IER News & blogs
IER Associate appointed to IAEVG executive committee
Associate Professor Deirdre Hughes OBE Link opens in a new windowhas been appointedLink opens in a new window Vice-President of the International Association of Education and Vocational Guidance (IAEVG).
On 28th June 2023, she presented her latest research 'Career Development: Tidal Waves, Turbulence and Transformation'Link opens in a new window at the IAEVG conference in The Hague.
The Challenge of Knowing: Public Procurement between Unilateral Knowledge Dissemination and Participatory Knowledge-Creation
Successfully integrating social and equality aspects that can help address social inequities into procurement requires dedicated knowledge. Yet, while crucial for effective practices, this knowledge is not always easily available.
A new book chapter written by Dr Katharina Sarter considers different ways of gathering and distributing knowledge.
Disconnection in the education-training-work-continuum
Dr Jamelia Harris published an article as part of the NORRAG Special Issue NSI 08 : The Education-Training-Work Continuums: Pathways to SocioProfessional Inclusion for Youth and Adults.
The Special Issue is part of a collaboration with the ILO and focuses on the discontinuities that currently exist between education, training and decent work, arguing that existing discontinuities between these three fields create and reinforce exclusions and inequalities for already marginalised groups.
Event: Deep diving into skill shortages - What can we learn from Cedefop's 2023 skills forecast?
The event features presentations on Cedefop's future shortage indicator, drivers of recruitment difficulties and skill shortages in Canada.
IER’s skills expert Terence Hogarth will be a panelist, discussing policy responses to shortages along with fellow panelists Ben Kriechel (Economix), Sylvain Renouvel (Federation of European Social Employers) and Tuscany Bell (European Federation of Public Service Unions).
The online event will take place on 22 June 14.00 - 15.30 hours UK time. For further details and registration please visit the Cedefop website.
Career experts' conceptions of systems development in lifelong guidance
This article, co-authored by Dr Sally-Anne Barnes and Professors Jenny Bimrose and Alan Brown, reports the findings from a phenomenographic study of career experts’ conceptions of systems development in lifelong guidance settings. The results show that conceptions of systems development in lifelong guidance varied from minimal, aspirational, strategic to systemic.