The employability agenda within HE is as prominent as ever, describing the potential for: on the one hand, employment outcomes, and on the other, an incentive for HEIs to subsist. I’m interested in the origins of agenda, stakeholder expectation, the way decisions are extracted from data and evolve, and how (if at all) it impactsContinue reading “It’s agency Jim but not as we know it! Do metrics have human-like aspirations?”
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Career practice through the lens of philosophers: Ludwig Wittgenstein
Today’s blog is my concluding blog on career through the lens of philosophers series and although not intentionally planned, links appropriately with the previous three perspectives on questioning, types of assumptions, knowledge, fairness and conditions to equal access and our final blog on language, its logic, use and meaning. Although these philosophers (Socrates, Kant, RawlsContinue reading “Career practice through the lens of philosophers: Ludwig Wittgenstein”
Career practice through the lens of philosophers: John Rawls
In my last blog I explored the ideas of Immanuel Kant, highlighting the importance of willingness and courage in one’s search of knowledge, sapere aude (dare to know) and its value to those we engage with. Secondly, I made reference to Kant’s take on knowledge (priori and posteriori) and how in a careers context itContinue reading “Career practice through the lens of philosophers: John Rawls”
Career practice through the lens of philosophers: Immanuel Kant
In the last blog, I gave a brief account of Socrates and potentially where the seeds of person-centred approaches had been sewn. I identified the use of questions, story-telling, challenging and the legitimacy of right and wrong as valuable links between the Socratic method and career practice. What is particularly striking for me about SocratesContinue reading “Career practice through the lens of philosophers: Immanuel Kant”
Career practice through the lens of philosophers: Socrates
Metaphor and career practice I read a post by another Careers Practitioner, who compared careers thinking to The Line of Duty…all metaphorical thinker-soap watchers would nod in agreement with her post. Like the author of the said post, I haven’t found the off button either between the back-and-forth nature of career thinking and practically anyContinue reading “Career practice through the lens of philosophers: Socrates”
Establishing the Curriculum Transition Model: careers education in a university science faculty
My First Blog
I’m really pleased to have created my first ever blog. I have been promising myself to do this for the last six years…so better late than never! The purpose of finally getting here was clear until somebody asks: “why?” In this instance it was me asking that question! During the last six years of “I’llContinue reading “My First Blog”
Picking pebbles on the beach...explorations in career practice! 