Changing boundaries: career, identity, and self

An international conference on research, practice

and policy in career development

NICEC
16 - 17 April, 2019
Chancellors Conference Centre
Manchester, UK
How do we reinvent careers for the
21st century? The volatile, uncertain,
complex and ambiguous world - and
more specifically the anticipation of
the changing post-Brexit landscape
in April 2019 - brings into sharp
focus the way that previously
unplanned events can alter our view
of ourselves, our identity, and our
career development.
As the UK and Europe enter a period
of transition we are reminded how
many types of transition are
navigated through career
development: from education to
work; the spatial and geographical;
youth and aging; new conceptions
of gender; socio-cultural shifts; etc.
This conference will explore the
ways in which boundaries are
changing and what the implications
might be for theory, practice and
policy-making in career
development in a world where once
taken-for-granted assumptions are
being challenged.
Aim
To share perspectives on current
and changing relationships between
theory, practice and policy in career
development.
Objectives
Participants will have the
opportunity to explore, discuss and
think about a range of questions
including:
• Current change and what is
pushing at the boundaries of
thinking about career
development?
• What influences career identity
and the self?
• Can disruption be fruitful?
• What does the future of work
look like?
• What conceptualisations of
career will be needed?
Themes
The conference be organised
around three broad themes
reflecting NICEC’s focus on the
relationship between policy,
research and practice:
• Changing context for work and
career
• Shifting themes and concepts
• Innovating practice
Dr John Amaechi OBE is an reviewed international journals. She has Development and is particularly interested in
organisational psychologist who helps authored six books applications of systems thinking and systems
individuals and organisations to improve and co-authored mapping to career theory, research and
communication, leadership and culture as a thirteen. She is the practice. Mary researches and publishes on
way to grow, improve performance and scientific career development across the lifespan,
achieve goals. His psychological insight helps coordinator of the narrative career counselling, and qualitative
people understand the barriers to European Doctoral career assessment.
achievement and Programme in
overcome them, Career Guidance Professor Michael B Arthur writes on
transforming and and Counselling how the individual career owner can succeed
inspiring. He was (ECADOC). In in a turbulent world. He is a Visiting Professor
awarded an OBE for 2013, Rie was awarded the Danish National at Cranfield School of Management, an
work in the Guidance Award for her research and research Emeritus Professor of Management at Suffolk
voluntary sector in communication and in 2016 she was University, Boston, and a developer of the
2011. In addition to appointed International Fellow by the ICCS Career Exploration System. His most
running his own National Institute for Career Education and recent book is An Intelligent Career: Taking
international strategic performance Counselling (NICEC) in the UK. Ownership of Your Work and Your Life (Oxford
consultancy Amaechi Performance Systems, University Press,
John is also a Research Fellow at the Dr Mary McMahon is an Honorary 2017/18). He
University of East London and currently holds Senior Lecturer in the School of Education at writes a regular
various board and trustee positions. The University of Queensland where she column on
taught career development and narrative career
career ownership for
Professor Rie Thomsen is Professor of
counselling. She Forbes.com. His
Career Guidance at Aarhus University. She is
is a developer earlier books
the scientific coordinator of the university’s
and co-author of include the
Guidance Research unit. Her research
the Handbook of
revolves around lifelong career guidance
internationally Career Theory, The Boundaryless Career, The
practices and policies with a special interest in
known Systems New Careers and Strategy Through People.
the role of communities and in organisational,
Theory Born in Hartlepool, Michael now lives in
leadership and social justice aspects of career
Framework of Andover, Massachusetts, USA.
guidance provision. Since 2005, Rie has
Career
published more than twenty articles in peer-
Plenary programme Tuesday 16th April
9.00 Registration Main foyer
9.30 Welcome Flowers
Opening session
Chair: Julia Yates

10.30 John Amaechi, OBE Flowers

Building inclusivity in thought leadership and practice- the
power of storytelling as a means for change
Chair: Rosemary McLean

