About AGCAS
AGCAS Strategy 2008-2011
AGCAS is the professional association for higher education (HE) careers practitioners, using the expertise and resources of its membership for the collective benefit of its members, HE careers services, their clients and customers, and the sector overall.
The AGCAS Board, staff and the various committees and groups, exist to:
- Lead, support and provide resources to facilitate the delivery of careers services in collaboration with key stakeholders for the benefit of the HE and related sectors
- Be the voice of guidance professionals concerned with delivering careers education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) in HE and related contexts
Aims
AGCAS's continuing aims are to work with appropriate partners and stakeholders:
- To promote excellence and innovation, equality of opportunity and continuous quality improvement in CEIAG in HE
- To provide high quality services and products that support and inform the delivery of CEIAG within HE
- To inform and influence policies and agendas relating to careers guidance, graduate recruitment, employment and further study for the benefit of students and graduates, our members and the sector
- To develop and foster local, regional, national and international networks and partnerships to further these key aims
- To ensure that AGCAS as an organisation is properly constituted, structured and managed
- To promote excellence in CEIAG delivery by encouraging a continuous quality improvement approach and supporting member services in this process
- To lead and support member services in responding proactively to the emerging needs of a diverse body of users and stakeholders in a changing environment
- To take a professional lead in creating, promoting and maintaining appropriate policies and strategies that develop employability
- To promote and develop training events and networks to meet the changing needs of CEIAG practitioners and to market such provision to the widest appropriate audience, incorporating emerging technologies
- To provide relevant and up-to-date CEIAG products to the widest audience, in collaboration with partners
- To promote and develop AGCAS as a research-based professional body
- To communicate the value of CEIAG, AGCAS and its activities in order to inform and influence the widest appropriate audience
- To promote the benefits of AGCAS membership to appropriate organisations and individuals
- To operate as a charity and company, properly managed in accordance with best practice and our Memorandum & Articles of Association