Scotland Student Conference - Career Development Institute

CDI Scotland Student Conference

Thursday 6 February 2025 | 9.30 am - 4 pm | Online event
Theme: The use of data by career services

This event is delivered in partnership by the Career Development Institute, University of the West of Scotland, Edinburgh Napier University and Skills Development Scotland

This year's CDI Scotland Student Conference will explore how the use of data by modern career services is evolving. The focus will be on large data sets of service user information held by career services. The keynotes will focus on how guidance can be enhanced by use of data, highlighting the higher education sector in the morning, and Skills Development Scotland in the afternoon. Workshops will explore a range of diverse and related topics including input from PhD research students. This is an annual event bringing together students, academics and practitioners. It is aimed primarily at postgraduate career guidance students at the University of the West of Scotland, and at Edinburgh Napier University.

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Why attend?

The event builds on and amalgamates the CDI Student Conference Scotland and the UWS/ENU/SDS Research Symposium and offers a broad CPD opportunity for select practitioners in the sector in Scotland.

Agenda (Subject to change):

09:30	Event opens
09:40	Welcome and outline of the day Pete Robertson, Edinburgh Napier University
09:45-10:15	Keynote 1: Data Protection legislation Diana-Leigh Watt, Information Governance Manager, Edinburgh Napier University
10:15-11:00	Keynote 2: Career registration in higher education Dr Bob Gilworth, University of Huddersfield
11:00-11:15	Break
11:15-12:00	Keynote 3: Higher Education career services use of data Jane Campbell & Andy Blunt, University of Leeds
12:00-12:30	Parallel workshops 1 (Choice of one from two)
	Option 1: Using machine learning to enhance the provision of labour market intelligence Aleksander Bielinski PhD Student, Edinburgh Napier University
	Option 2: The guidance counsellor in Ireland Dr Petra Elftorp University of Limerick
12:30-13:30	Lunch Break
13:30-14:00	Parallel workshops 2: (Choice of one from two)
	Option 1: Hanna Glover PhD Student, University of Edinburgh
	Option 2: Marianne Wilson PhD Student, Edinburgh Napier University
14:00-14:45	Keynote 4: The SDS Data Hub Taylor Stewart, National Policy and Professional Practice Team, Skills Development Scotland
14:45-15:00	Break
15:00-15:45	Keynote 5: Customer Voice Debbie Pavia & Graeme Smith, Evaluation and Research Team Skills Development Scotland
15:45-16:00	Close Pete Robertson

Audience

Full and part-time students undertaking the Post Graduate Diploma In Career Guidance and Development /Qualification in Career. Development at Edinburgh Napier University and the University of the West of Scotland
Selected staff from Skills Development Scotland (SDS)
Invitees from across the sector in Scotland

There are a maximum of 80 places for this event.

Cost

The event is free for QCD students, select SDS staff and CDI members in Scotland. Please note: If you are fully qualified and work for Skills Development Scotland please check with your employer before booking.

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