The evolution of NICEC: A historical review

Abstract

Since its establishment in 1975, NICEC has adopted three different organisational forms. From 1975 to 1992, it was a research and development organisation jointly sponsored by the Careers Research and Advisory Centre (CRAC) in Cambridge and by The Hatfield Polytechnic (later the University of Hertfordshire). Then, from 1992 to 2010, it was
a research and development organisation operating as a network, initially supported by CRAC and later becoming autonomous. Finally, since 2010, it has become a learned society. This article describes in detail the first of these stages, and then outlines the organisation’s subsequent evolution.