Dec 3, 2015 - Claudia Harris, Chief Executive Officer, The Careers & Enterprise Company ... What changes can be made
Westminster Employment Forum Keynote Seminar: The future for careers education, advice and guidance in England for schools and for adults Timing: Morning, Thursday, 3rd December 2015 Venue: Glaziers Hall, 9 Montague Close, London SE1 9DD Agenda subject to change
8.30 - 9.00
Registration and coffee
9.00 - 9.05
Chair’s opening remarks Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke
9.05 - 9.15
What does good careers advice look like? Professor Tristram Hooley, Head, International Centre for Guidance Studies, University of Derby
9.15 - 9.30
Bringing schools and employers together Claudia Harris, Chief Executive Officer, The Careers & Enterprise Company
9.30 - 10.20
Improving the quality of advice in schools and the role for Jobcentre Plus (JCP) for under 18s What changes can be made to the statutory guidance for careers advisors in schools, to further clarify their responsibilities and to ensure a high quality of advice is provided to students; what action can be taken to ensure that those providing this advice are aware of the full-range of career pathways available for young people? Should face-to-face guidance be a compulsory requirement of a school’s careers provision as recently called for by the Careers Development Institute? What would be the benefits of requiring schools to publish an official Careers Plan on their websites, as recommended by Gatsby Foundation in its 2014 report; would a requirement to publish destination data for their students, serve to foster competition between educators and a greater focus on careers? Could more schools be encouraged to appoint a member of their governing body with a specific focus on careers strategy and employer engagement? What further steps can be taken to assist schools in forging closer links with employers and what are the challenges for the new employer-led careers and enterprise company in facilitating this? What are the particular challenges for careers “cold spots”, for example rural areas and coastal towns, where there has been little employer contact in schools? What will be the likely impact of the Government’s manifesto commitment to use Jobcentre Plus advisers to supplement schools’ careers advice in areas such as work experience and Apprenticeships?
Lin Proctor, Raising Aspirations Director, Pimlico Academy, London Deborah Streatfield, Founder and Independent Careers Advisor, MyBigCareer Alex Shapland-Howes, Managing Director, Future First Questions and comments from the floor with Professor Tristram Hooley, Head, International Centre for Guidance Studies, University of Derby and Claudia Harris, Chief Executive Officer, The Careers & Enterprise Company 10.20 - 10.45
Improving the understanding of qualification and career pathways Helen Thorne, Director of External Relations, UCAS Questions and comments from the floor
10.45 - 10.50
Chair’s closing remarks Baroness Liddell of Coatdyke
10.50 - 11.15
Coffee
11.15 - 11.20
Chair’s opening remarks Baroness Sharp of Guildford, Vice-Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Skills and Employment
11.20 - 11.35
Career Management in the Digital Age Joe Billington, Director of the National Careers Service, Skills Funding Agency
11.35 - 11.45
Case study: Challenges for careers professionals in the use of Labour Market Information Jim Carrick-Birtwell, Chief Executive Officer, Plotr
11.45 - 12.30
Career development for adults, improving labour market awareness and new approaches To what extent is the current public policy focus, on under 19s, having a detrimental effect on adult career development; what steps can be taken to counter this? What forms of careers advice have users themselves found most useful in helping them progress in their career? Could public careers websites, for example for the National Careers Service and National Apprenticeships Service, be improved to make it easier for individuals to find the right career paths for them, or access relevant information? How are practitioners taking advantage of available sources of Labour Market Information; could more be done to share best practice within the sector? What further steps can be taken to improve the quality of advice in Jobcentres; is the focus on moving jobseekers off of Jobseekers Allowance, preventing advisors fully examining an individual’s career challenges? How should the sector respond to the challenges for older workers in light of an ageing society and the decline of the ‘job for life’?
Dr Sally-Anne Barnes, Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Employment Research, University of Warwick Virginia Isaac, Chief Executive, Inspiring Futures Foundation and President, Career Development Institute Toni Pearce, Head of Employment and Skills, NIACE Questions and comments from the floor with Joe Billington, Director of the National Careers Service, Skills Funding Agency and Jim Carrick-Birtwell, Chief Executive Officer, Plotr 12.30 - 12.55
Next steps for careers advice and guidance policy Sam Gyimah MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Childcare and Education, Department for Education Questions and comments from the floor
12.55 - 13.00
Chair’s and Westminster Employment Forum closing remarks Baroness Sharp of Guildford, Vice-Chair, All-Party Parliamentary Group for Skills and Employment Tom Overend, Forum Lead, Westminster Employment Forum