11.00 Coffee/tea and networking Flowers foyer

11.30 Workshops A See Workshops programme

12.30 Lunch
1.15 Professor Rie Thomsen Flowers
Towards an Emancipatory Career Guidance
Chair: Tristram Hooley

2.00 Workshops B See Workshops programme

3.30 Coffee/tea and networking Flowers foyer

4.00 Panel debate: Shaping and shifting identities: in our lives, Flowers
work and careers
Chair: Wendy Hirsh
5.30 Close of day one
7.00 Pre-dinner drinks and book signings Flowers foyer
7.30 Conference dinner and award of Bill Law Memorial prize Flowers
Plenary programme Wednesday 17th April
9.00 Registration Main foyer

9.30 Dr Mary McMahon Flowers

Systems thinking and systems mapping: Possibilities for
career theory, research and practice
Chair: Gill Frigerio

10.30 Coffee/tea and networking Flowers foyer

11.00 Workshops C See Workshops programme

12.30 Lunch
1.30 Professor Michael Arthur Flowers
A Message for Clients: Take Ownership of Your Career, Have
a Better Time, and Build a Better World!
Chair: Janet Sheath

2.30 Workshops D See Workshops programme

4.00 Coffee/tea and networking Flowers foyer

4.30 NICEC Flowers
Closing session
Reflections and learning
Chair: Jane Artess

5.30 Close of conference Flowers

Workshop programme
Workshop A Tuesday 16th April 11.30am - 12.30pm
Flowers Griffiths Lindsay Morley Spencer
Graduate careers in Exploring Nordic career Reflective processes The Lambeth Cluster Postgraduate transitions to
context symposium guidance symposium. Helena Kostolova: Project symposium employment for autistic students
Fiona Christie (Chair), Rie Thomsen (Chair) Improving Czech career Michelle Stewart symposium
Andrew Morrison, Charlie counselling provision Claire Nix Keren Coney,
Ball, Nalayini Thambar, Rosie Alexander, Elisabeth from the bottom. Juliet Williams Trends over time: an analysis of
Gill Frigerio. Holm, Deirdre Hansen and Destinations of Leavers from HE
Kistara Vahl: Angela Vesey and Anne CPD for those outcomes for autistic students
Graduate labour market: Approaches to careers Owen: involved in careers
theoretical debates guidance in the Nordic Self Changing the boundaries work in schools Jonathan Vincent (chair),
Governing regions – a case of career identity “I'm asking for understanding, I'm
Graduate careers and study of Greenland and the through reflection on Engagement with asking for help”: a qualitative study
transitions Faroe Islands performance and employers from a of the transition to employment for
possibility. local authority autistic students and recent
Professional and Tristram Hooley: perspective graduates
organisational issues Pining for the fjords. Sabiha Patel Rashid:
relating to employability International impressions of How career practitioners Evaluation and key Chris Ashwin
the Nordic education, can develop their findings Bath Employment Spring School for
Careers professionals employment and career cultural fluidity to Autism: a case study of emerging
evolving into researchers guidance systems achieve impactful positive practice
sessions with their
clients.
Workshop B
Tuesday 16th April 2.00pm - 3.30pm
Flowers Griffiths Lindsay Morley Spencer
Career Practitioner Innovative practices New thinking about Concepts in career Employability
identity Laura Walker: work development Kate Daubney:
Jenny Bimrose: What are the most important Tom Staunton: Pete Robertson: The Employability Value of What
Changing professional features of ‘late career Theorising the labour Autonomy revisited You Teach: redefining embedded
identities of career reinvention’ coaching - a market employability in the curriculum
practitioners: integrating grounded theory study to inform Donald Lush:
labour market information coaching practice Sarah Flynn: Philosophy in career Morag Walling:
and technologies into Disrupting our norms – practices: the one Agile and responsive graduates:
practice Hazel Reid: how delivering over many problem the role of theory in moving this
Narrative career counselling: apprenticeships can concept forward
Siobhan Neary: there’s more than two people in challenge academic Helen Cooper and Kate
Who are the careers the room practice. Mackenzie Davey: Mark Yates:
workforce – what do they Investigating career Conceptualisations of
look like? Laura Brammar and Katrina Greg Swaysland: from a low skilled employability from FE and HE at
Lezova: Career visionaries of the work perspective: Writtle University College
Elizabeth Kaiser: How can creative practice visionless: how people developing a
Self-employment in the facilitate reflection on career with visual impairments conceptual Lisa Ward et al.:
