I’ve spent the last couple of days at the CDI conference. This was a great experience and was the biggest of these conferences since the pandemic. We heard some very encouraging things from the Department for Education (although there is still some considerable way to go with this).

I felt that there was a very positive atmosphere. Although careers work has been pretty beleaguered for the last decade, there was a sense that the new government might offer better things. Some of us were daring to hope for the better. Let’s hope that the government can deliver on their promise.

I gave a keynote about the nature of careers and careers work and tried to remind everyone that this is complex and important work. This is what I had to say.

Teachers are a core part of our workforce—but you wouldn’t know it to look at CTE programs. School leaders must start growing their own.

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