PRESENTATION TO NEW ECONOMY, MANCHESTER Devo-careers Tristram Hooley, Professor of Career Education, University of Derby Devo-careers Tristram Hooley, Professor of Career Education, University of Derby

OECD definition Career guidance refers to services and activities intended to assist individuals, of any age and at any point throughout their lives, to make educational, training and occupational choices and to manage their careers… The activities may take place on an individual or group basis, and may be face-to-face or at a distance (including help lines and web-based services). (OECD, 2004)

Economic benefits

Impact of career guidance

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Recent history

The current infrastructure School based provision Statutory guidance Local authority provision of targeted services National Careers Service – Inspiration agenda Careers and Enterprise Company Jobcentre Plus in schools Education information and transition support e.g. UCAS & NAS Other local and national initiatives e.g. LEPs, Plotr, various charities, Career Lab, Future Morph

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Careers & Enterprise Company

Mentoring

A school-based system

Good career guidance (Gatsby) A stable careers programme Learning from career and labour market information Addressing the needs of each pupil Linking curriculum learning to careers Encounters with employers and employees Experienced of workplaces Encounters with further and higher education Personal guidance

Themes in the current approach Employer engagement Technology Marketisation School autonomy Devolution and the LEPs

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Tasks for the localities Devise economic strategy Gain access to funding and political power Weld the fragments of careers provision into a system Manage the tensions between local skills needs and impartiality (holding on and letting go) Drive action in schools.

Approaches from the LEPs London Ambitions D2N2 Employability framework York, North Yorkshire and East Riding Enterprise Partnership – Quality awards project North East LEP – Gatsby plus South East LEP – Coastal Challenge

References Gatsby Charitable Foundation (2014). Good Career Guidance. London: Gatsby. Hooley, T. (2015). London Ambitions: Shaping a Successful Careers Offer for All Londoners (Careers England Policy Commentary 31). Careers England. Hooley, T. (2014). The Evidence Base on Lifelong Guidance. Jyväskylä, Finland: European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network (ELGPN). Hooley, T. and Dodd, V. (2015). The Economic Benefits of Career Guidance. Careers England. Hutchinson, J., Dickinson, B., Hooley, T. and Vickers, R. (2015). The D2N2 Employability Framework: Employers and Schools Supporting Young People’s Routes to Work. Nottingham: D2N2.

Conclusions Career guidance can be a key part of local economic strategy. The national system is fragmented and so there is a need to impose coherence locally. The level of political support for career guidance is growing. A number of LEPs have already developed strategies to drive forward career guidance in their area.

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