career development self-learning and why does it perform their roles. framework Finding your voice: enabling arts
sector: the importance of matter in the fourth industrial and humanities students to
the entrepreneurial revolution? articulate their creative worth to
mindset employers in the changing
environment of work
Corinne Holden:
Um, err, ahh… career
practitioners’ perceptions
of weight.
Workshop C
Wednesday 17th April 11am – 12.30pm
Flowers Griffiths Lindsay Morley Spencer
Innovative Practices How is data informing the HE Employability across Europe Schools, families and Geronto Guidance:
Jenny Bimrose and Gill careers landscape? Erik Zeltner: social justice Lifelong Guidance
Frigerio: Brenda Welch One step ahead: boundaries Jo Armstrong and Ann-Marie Gerón (greek): old
From theory to practice: Jai Shah and barriers and the career Houghton: man, elders
lessons from projects Fiona Cobb management of non- The multiple goals of career
integrating Career The value, implementation and European graduates from guidance policy and Peter Plant
Adapt-abilities with evolution of uses (and misuses) of German and UK HEIs practice: some implications Inger Marie Bakke
career development data within HE careers services for work with young people Lyn Barham
practice from three professional Veronika Motlova: from disadvantaged
perspectives: researcher, Influence of a career backgrounds Rosie Gloster
information manager and careers development programme on Annemarie Oomen: Employers’ views
Julia Yates: consultant. forming a professional career Involving parents in careers and practices in
Acceptance and for Czech undergraduates work in secondary supporting
Commitment Therapy in education: an educational employees in their
Career Coaching Dr Helen Zhu: Ioanna Papavassiliou-Alexiou: innovation mid-life to
Data-informed practice to facilitate Career Management Skills Claudette Bailey-Morrissey: retirement
social mobility in HE: exploration in Development in Higher The personal experiences of
research methodology Education: Case Study of an the role of careers leader
effective Course and the support given to
help prepare young people
Theresa Thomson: for the complex world of
The impact of Brexit: values work
and emotion in career Emma Bolger:
thinking Gendered career decision-
making: adapting career
guidance and counselling
practice to the
contemporary family
structure
Workshop D
Wednesday 17th April 2.30pm – 4.00pm
Flowers Griffiths Lindsay Morley Spencer
Social justice What does it take to create Career development in Place based career Creative disruption
symposium diverse and ageless workplaces? uncertain times development
Tristram Hooley: Symposium Cathy Brown: Rosie Alexander: Christina Zourna and
The five signposts to Rosemary McLean (Chair) Building career capital: Place-based identity and Ioanna Papvassiliou-
social justice helping workers to enhance engagement in career Alexiou:
Sharon Peake career mobility within our services Drama in Education:
Anne Delauzan: Addressing the barriers that affect uncertain times an innovative career
Change it up, change the gender equality in organisations Emily Reid: guidance method.
system: exploring career Eve Uhlig: Place-Identity in a
development learning Rosemary McLean Adapt-ability to the rescue – ‘Boundaryless’ Career:
and social justice Conceptualising career now we managing career transitions narratives of lower socio- Catherine Gruenberg
through action research. have 5 generations in the workplace in turbulent times. economic class students and Kate Mackenzie
Davey:
Mary McMahon and Valerie Rowles Ghazal Vahidi: Eileen Cunningham and Changing
Jenny Bimrose: Helping mid-career adults to work Contemporary career paths Fiona Christie: boundaries: how
Achieving social justice with shifts in their identity as conceptualised in the print Home and Away – what sector switching can
for women through media: a content analysis makes new graduates leave enable more
career guidance: What or stay in the North-West? fulfilling life choices.
will it take? Sarah Flynn:
How do university Kay Taylor: Tania Lyden:
Janine van Halpern: programmes need to change Cross channel careers: an Do career mentoring
Crossing the line: to best prepare students for exploration of the relationships disrupt
Drawing on norm the imminent disruption to experiences of self-initiated career identity?
criticism, discourse the changing context for British immigrants’ careers
analysis and reflexivity work? in France support by STF.
to create ‘flipped career
guidance’.