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Notes on entry requirements University entry qualifications or completed vocational training plus one year minimum experience, or a ‘relevant’ ( 3 ) first degree. Any ‘relevant’ degree. Relevant study at first cycle of HE. Completion of relevant first-cycle degree; work experience. Completion of relevant first-cycle degree; work experience. Pilot involved currently practising career counsellors, career information specialists and

ECTS (if known) 42 74 (of which seven relate to GCDF) 60 60 60 nine core, three specialist (a specialisation course for each of three groups of practitioners) ‘Relevant’ degrees are stipulated differently in different countries. Frequently (but depending on the focus of the course) they include psychology and pedagogy. Social sciences more broadly are often acceptable, and sometimes the list extends to, for example, economi

Examples of training courses in higher education

Brief description Diploma Academic career guidance counsellor. Two years part-time, with distance learning; 20 per year, working in different fields. Master’s degree, including GCDF for practical element. Currently one university; increasing to three courses from 2008. Career guidance counsellor course. Approximately 300 per year at six regional university colleges. Candidate degree. 20-30 students per year. Master’s degree. 30

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