Welcome to AGCAS Scotland Biennial 2008

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May I take this opportunity of thanking our many sponsors for this event. AGCAS (Scotland) are grateful to the following organisations for their financial support. Aldi Stores Ltd (Bathgate) Axis Shield Ltd ACCA The Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAS) CIMA Enterprise Rent-A-Car HBOS KPMG Milkround.com PricewaterhouseCoopers Prospects Net Royal Bank of Scotland Group Scottish Enterprise - Graduates for Business Also thanks to the following for their contributions to the delegate packs: DC Thomson Dundee and Angus Convention Bureau Dundee City Council KPMG University of Dundee VisitScotland Angus and Dundee Volunteer Centre, Dundee

The Ghosts of MACAGCAS Past, Present & Future

…in the news First ATM installed 1967 – Beatles release St Pepper Album 1969 – Moon landing 1969 – Woodstock 1969 – First Concorde flight

…in MACAGCAS land 1967 – SCUAS Founded Specifically resourced careers services becoming the norm Formation of the new Universities & Polytechnics AGCAS Social Events at conference Developing Careers Service teams Lots of newly appointed Careers Advisers

1979 – Thatcher becomes PM 1971 – Decimalisation 1971 – Greenpeace Founded Watergate 1975 – Microsoft founded1978/9 – Winter of Discontent …in the news

…in MACAGCAS land 1973 – CSU Founded 1975 – First Edition of “What Do Graduates Do” Roget 1977 – SCUAS -> AGCAS / Phoenix AGCAS Visits AGCAS Training

…in the news 1981 – Charles and Diana marry 1983 – ZX Spectrum launched 1982 – Falklands War 1985 – Live Aid 1989 – Fall of the Berlin Wall 1989 – Tim Berners Lee invents the World Wide Web

…in MACAGCAS land Tom Frank – AGCAS President Pat Raderecht – AGCAS President Richard Hill (first AGCAS Staff Member) Noel Starr – Beginning of the Starr Tours 1988 – Fedora Founded 1989 – AGCAS Occupational Classification

…in the news 1991 – End of the Cold War 1992 – Channel Tunnel opens 1997 – Princess Diana dies 1997 – Labour landslide victory 1992 – Polytechnics become Universities 1999 – Scottish Parliament Re-opens

…in AGCAS Scotland The Long Reign of the Margarets AGCAS 1000 Members Quality measures begin to matter 1992 – Reading / AGCAS Qualifications Keith Dugdale – AGCAS President CSU had produced 10 million booklets

…in the news 2000 – New Millennium 2001 – 9/11 Attacks 2003 – US / UK invade Iraq 2005 – Labour wins third term 2005 – Kyoto Protocol 2007 – 40 Years of AGCAS

…in AGCAS Scotland SLAs with Graduate Prospects New relationship with GP Move towards online careers education. Matrix accreditation widespread across the land Careers Education & JobShops

Convenors from the past and present …guess who!

The Future Scottish Independence? BRIC Economies Globalisation Global Warming Technology Generation Y Impact International Student Recruitment

The Future AGCAS Services diversifying Virtual Teaching Careers advisers replaced by robots? Virtual Careers Services 24/7 Students located round the globe AGCAS dominates world graduate guidance Rising proportion of graduates in the population - 80%?

QUIZ Please remember to put your name on the sheet and place completed quiz in box at reception. Good Luck!