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UK Career Development Awards from the Career Development Institute CDI recognise the best across careers advice and guidance. Following a review the awards are changing for 2025.

CDI National Conference

With the general election on 4th July 2024, the CDI have reviewed the manifestos of the main political parties to highlight their likely impact on career development - updated with Northern Ireland manifestos.

There is now a great choice of digital tools available to use either in your own work or to enrich your work with clients. Here you will find a range of options, both those developed through the CDI and those created independently that come recommended by CDI members. 

matrix is an international quality standard and helps organisations improve their IAG provision through benchmarking against best practice and with accreditation for those who's services meet the criteria of the full standard.

The 2024 Annual Report from the Community of Interest for Careers Education (COICE) outlining the work of the CDI group in careers education and career development.

Careers Leaders work in schools and colleges to establish a careers strategy and implement the careers programme. 

This year, we are excited for the return of the awards on Tuesday 17 June at the Royal National Hotel in London. The event will be themed as the 'CDI Carnival of Careers' and we welcome attendees to dress up and join in the themed fun and games!  Attendees can look forward to a glamorous awards ceremony and enjoy celebrating the work of inspirational careers professionals, catching up with peers and friends, and making new connections! 

Focus areas, equality, diversity, inclusion, SEND, disability, intersectionality

This free tool for CDI members offers a simple assessment of digital confidence. Use it once or annually as a regular review of your CPD. It presents 16 workplace scenarios for you to rate how confident you are in the digital skills needed. You'll receive a report giving scores and resources to help develop your digital skills further.

As part of its governance as a company and professional body, the CDI holds an Annual general meeting (AGM), usually each December. This is an opportunity for the CDI membership to hear from the CDI leadership, including the President and Directors, the Chief Executive and the Chair of the Ethics and Professional Standards Committee.

The National Careers Leaders' Conference and Exhibition 2025 will take place on Wednesday 18 June and is jointly organised by the CDI and iCeGS at the University of Derby. This year, we have a change of venue and will hold the event at the Royal National Hotel in London.

North West Regional Meeting with a difference!  From race number 4 you are welcome to enjoy an afternoon/evening at the races. National Horseracing College colleagues will be in attendance all evening, so network as you choose with them, CDI NW colleagues, those from other schools or meet up with friends and family. Several places are reserved for NW CDI colleagues and are offered on a first-come, first-served basis. To book: Mentioning the CDI North West region, please [email protected] and copy in [email protected]

2024 keynote speakers CDI national conference

labour market information, data, labour market intelligence, big data, LMI, LMI+