Geoff Ford
Senior Consultant,
TAEN (Third Age Employment Network)
and Fellow of NICEC (National Institute for Careers Education and Counselling)
geoffjford@tesco.net
Tel. +44 (0) 1347 822 923
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Role in the project "Learning Lives"
Part-time Research Fellow and member of the University of Leeds Lifelong
Learning Institute research team. Specific responsibility for interviewing
older adults aged 50+ and assisting with the analysis of the research data
in respect of older age groups and its implications for career (i.e. learning,
work, life) guidance.
Background & Expertise
Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University. Specific interestsi
in labour market economics. Extensive experience in delivering and managing
career guidance (West London, Leeds) and in advising on and inspecting
government training programmes (Manpower Services Commission, DfES).
Freelance researcher and consultant. Senior Consultant, Third Age Employment
Network. Fellow, National Institute for Careers Education and Counselling,
Cambridge. Visiting Associate, Centre for Guidance Studies, University of
Derby. Extensive research experience and publications on guidance issues
including young people, under-employed graduates, lone parents, less-qualified
workers, TU learning representatives and older adults. Have recently
focused on third age guidance, learning and employment issues. Managed
the influential DfES research project, Challenging Age', for the Third
Age Employment Network. This involved consultations with a large number
of adults aged 45+ and made recommendations on learning, guidance and
employment provision for older age groups. The report has proved influential
both nationally and internationally.
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