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Meaningful Guidance Supporting Career Resilience NCGE was very privileged to have Sandra Cheyne of
Skills Development Scotland deliver the keynote address
where she explored the developments of Scotland’s Skills
Agency and Careers Service, considering career
In November 2019, National Centre for Guidance in Education (NCGE*) and Leargas collaborated to management skills and outlining how the skills landscape
deliver a Transnational Cooperation Activity (TCA*) financed through the Erasmus+ programme. The in Scotland has changed.
event was titled ‘Meaningful Guidance for Adults and Young People, Developing and Managing Career
Resilience in Adult and Vocational Education and Training’. There were Following the inspiring keynote address, and exercises
43 participants from 11 European countries. lead expertly by Paul Guest (Orientra), workshops
facilitated by the four Irish guidance services and agencies
Replace with: Inspired by NCGE attendance at the International Association for related to the aforementioned themes were warmly
Educational and Vocational Guidance (IAEVG*) International Conference in received.
2019, which had the theme ‘An inclusive society in the age of precariat’, this Irish
seminar was designed to consider the significant challenges of achieving career At the point of closing the event, five potential KA2
security in an insecure world. The seminar was also inspired by the ongoing projects and one potential KA1 project were also in
development of national and international strategies and goals, including development!
commitments by different countries to ‘Sustainable Development Goals’ and the
Global and National commitments made to 17 life-changing goals outlined by As a whole, participants highly rated the delivery of this
the UN in 2015. In particular, this TCA facilitated consideration of sustainable event and felt that it allowed for thematic discussion,
development goal 8 ‘Decent Work and Economic Growth’. teambuilding, networking and for discussion of possible
future collaboration, each relevant to the core aims of the
event!
THE THEMES DISCUSSED:
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Recognising the role of impartial guidance
Challenges of providing meaningful guidance information in meeting challenges regarding
in the context of the ‘new’ employment – when entitlements, eligibility, engaging with
employment is likely to be fragmented. employers, accessing support services etc.
Considering which models of guidance best Providing guidance services that would build Mary Stokes
serve the needs of adults and young people. resilience and promote coping skills.
for Euroguidance Ireland
Integrating guidance provision to education, Engaging with guidance services to promote
training and employment in the context of client confidence in building their work portfolio
‘Upskilling’, ‘Skills for work’ and ‘Skills to and considering the role of guidance in the
advance’, and meeting the challenges of context of Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL*).
providing integrated, accessible lifelong
guidance support for all. Outlining a ‘Career Construction’ approach.
TCA: Transnational Cooperation Activities (TCAs) are events arranged by National Agencies to encourage collaboration and sharing of best
practice within Erasmus+.
NCGE: The National Centre for Guidance in Education is an agency of the Department of Education and Skills, with responsibility to support
and develop guidance practice in all areas of education and to inform the policy of the Department in the field of guidance. NCGE also host
the Irish Euroguidance Centre.
IAEVG: The International Association for Educational and Vocational Guidance provides global leadership in, and advocates for, guidance
RPL: The recognition of prior learning describes a process used to recognise and evaluate skills and knowledge gained outside of formal
education systems against a given set of standards. RPL is frequently used in admission to FET/ VET (in the EU) and for mature student entry
into Higher Education Institutes, but poses challenges as RPL can be perceived as demanding of resources and is an 'individualised' system.
The development of an RPL 'system' for more mainstream application is of interest across all education sectors, and fits very well in building
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