Conference 2008 presentations archive
The programme for the 2008 conference was developed to offer delegates the opportunity to attend sessions particularly suited to individual professional needs.
The keynote presentations are available here, as are the parallel sessions in number order. (Files are all in PDF format. If you can't view them, download Acrobat Reader.)
Day One
- Changes in the Delivery of Adult Guidance:
What's new across the UK - Stephen McNair (NAEGA)
- Sally Farr (Careers Wales Association)
- Doug Govan (Skills Development Scotland)
Day Two
- Welcome from NAEGA
- Ann Ruthven (NAEGA)
- Keynote: Adult Advancement and Careers Service
- Adam Micklethwaite (DIUS) and Louise Proctor(LSC)
- Guidance in Different Contexts
- Margaret Dane (AGCAS)
- Joanne Lambert (West Yorkshire LLN)
- Leigh Henderson (NICEC)
- NAEGA AGM: Directors' Report
- Ann Ruthven (NAEGA)
- Keynote: A New Era for CPD
- Dr Jean Kelly (Institute for Learning)
- Parallel sessions
- See below
Day Three
- Keynote: Career Discussions at Work
- Wendy Hirsh (NICEC & Institute for Employment Studies)
- The CIPD toolkit on career discussions at work can be downloaded from the CIPD website.
- Keynote: Leadership in Adult Guidance for the Future
- Kevin Ford (FPM Training)
- Parallel sessions
- See below
Parallel sessions on days two and three
- Dual Positions: The Practitioner-Researcher in Adult Guidance
- Lucy Hearne (Waterford Institute of Technology)
- Higher Level Qualifications for Guidance Workers
- Siobhan Neary-Booth (iCeGS)
- Moving from Problem Island to Solution Island
- Bill O'Connell (Focus on Solutions Ltd)
- The New Advancement and Careers Service - Improving individuals' skills for the workplace
- Peter Jones (VT Lifeskills)
- The Union Learning Climbing Frame
- Louisa Shaw (Unionlearn)
- Career Guidance for a Sustainable Future
- Lyn Barham (NICEC)
- The Value of Supervision in Guidance Practice
- Jane Westergaard (Canterbury Christ Church University)
- 14-19 Diplomas: Tomorrow's Adults
- Alan Vincent (ACEG/North Oxfordshire 14-19 Consortium)
- Beyond Trait and Factor: Implications of Recent Theory for Guidance Practice
- Liane Hambly (Consultant/University of Huddersfield)
- Creating an Emotionally Intelligent Environment for Advancing Adult Guidance
- Jo Maddocks (JCA)
- Effective IAG through Telephone Working
- Richard Peoples (Consultant)
- What's in a Name?
- Janice MacInnes (MacInnes Training Services)
- The Role of Psychometric Tests in Adult Guidance
- Adrienne Rosen (Asmara Resources)
- Working with Mental Health Service Users
- Kathryn James (NIACE)
- Working to the Blueprint
- Ruth Hawthorn (NICEC)
- The Research Blind Spot? Learning from Guidance Clients' Needs, Experiences and Outcomes
- Mark Ravenhall & Louise Peck (CFE)
- Vocational Qualifications are Changing. Are You?
- Paul Marijetic (LSN)
- Professional Ethics in Adult Guidance
- Rico Stein (Kerry Adult Guidance Service)
