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Group Career Coaching (2023)
Presentation / Conference
Meldrum, S. (2023, November). Group Career Coaching. Presented at CDI Scotland Members Meeting, Online

This short taster session will explore group career coaching as an approach to practice delivery. It will define what it involves, consider its benefits (such as peer learning and support) and how to overcome some of its limitations (such as lack of... Read More about Group Career Coaching.

The Career Information Podcast (2023)
Digital Artefact
(2023). The Career Information Podcast. [Podcast]

This series of podcasts explores the topic of career information. It is the product of a collaboration between staff and students in the School of Computing, Engineering and the Built Environment (SCEBE) and the School of Applied Sciences (SAS).... Read More about The Career Information Podcast.

Agents for change: Reimagining emancipatory career guidance practices in Scotland (2022)
Journal Article
Meldrum, S. (2022). Agents for change: Reimagining emancipatory career guidance practices in Scotland. Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, 49(1), 41-49. https://doi.org/10.20856/jnicec.4907

This article explores how individual and group work models of career development practice could be adapted and redesigned to be more effective at empowering people to overcome barriers and inequalities. It is set in the context of the ongoing major r... Read More about Agents for change: Reimagining emancipatory career guidance practices in Scotland.

Shining a brighter light on groupwork (2022)
Journal Article
Meldrum, S. (2022). Shining a brighter light on groupwork. Career Matters, 10(1), 32-33

Career development groupwork has long been delivered alongside one-to-one interventions in a range of different settings. Unlike one-to-one interventions, little attention has been paid to developing groupwork models which both channel the skill set... Read More about Shining a brighter light on groupwork.

Group Career Coaching (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Meldrum, S. (2021, July). Group Career Coaching. Presented at Network4Careers Annual Conference, Canterbury Christ Church University

Group Career Coaching – A Critical Pedagogical Approach (2021)
Journal Article
Meldrum, S. (2021). Group Career Coaching – A Critical Pedagogical Approach. Journal for Specialists in Group Work, 46(2), 214-225. https://doi.org/10.1080/01933922.2021.1929619

The field of career development has been focused on one-to-one practice but recent years have seen a growth in the need for alternative approaches which are more effective at challenging inequality. Collective group based models have been identified... Read More about Group Career Coaching – A Critical Pedagogical Approach.

Inter-Programme Peer Mentoring to Enhance Employability (2021)
Presentation / Conference
Haddow, C., & Meldrum, S. (2021, April). Inter-Programme Peer Mentoring to Enhance Employability. Paper presented at QAA Enhancement Themes Collaborative Cluster on Programme Leadership, Webinar

No abstract available.

Accessibility and Group Career Guidance (2020)
Presentation / Conference
Meldrum, S. (2020, January). Accessibility and Group Career Guidance. Presented at Career Guidance and Development CPD Conference Scotland, University of West of Scotland

Career Coaching in A Group (2018)
Presentation / Conference
Meldrum, S. (2018, November). Career Coaching in A Group. Presented at Scottish Student Conference and Exhibition, Career Development Institute, Edinburgh Napier University

Flocking Together - Career Guidance in a Group (2017)
Presentation / Conference
Meldrum, S. (2017, December). Flocking Together - Career Guidance in a Group. Presented at Career Development Institute Annual Conference and Exhibition, Solihull

Group guidance – is it time to flock together? (2017)
Journal Article
Meldrum, S. (2017). Group guidance – is it time to flock together?. Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, 38(1), 36-43. https://doi.org/10.20856/jnicec.3806

This article calls for delivery models which encourage the collective career learning of groups to be brought to the centre stage of career guidance practice. It challenges the long term focus of the sector on the one-to-one guidance interview and co... Read More about Group guidance – is it time to flock together?.