From September 6-9, 2021, the Network for Innovation in Career Guidance and Counselling will hold its third NICE Academy at the University of Paris. The academy will be dedicated to the challenges of “Building Career Management Skills.”
We thank our host, Dr Laurent Sovet from the University of Paris, for his kind invitation and very much look forward to this event, which also marks the 10 th Anniversary of NICE.
We already have a great lineup of keynote lectures and workshops. Further calls for presentations will be announced soon. If you want to receive our regular updates, please subscribe by contacting us (below).
If you have any questions, please address them to paris2021@nice-network.eu. We will respond within 7 days.
Following Sultana (2012), career management skills can be defined as “a whole range of competences which provide structured ways for individuals and groups to gather, analyse, synthesise and organise self, educational and occupational information, as well as the skills to make and implement decisions and transitions” (p. 229). They have become a key focus for implementing career educational programs and career competence-based curricula across EU countries. NICE (2016) attributes the professional role of Career Education to this important task and defines relevant competence standards for career practitioners.
When its educational component is forgotten or ignored, career guidance and counselling cannot unleash its full potential. By incorporating the promotion of career management skills in our practice, we can empower people to master their career-related challenges autonomously; we can support them in attaining more control over their career development; in becoming more independent.
And we need to do so. While globalization and innovation bring many benefits, they also challenge people to engage in lifelong learning. Organizations, too, are under continuous pressure to adapt, with many of them become less hierarchic, smaller, and more flexible. In this kind of an environment, citizens’ ability to manage their own career development becomes crucial. We need to prepare people to deal with career-related challenges across their lifetime, not only at the beginning of their careers. For this purpose, we need to support citizens’ learning and development of career management skills. However, many questions arise with this realization:
These are the sorts of questions that the third NICE Academy in Paris will focus on. Through interactive keynote lectures, various training workshops to choose from, presentations of innovative approaches and important research findings, and various networking activities, we hope to foster a meaningful exchange of knowledge about the promotion of career management skills and career education.
References
NICE (2016). European Competence Standards for the Academic Training of Career Practitioners. Opladen: Barbara Budrich.
Sultana, R. G. (2012). Learning career management skills in Europe: A critical review. Journal of Education and Work, 25(2), 225–248. https://doi.org/10.1080/13639080.2010.547846
Target Group and Level of NICE Academies
NICE Academies are aimed at two main target groups:
NICE Academies provide advanced training in career guidance and counselling. We expect that all participants have completed an initial qualification in career guidance and counselling, ideally through a targeted degree program at a higher education institution, or have developed an equivalent degree of expertise (e.g., through university training in a discipline like education or psychology, through professional supervision, research, etc.). Our courses are offered at Master's level (EQF 7).
At the NICE Academy in Paris, we will welcome three international keynote lectures offered by:
Descriptions of the keynote lectures will follow soon.
Training workshops provide highly interactive learning opportunities. They last 90 minutes and don’t require any preparation from participants. No more than 30 minutes should be dedicated to speeches or presentations. Activities can comprise group discussions, individual or group exercises, peer learning, discussions, collegial counselling/intervision, playing educational games, structured reflection, etc.
The sequence of the workshops still needs to be organized | The sequence of the workshops still needs to be organized | The sequence of the workshops still needs to be organized |
"Promoting Meaning in Life and Work through a Game" Caroline Arnoux-Nicolas, Université Paris-Nanterre, France, & Shékina Rochat, University of British Columbia, Canada | "Preparing individuals to manage and exploit unpredictability" Sandra Cheyne, Skills Development Scotland, Glasgow, United Kingdom | "Call me! How we can work with career, vocation and calling to support our own career development (as well as our clients)" Gill Frigerio, University of Warwick, UK |
"Career Management Skills for Complex Intermediary Systems" Lorraine Johnson, University of Warwick, United Kingdom | "Critically reflecting our practice - do we really have our clients' best interest in mind?" Eva Kavková, EKS, European Contact Group, Prague, Czech Republic | "The BASIC Model as a Tool to Develop Career Management Skills" Seija Koskela, JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Jyväskylä, Finland |
"Refugees and Migrants - How to Work with Lifelong Career Management Skills" Thi-Van Patillon, Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers, France, & Inger-Lise Petersen, University College Copenhagen, Denmark | "Deep Talk - A Recreational Practice Encouraging and Supporting a Meaningful Dialogue on What Matters in Career" Paul King, Dublin City University, Ireland | "Building Career Management Skills: Implementing the 2030 Agenda Goals in Career Education" Teresa Sgaramella & Lea Ferrari, University of Padua, Italy |
"Mentoring Programme to Prepare Guidance Practitioners for Quality Assurance" Tomas Sprlak, Association for Career Guidance and Career Development, Slovakia | "My Career and Academic Plan (MyCAP) - How to implement the program and use the materials" Scott Solberg, Boston University, USA | "Coaching on Statistics and Quantitative Methods" Czeslaw Noworol, Jagiellonian University Krakow, Poland |
Registration Fee
The registration fee covers food and drinks at the academy, the programme, and all learning materials. Participation at the gala dinner and cultural activities come with additional fees. Participants are expected to organise and pay for their travel and accommodation autonomously.
Registration will open soon. If you would like to receive a reminder, please register for our news here.
Early-Bird (until May 31) | Standard | |
Regular | € 325,00 | € 350,00 |
Founders and Lecturers (1) | € 300,00 | € 325,00 |
Special Rate (2) | € 150,00 | € 150,00 |
(1) Founders are registered supporters of the NICE Foundation, either individuals or representatives of institutional founders (e.g., universities or professional associations). For an overview of the relevant bodies, please consult http://www.nice-network.eu/founders/
(2) The special discount is available for participants with very low budgets, e.g., unemployed students or practitioners with relatively low incomes. Please request a special discount via email to the organisers.
NICE Foundation (Responsible Organisation): Johannes Katsarov
University of Paris (Host Organisation): Dr Laurent Sovet & Emmanuel Wassouo
In Dialogue (Partner Organisation): Yvor Broer
Caroline Arnoux-Nicolas, University of Paris Nanterre, Nanterre, France
Yvor Broer, In Dialogue, Gouda, The Netherlands
Sandra Cheyne, Skills Development Scotland Leasachadh Sgilean na h-Alba, Glasgow, Scotland
Lea Ferrari, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
Gill Frigerio, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
Rebeca García Murias, University of the Federal Employment Agency, University of Applied Labour Studies, Mannheim, Germany
Lorraine Johnson, University of Warwick, Coventry, UK
Eva Kavkova, EKS, Prague, Czech Republic
Monika Kil, Danube University Krems The University of Continuing Education, Krems, Austria
Paul King, Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland
Aira Klampe, Liepaja University, Liepaja, Latvia
Seija Koskela, JAMK University of Applied Sciences, Jyväskylä, Finland
Czesław Noworol, Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
Monika Petermandl, Danube University Krems The University of Continuing Education, Krems, Austria
Shékina Rochat, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
Valbona Rraci, Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation, Prishtina, Kosovo
Teresa Maria Sgaramella, Università degli Studi di Padova, Padova, Italy
V. Scott H. Solberg, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Tomas Sprlak, European Federation of Centres of Career Guidance and Bilan de Compétences (FECBOP), Vichy, France
Åsa Sundelin, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
Inger-Lise Vanja Lund Petersen, University College Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark