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Covers careers exploration and learning activities at primary school age, including integration of careers education into the curriculum.
Covers career education, information, advice and guidance activities at secondary school age, including integration of careers education into the curriculum and employer engagement activities.
Covers careers education information, advice and guidance for those considering, within and exiting technical and vocational training pathways.
Covers careers education, information, advice and guidance in higher education, including integration of careers into the curriculum and engagement with workplaces and employers.
Covers careers support given to adults in work, ranging from career coaching to employer programmes and public services.
Covers support given to unemployed working-age adults, spanning support from public services to community based schemes.
Coming in future: References for more-specific, important groups of people, related by their characteristics and/or circumstances.
Publications from the past several decades which provide overarching reviews, to chronicle the evolution of careers research.
Considering the best practices, success factors and outcomes from guidance interviews.
Research into career programmes, using multiple interventions, typically over time, with case studies and outcomes.
Covering the evaluation and outcomes from classroom or group based careers education.
Covers the evaluation and outcomes from planned engagements with employers and workplaces.
Evaluations and outcomes research into assessment and self-assessment tools to aid career learning and decision making.
Research to evaluate the outcomes of providing labour market information and intelligence to the ends of supporting career decisions.
Examples of various applications of digital technologies, with analysis of outcomes and impact.
Reviews into the application of AI in CEIAG, with case studies of how it is being deployed.
Sitting outside of practice itself are the activities to ensure quality and continuous improvement, such as reflective practice, feedback and evaluation.
Research and analysis on how careers guidance contributes to the current and future economy.
Research on how careers guidance contributes to equity, diversity and inclusion across the career lifespan.
Research on how careers guidance contributes to mental and physical wellbeing across the population.
Research into the ways that the careers sector supports the low carbon transition and wider sustainability agenda.
We have compiled a list of over 2,500 research sources covering practice, career development and related topics for ideas and previous works. CDI members may get in touch to receive a copy for their own work.
Lists of key journals, search engines or other repositories and books (mostly free!) to expand your reading.
Publications, books and journals about research principles, methods and best practices, to inform projects.
Highlights of notable research from the UK and internationally that we have identified over the previous quarter, that highlights the case-for or impact-of career guidance.
We track a wide range of international sources for evidence and related research. If you are embarking on research as part of practice or policymaking, we support CDI members to locate relevant sources to make their case, or inform their practice, so please reach out to see if we can help. (Pls note: responses may take several days)