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What are careers education and information, advice and guidance?


Careers education is a programme of planned activities within the curriculum to provide learners with the knowledge and skills to manage transitions through learning and into work

Career-related information, advice and guidance (IAG) is a term that refers to a range of activities and interventions that inform learners’ decisions regarding progressions through learning into work.
  • Careers information – accurate and objective information on learning options, progressions routes, careers opportunities and sources of help and advice
  • Careers advice – impartial advice to help students gather, understand and interpret information and apply it to their own situation for career and learning pathways
  • Careers guidance – impartial guidance to help young people understand themselves and their needs, aspirations and influences on them and to make career and learning choices that are right for them.
IAG is also used more widely to refer to information, advice and guidance relating to personal wellbeing issues that learners face (eg health, welfare, financial issues).



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