The NICEC Journal Countdown to Christmas

As we build up to the Festive break here at NICEC towers, we thought we'd look back over 2025 and recap some of the highlights of our 50th year beginning with a look at Issues 54 and 55 of the NICEC Journal. We're also going to be counting down the most popular Journal articles during the last 12 months!

Issue 54

Edited by Dr Fiona Christie, Issue 54 was an open call issue that included article submissions on a broad range of careers topics from authors around the globe. You can find brilliant and emphatic pieces of writing on the use of digital tools in career development, career counselling with Women Survivors of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) and embedding a Career Stage Framework into Higher Education teaching in a UK setting at our Journal site.

Issue 55

Later in the year, Issue 55 (edited by Emily Róisín Reid) was a Special collection focussing on Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) in career development. This collection is a powerful edition that addresses where Career Guidance practice finds itself in the middle of this turbulent decade. But, as Reid writes, "there is clear evidence that the career guidance community can find ways to resist through creative practices designed to uphold justice and equity." You can find Issue 55 freely available on our Journal site. 

Christmas Countdown

To be updated each week, here are the top 5 most popular NICEC Journal articles in 2025!

In at number 5  - Nomita Nair - GigLawyer and/or BigLawyer? A grounded theory study of lawyer career craft

Published in 2024 in Issue 49, this qualitative study explores the emergence of new gig working routes in the legal industry.

Check back next week for number 4 in the Countdown!