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Meeting the career development needs of single parents

A new article I have co-written with Elsa Olaru will be published this month in the Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling (Issue 48).  Our work on this topic is continuing, and we are pleased to announce that we've recently been awarded funding by the UWS-Oxfam partnership to undertake research into the barriers to apprenticeship provision faced by single mothers. Our paper on the career development needs of single parents can be read via this link below: Olaru, E. and Bolger, E. (2022)  Meeting the career development needs of single parents . Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling.  NICEC Journal April 2022: Issue 48

Practitioner-Led Research: finding a space to share your research

I have written a new resource for the CDI, on the dissemination of research produced by CIAG practitioner-researchers.  This resource provides information and guidance on how to share and promote your research. It is available here . If you are keen to take your first steps into research as a career development practitioner, I am now leading CPD short courses on this topic at UWS. For further information go to CGD Short Courses Information on the UWS website.

Supporting the employability of adults aged 50+ in the post Covid-19 era

The OU Employability Conference 2022: expanding the narrative for a rapidly changing world - continuing the conversation takes place in a few weeks.  The programme offers a global perspective on principles of employability. "Higher education institutes (HEIs) have a major role to play in helping nurture students, but their impact is hampered by a narrowed definition of employability that sees them focusing too much on employment. HEIs need to expand the narrative to cover the many reasons why people commit to university study."  I will be presenting a workshop at the conference, taking the opportunity to expand the narrative around employability in HE to older adults, building on the work I am conducting with Professor Valerie Egdell and Dr Louise Ritchie . The abstract for my session is reproduced below. Supporting the employability of adults aged 50+ in the post Covid-19 era   Emma Bolger, University of the West of Scotland, UK Co-authors: Valerie Egdell, Northumbria Uni
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  I will be presenting my work on Researcher Ethics in the CIAG sector this coming Thursday at the Career Development Institute/AGCAS/NICEC/University of Derby National Research Conference 2022