This annual collaborative conference was delivered by the Career Development Institute, AGCAS, University of Derby and NICEC on Wednesday 5 March 2025.
To support you further with ideas for your research we are sharing some useful documents, speaker presentations and the research posters below.
A chapter from Career Development Handbook (Tristram Hooley, Rosie Alexander, Gill Frigerio): Leading career development services
A chapter from Career Development Theories in Practice (Julia Yates): What value can theories add?
AGCAS Phoenix, July 2024: The Contemporary Careers Professional
We are grateful to our speakers for kindly sharing their presentations and videos (only content approved for sharing is listed below).
Morning keynote
Gill Frigerio (Associate Professor, chair of NICEC, University of Warwick): View presentation | Watch video
International panel speakers
Chair: Nuala Whelan (Assistant Professor Adult Guidance Counselling, Maynooth University)
Michael Healy (National Career Education Manager), Alexander Manners (University Guidance Counsellor, Bangkok International Preparatory and Secondary School), Miika Kekki (Early Career Academic, University of Derby)
Seminar speakers
Emma Hollywood: View presentation
Keren Coney: View presentation
Natalie Freeman: View presentation | Watch video
Rachel Stewart: View presentation | Watch video
Rebecca McCartan & Georgina Southern: View presentation | Watch video
Roshan Bilimoria: View presentation
Tom Staunton: View presentation
Valerie Rowles: View presentation
National panel speakers:
Chair: Tania Lyden (Assistant Professor, University of Warwick)
Associate Professor William E. Donald (Associate Professor of Sustainable Careers & Human Resource Management, University of Southampton & Donald Research & Consulting, UK), Priscilla Koinange (Freelance consultant & Freelance Senior Journalist), Emma Lennox (Careers Consultant, Queen's University Belfast), Belinda Nuttall (Independent Career Development Practitioner, Bradgate Sixth Form)
Afternoon keynote and close
Kim Allen (Professor of Sociology of Youth and Culture, University of Leeds): View presentation | Watch video
Closing remarks (poster winner): Watch video
Please find the entries for this year's research poster competition below:
Anna Levett: Welcome to the UK? The experiences of international students seeking employment. View presentation
Anna Matei & Ella Cockman: Redefining Success Metrics: Tracking Participant Progress in Peer-Led Academic Programme. View presentation
Atiqah Fariz: Navigating career adaptability: A heuristic inquiry into the experiences of Bruneian postgraduate mature students in government-funded higher education. View presentation
Dipti Sahdev: Is AI threatening or enhancing the role of HE Career Practitioners? View presentation
Dr. Nadia Rawlings: Perspective of people from an economically disadvantaged background on their journey to a successful career: qualitative research. View presentation
Emily Stoner: Can we build a tool that helps students assess, track, and grow their skills while enabling staff to provide targeted support through actionable data? View presentation
Emma Hill & Emma Anderson: Group coaching: An innovative way to grow career confidence. View presentation
Emma Lennox: English Alumni as key actors in a sustainable career ecosystem. View presentation
Erin Bartley: Once upon a teenage time: Exploring the role of storytelling in career guidance with developing adolescents in terms of executive functions and identity development. View presentation
Fatima Adam: How online coaching influences the development of self-efficacy in mothers beyond motherhood. View presentation
Gemma Smith: How does a cancer diagnosis impact careers development and decision making in Scotland? View presentation and recording
Heather & David: Center for Employability Excellence. View presentation
Jessica Shilton & Catherine McAvoy: University of Bradford Career & Employability Services research project. View presentation
Rebecca Ryan: Exploring international school students’ agency in their career planning. View presentation
Lisa LaRue: Flow and recovery in self-employed (entrepreneurs) coaches. View presentation
Sarah Crittenden: Thinking beyond the walls Exploring the cognitive benefits of coaching in naturally restorative environments. View presentation
Yinka Adesina: Psychological capital and wellbeing for career changers. View presentation and recording
