About

I am Professor of Career Education at the University of Derby.

I am also a Visiting Professor at the Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences and at Canterbury Christ Church University. 

I am the Chief Editor of the Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, a Winston Churchill Fellow and a member of the Board of the International Centre for Career Development and Public Policy.   I was the specialist adviser to the House of Commons Education Committee inquiry into career guidance and have worked with a range of governments around the world on career guidance policy.

I also write the Adventures in Career Development blog.

Teaching responsibilities

I teach on the Masters in Career Education and Development.

I'm available to supervise EdD and PhD theses in areas related to career, career development and education policy, technology and social justice. I am currently supervising doctoral work on:

• Career decision making amongst arts students
• Careers education in schools and the future of work
• Educational deprivation
• Employer engagement in higher education
• Labour market integration of migrants in Norway
• Leadership and management in career guidance services
• School ethos in private schools

Researchers that I have supervised have completed theses on the following subjects:

• Business leaders: Career capital and role transitions
• Communities that care: an insight into male career patterns in a small neighbourhood
• How teachers conceive their role when working with Generation Z pupils in a technological learning environment
• ‘It’s not a career’: Platform work among young people aged 16-19
• No culture for career: Conceptualisations of career as a cultural phenomenon and as experienced by tenth graders and career counsellors in Norway.
• Quantifying the economic impact of career guidance in secondary education
• Parental involvement in career education and guidance in senior general secondary schools in the Netherlands
• The impact of island location on students’ higher education choices and subsequent career narratives: A case study of the Orkney and Shetland islands
• The platformisation of career
• Youth mentoring across professional settings: a pedagogic approach to social inclusion

I have examined 17 doctoral theses  (11 PhD and 8 professional doctorates, 14 in the UK, 2 in Australia, 1 in Canada, 1 in Denmark and 1 in Malaysia). I have also Chaired 1 viva.

Research interests

My main research interests address the following topics:

• The role of career guidance in supporting the development of social justice
• The intersection of policy and practice in career work
• Identifying the impact of career development interventions
• The role of online and digital technologies in education, career guidance and career development

Membership of professional bodies

I am a member of the Career Development Institute.

Recent publications

Books

• Hooley, T., Alexander, R., & Frigerio, G. (2024). The Career Development Handbook. Trotman.
• Hooley, T., & Buchanan, R. (2024). Online research. Bloomsbury Academic.
• Andrews, D. & Hooley, T. (2022). The careers leaders handbook: Second edition. Trotman.
• Robertson, P., Hooley, T. & McCash, P. (2021). The Oxford Handbook of Career Development. OUP.
• Institute of Student Employers. (2021). The complete guide to student recruitment and development. Institute of Student Employers.
• Hagaseth Haug, E., Hooley, T., Kettunen, J. & Thomsen, R. (2020). Career and career guidance in the Nordic countries. Brill.
• Hooley, T., Sultana, R. and Thomsen, R. (2019). Career guidance for emancipation: Reclaiming justice for the multitude. Routledge.
• Hooley, T., Sultana, R. and Thomsen, R. (2018). Career guidance for social justice: Contesting neoliberalism. Routledge.
• Andrews, D. & Hooley, T. (2018). The careers leader handbook. Trotman.
• Hooley, T. and Grant, K. (2017). You’re hired! The graduate career handbook. Trotman. (See also the Supplementary Guide for HE Staff).
• Hooley, T., Bright, J. and Winter, D. (2016). You’re hired! Job hunting online: The complete guide. Trotman.
• Hooley, T. and Barham, L. (Eds.). (2015). Career development policy and practice: The Tony Watts reader. Highflyers.
• Hooley, T., Marriott, J. and Wellens, J. (2012). What is online research?: Using the internet for social science research. Bloomsbury Academic.

Articles

2025

• Hooley, T., & Vahidi, G. (2025). Comparing the conservative and labour party’s proposals for skills: what’s the problem represented to be?. Journal of Education Policy, 1-21. 
• Rice, S., & Hooley, T. (2025). How can and should secondary school teachers be involved in building students’ career knowledge and skills? A Delphi study of the expert community. Journal of Education and Work.

2024

• Hooley, T. (2024). Career and sustainability. Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, 53(1), 3-7. 
• Hooley, T., Hertzberg, F., Mariager-Anderson, K., Saur, H., Sundelin, Å., Varjo, J., … & Valdimarsdóttir, S. (2024). A systematic review of research into career guidance policy in the Nordic countries (2008-2022). Nordic Journal of Studies in Educational Policy, 1-14. 
• Hooley, T., Thomsen, R., & Debono, M. (2024). A legacy of solidaric critique and hope for a better world: A meditation on the scholarly contribution of Ronald Sultana. Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, 52(1), 10-24. 
• Jynge, J. S. B., Bakke, I. B., & Hooley, T. (2024). Exploring practitioners’ pedagogic stances in relation to integrated guidance: A Q-Method study. Nordic Journal of Transitions, Careers and Guidance, 5(1), 55–72. 
• Percy, C. & Hooley, T. (2024). Lessons for career guidance from return-on-investment analyses in complex education-related fields, British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 52(3), 503-521. 
• Schulstok, T., Kjærgård, R., Hanson, J., & Hooley, T. (2024). Is the Concept of Calling still Relevant to Career Decision Making in Norway? Validating the Calling and Vocation Questionnaire (CVQ) with Norwegian Career Counsellors. Indian Journal of Career and Livelihood Planning, 13(1), 20-42. 

There is also a full list of my publications available to view.