About the Journal

The Journal welcomes contributions from both academics and practitioners on all aspects of career development, including:

- Career guidance and career education 

- Careers work in schools, colleges, universities, training providers, in the workplace,  in organisational and in community settings.  

- Career theory, policy, research, and practice

- Support for diverse needs and service user groups, and associated equality issues

The journal is multi-disciplinary and welcomes a variety of perspectives.  Some issues will be themed around an area of current interest. 

Open access statement

This is an open access journal, which means that all content is freely available without charge to the user or his/her institution. Users are allowed to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of the articles, or use them for any other lawful purpose, without asking prior permission from the publisher or the author. This is in accordance with the BOAI definition of open access. 

Material published in the Journal is licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. This means that the article may be shared freely, provided the source/author is clearly acknowledged and no changes are made to the text.

Announcements

Call for papers for volume 56 of the NICEC journal

10-09-2025

Submissions are now invited for volume 56 of the NICEC journal which will be published in Spring 2026. In keeping with our new approach to the journal we are open to receiving articles on all topics. However, this issue will include a special collection guest edited by Jane Artess focused on the ethics, philosophies, and principles (EPP) underpinning career development work.

Read more about Call for papers for volume 56 of the NICEC journal

Current Issue

Vol. 54 No. 1 (2025): Open call issue
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NICEC welcomes all who are commited to advancing and promoting career development theory, policy, and practice.