerns over reduced careers services for young people
- Skills awards survey report published
- HE white paper - AGCAS response
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Code of Practice on Career Education, Information, Advice and Guidance
The Code of Practice on Career Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (Section 8) is part of an overall code of practice for the assurance of academic quality and standards in higher...
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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 are an Associate or Affiliate Member of AGCAS, you can also pick the brains of other careers professionals through the AGCAS-CAREERSEDUCATION discussion list. 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, Communications Editor.
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A one-day introductory course focusing on research within career, placement and employability service contexts.
Technology in careers - an update, Warwick
This one-day course is especially useful for those with responsibility for using technology within their service.
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