Public policy on career education, information, advice and guidance: developments in the United Kingdom and Norway

This chapter considers the role of career education, information, advice and guidance (CEIAG) services. On the one hand, it looks at public policy in England, where such services have a 20-year record of instability; on the other, the chapter considers Norway, where CEIAG services are beginning a new era in supporting young people’s entry into employment. As well as examining how effectively CEIAG policy and practice are framed in the two countries, we identify barriers to delivery and explore whether Norway can learn lessons from England in a process of policy transfer. The chapter is informed by NEGOTIATE research findings1 and by the voices of informants who experienced unemployment in their youth.