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This unit provides an overview of the current careers landscape. It will help you to become familiar with the influences and expectations that shape a school’s careers programme.

Aims and outcomes

  • Gain working knowledge of the main organisations and regulatory frameworks in the careers landscape.
  • Articulate why careers education is an important element of the secondary school curriculum.
  • Articulate why Careers Education, Information, Advice and Guidance (CEIAG) is important for all your pupils.

Unit content

Unit 1: Why teach careers?
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    Step 1: Questions of choice
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    Step 2: Statutory guidance
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    Step 3: Gatsby Benchmarks
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    Step 4: The CDI Framework
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    Step 5: The Careers and Enterprise Company
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    Step 6: The Quality in Careers Standard
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    Step 7: School inspections
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    Step 8: Parents, carers and guardians
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    End of Unit 1 quiz