✍ PHOENIX CALL FOR ARTICLES: STUDENT WELLBEING AND CAREERS SUPPORT We are inviting articles on: 🔸 Building student and graduate resilience with career planning 🔸 How careers services are working with student wellbeing services 🔸 Employer support and decent work 🔸 Training and support for careers professionals Submit your proposal by 16 September: https://lnkd.in/e7qFAEfi #careers #employability #wellbeing #mentalhealth #resilience #student #graduate #employer #decentwork #training
AGCAS
Higher Education
Sheffield, England 8,237 followers
Expert membership organisation for higher education student career development and graduate employment professionals
About us
AGCAS is the expert membership organisation for higher education student career development and graduate employment professionals. Through our members, we support the best possible career outcomes from higher education for individuals, institutions, society and the economy. Established in 1967, AGCAS has around 160 institutional and 3,000 individual members. As the independent and trusted voice of the sector, AGCAS works with a wide range of government departments, HE bodies, graduate recruiters, professional bodies and commercial organisations. To deliver AGCAS' Mission and Vision we are enabled by five strategic areas: • Advocacy – Thought leaders and the voice for higher education careers and employability professionals • Research and Knowledge – Sharing expertise in student career development and graduate employment • Quality – Recognised professional body for higher education employability professionals • Community– An inclusive collective of members sharing a sense of common purpose • Learning – Delivering professional development for careers and employability professionals @AGCAS
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http://www.agcas.org.uk
External link for AGCAS
- Industry
- Higher Education
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Sheffield, England
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Founded
- 1967
- Specialties
- Higher Education , Careers, Employability , Graduate , Membership Organisation , Professional Body, Labour market , Employment , Graduate labour market, Careers Service, University, Professional Development, Membership, and Best practice
Locations
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Prospect Road
Sheffield, England S2 3EN, GB
Employees at AGCAS
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Nadim Choudhury
Higher Education Leader ,Career Coach, Lecturer and trainee UCKP psychotherapist
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Martin Edmondson
CEO at AGCAS
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Jayne Sharples
Postgraduate Careers Consultant, University of Birmingham | Coaching, Career Development, Coaching Connections
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Adrienne Jolly
SFHEA, Careers Consultant, University of Cambridge Careers Service.
Updates
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📢 Latest resources to share with your students The updated AGCAS job profiles and What can I do with my degree? titles for August are live on Prospects.ac.uk Job profiles include: 🔸 Business analyst 🔸 Physician associate 🔸 Environmental consultant Updated What can I do with my degree? titles include: 🔸 Biochemistry 🔸 Chemical engineering 🔸 Fine art Full list of updated titles: https://lnkd.in/ddWj4gPq #students #graduates #careers #employability #jobprofiles #graduatecareers
AGCAS resources for August 2024 to share with your students
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📢 Managing campus protests: Toolkit for AGCAS members Leading into the new academic year, we have developed a toolkit to support member services respond to protest actions in a safe and constructive way that respects freedom of speech. Exclusively for full members, the toolkit: 🔹 Outlines the AGCAS position on impartiality 🔹 Provides template statements for events 🔹 Shares sector-wide practice on seeking institutional backing and tips for careers fair preparation https://lnkd.in/eK7r6Duf #careers #employability #student #graduate #impartiality #protests
New AGCAS toolkit developed to help member services manage campus protests
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In the latest issue of Phoenix, the AGCAS journal, we outline the role that students and graduates are playing in careers services to address the challenges of student engagement In this interview, Nathan Toplis and Katie Waters, Graduate Interns at Leeds Beckett University, share their experiences of joining the careers team, the unique perspective they offer and how they have benefitted from the role https://lnkd.in/ewCvwZJK #careers #employability #student #graduate #intern
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AGCAS members: Book your place for the first member webinar of 2024/25 Integrating employability: What type suits you? Join Tom Coward, Monica Deshpande and Lisa Law from the Integrating Employability Working Party for an overview of the pros and cons of different types of embedded employability and to understand what will work best in your context 📅 Thursday 12 September, 1-2pm Register: https://lnkd.in/eGHkpqh7 #careers #employability #curriculum #students #graduates
Member Webinar: Integrating Employability: what type suits you?
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‘We wanted to educate students and graduates on their employment rights and how to discuss them at work’ Writing in AGCAS Phoenix, Rosie Pollock outlines the ‘students as partners’ approach to research into workplace wellbeing and rights at Leeds Arts University. Rosie makes recommendations for setting up effective student partnership groups at other institutions. https://lnkd.in/e9s_vND4 #careers #employability #students #graduates #work #employmentrights
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Across higher education, careers professionals are undertaking ‘pracademic’ roles, combining work as careers practitioners, educators and researchers to enhance professional practice. In AGCAS Phoenix, read case studies from members highlighting how research has influenced their work and identity. Thanks to Marni McArthur, Amanda Potts, Emma Lennox and Keren Coney for sharing their stories. https://lnkd.in/eKdRKi36 #careers #employability #research
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🗳 AGCAS Vice-President election: One week left to cast your vote Full members - have your say in the strategic direction of the organisation. Hear from nominees Jacqui Payne and Lucy Romijn (FHEA) and vote by Monday 19 August. https://lnkd.in/esP9FHRk Good luck to the nominees!
Vote for the next AGCAS Vice-President
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We have been appalled by the horrific and disgraceful acts of Islamophobia and racism carried out by far-right extremist organisations in recent days across the UK. We stand in solidarity with all communities affected to send a clear message that hate-fuelled violence and intimidation have no place in our society. View our full statement in response to the recent riots in the UK: https://lnkd.in/ew_kpTne
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Read in latest AGCAS Phoenix how the Graduate Success team at Bath Spa University are supporting graduate transitions to meet changing needs and how they are measuring their impact Paige Clarkson, Iona Jones, Blessing Mururi and Rajinder Boucher outline their approach https://lnkd.in/dTzQfu4h #careers #employability #student #graduate
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