Keynote Tony Watts European Summit in Canterbury 2014
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The document reviews the professionalisation of career guidance in Europe, highlighting its historical evolution, challenges faced by career professionals, and the importance of effective policy and educational frameworks. It discusses various EU initiatives that have shaped career guidance, emphasizing the role of public policy and access to career services as a human right. Furthermore, it addresses the changing nature of careers and the need for continuous development within the profession, including support for paraprofessionals.
Keynote Tony Watts European Summit in Canterbury 2014
- 1. Professionalisation of Career Guidance in Europe: Challenges and Ways ForwardTony Watts
- 2. Structure Historical review of European-level developments in the career guidance field: NICE as one of three complementary European networks Challenges to role of career professionals (e.g. recently in UK): importance of NICE’s work Cognate professions: need to attend to career development of careers professionals
- 3. European Vision ‘To substitute for age-old rivalries the merging of essential interests; to create, by establishing an economic Community, the basis for a broader and deeper community among peoples long divided by bloody conflicts; and to lay the foundations for institutions which will give direction to a destiny henceforward shared’. Preamble to European Coal and Steel Community Treaty (1951)
- 4. EU Initiatives: Foundations 1957-92–Some actions within vocational training (no powers in education) –Comparative policy-oriented surveys (precursors of 2004 OECD review) –Transnational action programmes
- 5. EU Initiatives: Consolidation (1992-2000) –Extension of powers to cover education (1992) –Single European Market (1992): focus on mobility–Establishment of Euroguidance Network–Studies of occupational profiles of vocational counsellors (CEDEFOP, 1992; FEDORA, 1998)
- 6. EU Initiatives: Elevation (2000 to date) –Communication on Lifelong Learning (2001) –Expert Group on Lifelong Guidance (2002-07) –European Lifelong Guidance Policy Network (ELGPN) (2007 to date) –Council Resolutions (2004; 2008) –European Training Foundation work in neighbouring countries–Establishment of NICE
- 7. Complementary European Networks Practice: Euroguidance Policy: ELGPN Training/theory/research: NICE
- 8. Importance of Links to Public Policy Most services are publicly funded Access to career guidance as a human right A public good as well as a private good: -Lubricating the education and training system-Lubricating the labour market-Promoting social equity and social justice
- 9. Turbulence in UK Marginalisation under Connexions Careers Profession Task Force (Towards a Strong Careers Profession) Establishment of Career Development Institute Recent marginalisation under current Coalition Government
- 10. Challenges to Professions ‘All professions are conspiracies against the laity’ (Shaw) Exacerbated by technology and ease of public access to information: reframes the role of professions
- 11. Cognate Professions Teachers Psychologists Counsellors Human resource professionals
- 12. Changing Concept of Career From: progression up an ordered hierarchy within an organisation or profession To: lifelong progression in learning and work Need to apply this to our career structures too
- 13. Career Development of Careers Professionals To include career development into and out fromthe profession, as well as within it Cf. UK Careers Profession Task Force concepts of ‘Careers First’ and ‘Careers Last’ Need also to value paraprofessionals, and provide stepping-stones for them too
- 14. Research Discipline, or multi-disciplinary field of study? Value of comparative cross-national research