The CDI Cymru Wales Professional Careers Education and Guidance Forum

We have been running a quarterly CDI Cymru Wales Professional Careers Education and Guidance Forum since its inaugural meeting in January 2018.

Aimed at senior representatives and practitioners across the career development sector, the focus of the Forum is based on three distinct pillars:

1. Acting as the Professional Voice for the sector
2. Sharing Best Practice and Research, and
3. Enhancing Quality, Professionalism and Workforce Development

You can access meeting minutes including presentations here:

May 2023

• Agenda
• CDI Cymru Wales Forum May 2023 Recording 
• Presentation 1 - Spotlight on the barriers for women over 50 in the workplace
• Presentation 2 - Nurturing Health and Wellbeing in a digital world 
• Presentation 3 - Digital Skills : Career Opportunity, let's break down the barriers 
• Curated Slides - Networking discussion themes and meeting feedback

March 2023

• Agenda
• CDI Cymru Wales Forum March 2023 Recording
• Presentation 1 – Artificial Intelligence in Careers Work
• Presentation 2 – Leveraging AI for entrepreneurship education
• Presentation 3 – CiCi: An Artificial Intelligence powered Chatbot to support Career Development
• Facilitated discussion – “What steps should we all take to avoid the pitfalls and harness the benefits of using AI to support career development in Wales?”
• Minutes

October 2022

• Agenda
• CDI Cymru Wales Forum October 2022 Recording
• Presentation 1 – Attracting and retaining staff: our L & D approach to career planning
• Presentation 2 – Young Women’s Experiences of Careers Advice and Guidance in Wales
• Presentation 3 – Finding the funds to find their feet – support for budding entrepreneurs
• Facilitated discussion –“What steps can we all take to ensure career equity for all?”
• Minutes

May 2022

• Agenda
• CDI Cymru Wales Forum May 2022 Recording
• Presentation 1 – Career Development and wellbeing: lessons learned from Wales, Scotland and Canada
• Presentation 2 – Hybrid working and well-being - what's the current evidence? 
• Presentation 3 – Wellbeing at work for young people: what should we really be talking about?
• Presentation 4 – How adult education enables refugees to create new futures in Wales
• Minutes

February 2022

• Agenda
• Presentation 1 – The CDI 2025 Strategy and What It Means For Wales
• Presentation 2 – The Nature and Impact of Delivering Guidance Digitally Versus Face-to-face
• Presentation 3 – Supporting CDI member practitioners with their digital skills
• Presentation 4 – Health Informatics: a growing and transformative profession
• Minutes including meeting feedback (pending)

October 2021

• Agenda
• CDI Cymru Wales Forum October 2021 Recording
• Presentation 1 – Every Career Can Be Green
• Presentation 2 - The skills and workforce implications of a greener energy sector
• Presentation 3 – Crossing the Generational Divide
• Presentation 4 – Crunch Media Employer Case Study
• Additional Resources - The Psychological Impact of Teleworking: Stress, Emotions, and Health
• Additional Resources - Age and Loneliness in Wales Data Insight
• Minutes including meeting feedback

May 2021

• Agenda
• CDI Cymru Wales Forum May 2021 Recording
• Presentation 1 –  The importance of early experiential opportunities in the development of entrepreneurial mindsets and behaviours
• Presentation 2 -  Fit for the Future: developing entrepreneurial mindsets in Higher Education
• Presentation 3 - The Age of Experience: necessity-based entrepreneurship and the barriers facing older people
• Minutes and additional resources

February 2021

• Agenda
• CDI Cymru Wales Forum February 2021 Recording
• Presentation 1 - Measuring the economic value of one-to-one career guidance
• Presentation 2 - Social Value and Career Development – Measuring Impacts through the National TOMs Wales Framework
• Presentation 3 - Introducing the CDI’s new Career Development Framework
• Presentation 4 – How could measuring the economic and social impact of career development work provide a lever for change to level up outcomes (facilitated discussion)
• Minutes and additional resources

October 2020

• Agenda
• CDI Cymru Wales Forum October 2020 Recording
• Presentation 1 – Delivering Digitally in a Covid World, Careers Wales
• Presentation 2 - Addressing Digital Poverty and Raising Aspirations, The Prince’s Trust Cymru – no slides used, please watch the webinar recording
• Presentation 3 - Developing resilience and wellbeing, ACAS Cymru Wales
• Presentation 4 - What steps can we take collaboratively to mitigate digital poverty, enhance wellbeing and resilience, and rebuild career aspirations for all? (facilitated discussion)
• Minutes

May 2020

• Agenda
• CDI Cymru Wales Forum May 2020 Recording
• Presentation 1 - The digital needs of career development professionals, iCeGs
• Presentation 2 - Delivering digital services to customers: an overview of provision and what we have learned, Careers Wales
• Presentation 3 - A practitioner perspective on managing groups digitally, Career Alchemy/CDI Cymru Wales
• Presentation 4 - What steps do you need to take to enhance your digital provision? Facilitated discussion
• Minutes - coming soon

February 2020

• Agenda
• Presentation 1 – “Experiences” and “Encounters” – the value of volunteering, WCVA
• Presentation 2 - Stepping Stones: how adult learning creates opportunities and purpose for individuals, Adult Learning Wales
• Presentation 3 - Inspiring Confidence for Longer Working Lives, PRIME Cymru
• Presentation 4 - Providing career opportunities for young people with ALN Dr Elisa Vigna, Cardiff University, Cardiff University
• No minutes prepared as presentations have acted as a matter of record

September 2019

• Agenda
• Presentation 1 - The New Curriculum for Wales: Key Concepts and iIpact for Future Working Lives – English | Welsh
• Presentation 2 - The Gatsby Good Career Benchmarks in Rhondda Cynon Taf
• Presentation 3 - The Careers & Enterprise Company - Supporting the Role of Careers Leader
• Minutes

May 2019

• Agenda
• Presentation 1 – Welsh Government: Implementing the new Employability Plan for Wales – one year on.
• Presentation 2 – Careers Wales: Working Wales – the national entry point to employability support
• Minutes

January 2019

• Agenda
• CDI Cymru Wales response to Industry 4.0 – the future of Wales report
• Presentation 1 – NHS Wales: HEIW overview and update
• Presentation 2 – Using Neuroscience in Career Decision Making
• Presentation 3 –Ysgol y Deri: Work related Education in a Special School
• Minutes

September 2018

• Agenda
• Industry 4.0 Carolyn
• HEFCW
• Minutes

May 2018

• Agenda
• Slides from Nikki Moore (Who’s creating the evidence base)
• Minutes

January 2018

• Agenda
• Slides from Jan (inaugural meeting)
• Slides from Sarah Finnegan Dehn
• Minutes