iCeGS Annual Lecture - Thursday 10th December 2009, 2.00pm to 4.00pm

Dr Barrie Hopson will undertake a 40 year journey from the talent matching process of vocational guidance in the 1970s to life in 2009 where every job is temporary, people are energised to create the right blend between work and the rest of their lives, and there appears to be significant generational differences between Generations Y, X and the Baby boomers. ‘Vocational Guidance’ is the term used four decades ago when Barrie produced his first book. Within very few years that term metamorphosed into careers guidance, then careers education, on to career development and career management. Barrie will explore the fundamental sea changes that have taken place across the decades in the UK which have impacted on the ways in which guidance practitioners have undertaken their work and will speculate as to what might come next and what this will mean for advice and guidance practitioners. The Annual Lecture is hosted by the International Centre for Guidance Studies (iCeGS) and takes place at the University of Derby.

There is no charge for attending this event. More information on the Annual Lecture is available at:

www.derby.ac.uk/files/icegs_12th_annual_lecture2009.pdf or for a booking form go to www.derby.ac.uk/files/annual_lecture_2009.doc