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TY - JOUR
T1 - Careers guidance and social mobility in UK higher education: practitioner perspectives
AU - Christie, Fiona
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This paper reveals findings from a small-scale research project which explored how university careers advisers experience their role in guiding clients within a labour market where barriers to social mobility prevail. The research discovers that advisers' daily work gives them a depth of insight into social mobility. The professional turbulence in which advisers operate and the evolution of their role from in-depth work to a focus on breadth is chronicled. University environments vary with regard to the scope advisers have to impact lives, but a strong set of values anchors them. Recommendations are made with regard to how high quality careers information, advice and guidance can support social mobility for traditionally disadvantaged students into the labour market.
AB - This paper reveals findings from a small-scale research project which explored how university careers advisers experience their role in guiding clients within a labour market where barriers to social mobility prevail. The research discovers that advisers' daily work gives them a depth of insight into social mobility. The professional turbulence in which advisers operate and the evolution of their role from in-depth work to a focus on breadth is chronicled. University environments vary with regard to the scope advisers have to impact lives, but a strong set of values anchors them. Recommendations are made with regard to how high quality careers information, advice and guidance can support social mobility for traditionally disadvantaged students into the labour market.
KW - career guidance
KW - careers adviser
KW - social mobility
KW - higher education
KW - career education
U2 - 10.1080/03069885.2015.1017551
DO - 10.1080/03069885.2015.1017551
M3 - Journal article
VL - 44
SP - 72
EP - 85
JO - British Journal of Guidance and Counselling
JF - British Journal of Guidance and Counselling
SN - 0306-9885
IS - 1
ER -