Paul has continued to act as the national Quality in Careers Director and as a non-executive director & Company Secretary for Axia Digital.
The impact of Covid19 has seen his work almost completely move onto “Zoom” and “Teams” rather than travelling the country.
Paul has led the drive to promote the Quality in Careers Standard to England’s schools and colleges, including setting up two “virtual events” on the Quality in Careers website https://www.qualityincareers.org.uk/virtual-event-registration/
The Department for Education “strongly recommends” that all secondary schools and colleges should work towards and achieve the Quality in Careers Standard in its statutory guidance https://www.qualityincareers.org.uk/ceiag-the-law-statutory-duty-and-statutory-guidance/
The Quality in Careers Consortium receives “grant funding” from DfE for its core national team (led by Paul who devotes 50 days p.a. to this work courtesy of DfE’s funding) https://www.qualityincareers.org.uk/2022/03/30/news-30th-march-2022-dfe-provides-the-quality-in-careers-consortium-with-further-grant-funding-for-2022-23/