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Professor Peter Elias' role as ESRC Strategic Advisor for Data Resources to continue
Stories of careers, learning and identity across the lifespan by Mary McMahon, Mark Watson and Jenny Bimrose
The new publication ‘’ by Professorial Fellow, Jenny Bimrose and two IER Associate Fellows, Dr Mary McMahon (The University of Queensland) and Professor Mark Watson (Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University) is now available. The paper has been published by the Institute for Career Guidance with the support of the ICG Research Committee.
The paper is located within the context of the present debate about modern and post-modern career research, theory and practice. It considers the construction of career stories of individuals across the lifespan. The stories told by the children, adolescents, adult women and men illustrate a range of theoretical constructs related to career development and career construction. Importantly, these constructs are derived from both modern and postmodern career theories. The paper demonstrates that individuals’ stories provide for a rich and inclusive narrative that crosses the divide between modern and postmodern career theory. In so doing, it illustrates a possible future direction for the development of career theory.
Professor Kate Purcell joins the Channel 4 factcheck debate
Dr Ben Kriechel from ROA visiting IER
Dr Ben Kriechel is researcher at the (ROA) in the Netherlands. He has been project leader for several labour market research projects both nationally and internationally. Dr Kriechel is visiting IER from 17-19 August working with Professor Rob Wilson on the Cedefop Forecasting Framework project.
Bernard Casey to discuss the Impacts of the Crisis on Pensions in the EU
Bernard Casey will be presenting on ‘The implications of the economic crisis for pension policy in Europe’ at the Policy Research Workshop for the Centre for European Studies, Carleton University on 26-27 August 2010. More information is available on the .