ICG Careers Education Committee

Committee members are drawn from a diverse range of professional backgrounds and include 14-19 Curriculum Managers from Connexions and Careers Services as well as those working in the fields of HE, adult guidance and members from other professional bodies. The committee meets three times a year.

One of the committee's jobs was to agree a definition of career education, which would then inform our work. We took as a starting point the definition contained within ' Supporting Young People; enabling informed career decisions'.

For the purposes of the committee's work, this has been amended, and defines career education as 'programmes and activities of learning to help people to develop the skills necessary to manage their career and life pathway. These include accessing and making effective use of career information and guidance'.

With this in mind, the committee was able to agree a list of themes to work on. These include:

• Accrediting CEG quality awards
• Working to influence the professional development of staff delivering careers education
• Providing opportunities to share useful materials
• Enlarging the range of training and development opportunities in the field of careers education

This is a big agenda for the committee and we hope that many of you will want to become involved in some of these projects. We will keep you informed of these opportunities and developments through Career Guidance Today, the ICG website and emails to members.

Nicki Moore