The NICEC Journal is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal publishing research and practice-informed scholarship in career development, career education, and career counselling.
The Journal welcomes contributions from academics, researchers and research informed practitioners from across the world aims to advance global dialogue across research, policy, and practice. Contributions can focus 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.
For further information see our Author guidelines including our publication ethics and publication malpractice statement.
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.
NICEC is calling for papers for Volume 58 of our journal, due for publication in Spring 2027. While the journal welcomes submissions on all career-related topics, this issue will feature a special collection focused on AI and Career guest-edited by Chris Percy, Tom Staunton & Marianne Wilson.
Read more about Call for Papers on AI and Career : NICEC Journal Vol.58 (Spring 2027)
This themed edition explores how ethics, philosophies and principles (EPPs) impact policy and practice in career development work.
NICEC welcomes all who are commited to advancing and promoting career development theory, policy, and practice.