career guidance now and after the general election
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Tristram Hooley, Presentation to National Career Guidance Show (Leicester) 11th March 2015
Career guidance now and after the general electionCareer guidance now and after the general election
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Since the rose garden
Why should we care
Manifesto roundup
The crystal ball
What I’m going to cover
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Since the rose garden
Why should we care
Manifesto roundup
The crystal ball
What I’m going to cover
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The mistakes in brief
• Connexions• Closing Connexions (and Aimhigher and Education
Business Partnerships).• Removing the statutory duties for careers education and
work-related learning. • Two woolly versions of the Statutory Guidance.• “cutting out the middle man”• Believing that “inspiration” is everything
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The new careers company
Nicky Morgan: Mr Speaker, I am pleased to be able to tell the House that Christine Hodgson, Chair of Capgemini UK and someone with a strong track record of developing young talent, will chair a new careers and enterprise company for schools.
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Since the rose garden
Why should we care
Manifesto roundup
The crystal ball
What I’m going to cover
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Career development matters to…
the education system
the labour market and economy
society and those concerned with fairness and social equity
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Since the rose garden
Why should we care
Manifesto roundup
The crystal ball
What I’m going to cover
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Conservative
No clear policies announced so far. But…• They have largely kept faith with the National Careers
Service• Recently U-turned on school career guidance and
launched the new careers company.
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Labour
• Have made political capital out of the Conservative’s policy failures on careers.
• Tristram Hunt has said some positive (but non-specific) things about career education and guidance.
• Rumours that an announcement is imminent. Possibly something about local clusters of schools, possibly something about accountability to the proposed Directors of School Standards.
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Liberal Democrats
Nick Clegg gave a speech on the 27th February 2014 on career guidance. • “we’re going to make sure that every young person gets
good careers advice and guidance at school”• UCAS style system for all 16 year olds• Support for NEETs through Jobcentre Plus.
Is this the government or the LibDems?
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UKIP
• Don’t seem to have said anything on career guidance that I can find.
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Green
• No policy currently announced. • Caroline Lucas was a strong advocate of career guidance
during the cuts to Connexions.
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Nationalists
• SNP has been a supporter of Skills Development Scotland.
• Plaid Cymru seem to have little to say on the issue.
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In summary
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The Careers Alliance wish list
• The development of a national strategy for careers.• Enhancing career support for young people. • Expanding career support for adults. • Building professionalism and capacity within the careers
workforce. • Enhancing quality assurance and accountability
processes. • Increasing the efficiency of the existing public spend on
careers and investing in the area.
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Since the rose garden
Why should we care
Manifesto roundup
The crystal ball
What I’m going to cover
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Election outcome
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In a hung parliament
• Careers is unlikely to get much attention. • Although it is an issue that it is possible to build cross-
party support on. • The critical role that the SNP are likely to play could see
the devolution of Jobcentre Plus.
• Most likely outcome: The current policy limps on for at least a year after the election.
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In conclusion
• At present the political parties have yet to declare their hands.
• None have done any serious thinking about career education and guidance.
• The election is unlikely to result in the emergence of a decisive new careers policy.
…. but, a week is a long time in politics.
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Tristram Hooley
Professor of Career Education
International Centre for Guidance Studies
University of Derby
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t.hooley@derby.ac.uk
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