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Review of IAG out now
Posted: 15 August 2008
The final report of the 2006 Cross Government Review of Information, Advice and Guidance Services for Adults in England is now available.
New careers service report
Posted: 1 August 2008
Read the report of a recent expert practitioners' workshop about the new adult advancement and careers service.
NAEGA meets DIUS again
Posted: 22 July 2008
NAEGA and DIUS met again to discuss how NAEGA might assist in the development of the new Adult Advancement and Careers Service in England.
Measuring the impact of adult guidance - lessons from North East England
Posted: 21 July 2008
Get your copy of this new publication about evaluating the soft outcomes of the guidance process.
Shaping the Future - Tees Valley annual IAG conference
Posted: 21 July 2008
Report on the final conference of nextstep Tees Valley.
nextstep contracts
Posted: 21 July 2008
Latest news on the successful tenders for nextstep contracts.
Adult Learning Grant one year on
Posted: 21 July 2008
The Adult Learning Grant (ALG) recently celebrated its first anniversary. Figures show it has been a great success.
Time to train consultation
Posted: 21 July 2008
What do you think? DIUS invites views on proposals to give employees in England a right to a serious conversation with their employer about their skills development.
Futuretrack report
Posted: 21 July 2008
Detailed invetigation into the career decision-making among 2006 applicants for UK full-time undergraduate and sub-degree courses.
Lifelong Learning Networks
West Yorkshire Lifelong Learning Network has provided an explanation of LLNs.
Denham calls on employees to enter higher education
Posted: 21 July 2008
The government is saying that every person who has the ability to go to university should have the opportunity to do so.
Lucy Hearne in Finland
Posted: 21 July 2008
Lucy reports on her latest visit to Finland. Read her latest update and meet her at the conference.
Deirdre Hughes steps down from iCeGS
Posted: 21 July 2008
Founding director Deirdre Hughes is stepping down from the Centre for Guidance Studies.
Skills for Scotland Strategy document sent back for rethink
Posted: 21 July 2008
The Scottish Parliament voted in May to revise its proposed skills strategy.
CEL Policy Update No. 32
Posted: 16 July 2008
News briefing from the Centre for Excellence in Leadership, covering 4 to 15 July 2008.
Wanted! Careers Advisers who have left Connexions
Posted: 16 July 2008
The ICG are conducting a research project to investigate the impact of 14-19 policies on career guidance in England.
CEL Policy Update No. 31
Posted: 16 July 2008
News briefing from the Centre for Excellence in Leadership, covering 20 June to 4 July 2008. Also a brief guide to the Cabinet paper Excellence and fairness.
Break-Out or Break-Up?
Posted: 16 July 2008
Report into the implications of Institutional Employability Strategies for the role and structure of University Careers Services.
Placing employment advisers in GP surgeries
Posted: 16 July 2008
A research report commissioned by the Department for Work and Pensions Pathways Advisory Service.
CEL Policy Update No. 30
Posted: 15 July 2008
News briefing from the Centre for Excellence in Leadership, covering 9 to 20 June 2008. Also a bonus guide to the DWP/DIUS paper Work Skills.
DIUS proposes compulsory training
Posted: 15 July 2008
Compulsory training and an overhauled training system to help people get into and on at work.
NIACE calls for submissions
Posted: 15 July 2008
NIACE is calling for submissions of evidence to its enquiry on lifelong learning.
CEL Policy Update No. 29
Posted: 14 June 2008
News briefing from the Centre for Excellence in Leadership, covering 28 May to 9 June 2008. In this edition: a new skills academy is in the works, the National Audit Office reports on Skills for Life, and many secondary schools may face closure or conversion to academy status under a new DCSF directive. Also, continuing activity on the unions front, and more controversy around the head of the Independent Schools Council.
Offender learning
Posted: 13 June 2008
The Learning and Skills Council (LSC) has published a booklet of FAQs for the new OLASS (Offender Learning and Skills Service) prospectus.
CBI surveys education and skills
Posted: 13 June 2008
The Confederation of British Industry has just published Taking Stock - its annual survey on education and skills.
Attitudes to learning
Posted: 13 June 2008
New report from DIUS on adult attitudes to learning.
Life chances
Posted: 13 June 2008
Check out the report from the Cabinet Office on progressing life chances.
Decline in adult learning
Posted: 13 June 2008
A new survey indicates that fewer adults are taking up learning.

What's On

National NAEGA
22-24 September 2008
Oxford
NAEGA Conference at Keble College
Developments in Higher Education Applications and Admissions
7 October 2008
London
Looking at the new level 3 Diploma and how universities plan to respond to it, also the increasing use of their own selection methods
Higher Education - Skills in the Workplace
13-14 November 2008
York
UVAC conference on delivering employer-led higher level work-based learning
South West England NAEGA branch
18 November 2008
Meeting: Diverse Careers Guidance
East of England NAEGA branch
26 November 2008
Cambridge
Workshop: Working with disabled clients
Work in Progress: Assessment of Work-Based Learning in Foundation Degrees
27 November 2008
Oxford
Seminar by the Student Assessment and Classification Working Group

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