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AGCAS President Marc Lintern has shared a message with 2020 graduates as part of the National Graduates Day (NGD) campaign organised by Universities UK. Taking place on Thursday 30 July, NGD is a focused day of digital activity to bring graduates of

The AGCAS Psychometric Assessment Task Group is seeking to recruit a new member. About the group The Psychometric Assessment Task Group supports AGCAS members to make best use of psychometric tests in guidance work, and provides updates on dev

The October 2020 issue of Phoenix, the AGCAS journal, will illustrate how university careers services have responded to the Covid-19 pandemic. We invite articles that profile how members have adapted to the delivery of fully online/remote ser

Over the past few months, our views and expertise have been sought by a number of sector bodies to support planning for the broader impact of Covid-19.

The AGCAS Placement and Work Related Learning Task Group is seeking to recruit three new members.  About the group The group currently comprises five full time members and meets three times a year to discuss a range of issues connected to supp

The winner of the AGCAS Supporting Student / Graduate Employability Award 2020 is the University of Reading. The University of Reading created #RDGGrad, an ambitious career development programme targeting final year undergraduate students. The progr

The John Roberts Memorial Award is given to the best student on the AGCAS/University of Warwick Career Education, Information and Guidance in Higher Education qualifications, as selected by the University of Warwick Course Director Phil McCash. The

The winner of the AGCAS Strategic Innovation Award 2020 is Sheffield Hallam University for its Highly Skilled Employment (HSE) project. Sheffield Hallam has a vision to become the world's leading applied university, shaping students' futures to prep

The winner of the AGCAS Significant Contribution Award – Individual 2020 is Katie Hill, University of Bristol. Katie enables the University of Bristol Careers Service to support and demonstrate ‘success’ for students and graduates,

The June batch of updated AGCAS Job profiles and What can I do with my degree? titles is now live on the Prospects website

The winners of the AGCAS Building Effective Partnerships Award 2020 are Birmingham City University, Aston University and Newman University for the collaborative project Higher Level Skills Match (HLSM). HLSM is a unique collaborative project positio

The winner of the AGCAS Outstanding Newcomer Award 2020 is Alisdair McKibben from the University of Aberdeen. Since joining the Careers and Employability Service at the University of Aberdeen in October 2018, Alisdair has been an extremely effective