About

I am a Senior Lecturer in Career Development at the International Centre for Guidance Studies. I teach across a range of programmes supporting career guidance professionals, as well as supervising at doctoral level as well. My research interests focus on the way digital platforms are changing the field of career development. I am concerned with how people undertaking career development activities and careers practitioners are affected by this development and could respond to them. This includes social media, AI and other forms of technology.

Research interests

I am currently involved in research projects related to career professionals' use of digital media, the experiences of recent graduates using social media as part of their career development and how information is used as part of career delivery.

Recent publications

• Staunton, T. (2026) The fetishisation of digital platforms for graduate career development. Int J Educ Vocat Guidance. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-026-09821-2

• Staunton, T. (2025) ‘Career Guidance and Digital Induction’, Nordic Journal of Transitions, Careers and Guidance, 6(1), p. 14–25. https://doi.org/10.16993/njtcg.73

• Staunton, T. (2025) An exploration of tensions amongst career guidance practitioners when it comes to the conceptualisation of digital technology. Int J Educ Vocat Guidance. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-024-09722-2

• Staunton, T. (2022). Towards a critical realist theory of labour market information. Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, 49(1), 34-40.

• Zahid, G., & Staunton, T. (2022). The place of culture in the training of career guidance educators. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling, 50(6), 997–1008. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069885.2022.2069676

• Knight, E., Staunton, T., & Healy, M. (2022). About University Career Services’ Interaction with EdTech. In Kaplan, A. (Ed.). (2022). Digital Transformation and Disruption of Higher Education. Cambridge University Press.

• Staunton, T., Rogosic, K. (2021). Labour market information and social justice: a critical examination. International Journal of Educational and Vocational Guidance. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10775-021-09466-3

• Staunton, T. (2021) Exploring critical perspectives on labour market information through the lens of elite graduate recruitment, Higher Education Quarterly,  at https://doi.org/10.1111/hequ.12309

• Hooley, T. & Staunton, T. (2020). 'The role of digital technology in career development'. In Robertson, P., Hooley, T., & McCash, P. (Eds.). 'The Oxford handbook of career development'. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 1-14

• Staunton, T.(2019) Icarus, Grannies, Black Holes and the death of privacy: exploring the use of digital networks for career enactment, British Journal of Guidance & Counselling [online]

• Staunton, T. (2019). Book Review "Career guidance for social justice: contesting neoliberalism." in British Journal of Guidance and Counselling[online]

• Staunton, T. (2018). A critical response to Hooley’s Seven Cs of digital literacy. Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, 40, 47-53

• Vigurs, K., Everitt, J. and Staunton, T. (2017) The Evidence Base for Careers Websites: What Works? London: The Careers and Enterprise Company

• Staunton, T. (2017) 'Education and the digital revolution' in Marshall, J. (Ed.), Contemporary Debates in Education Studies. London: Routledge, pp. 171-181

• Staunton, T. (2016). Social media, social justice? Consideration from a career development perspective. Journal of the National Institute for Career Education and Counselling, 36, 38-45

• Longridge, D., Hooley, T. & Staunton, T. (2013). Building online employability: A guide for academic departments, University of Derby

Membership of professional bodies

I am an active member of AGCAS, the CDI and the SRHE.

Professional interests

I am interested in how career guidance practitioners use technology and information in their practice.

Qualifications

Undergraduate Qualifications

• BA Modern History, Oxford Brookes University

Postgraduate Qualifications

• MA Modern History, Oxford Brookes University
• PGDip (QCG) Careers Guidance, Nottingham Trent University
• MA Profesional Practice in Careers Guidance, Nottingham Trent University
• PhD - you can find my thesis here

I am also currently undertaking a PhD at the University of Derby focussing on the experiences of recent graduates using social media as part of their transition to the world of work.

Teaching responsibilities

I teach on a range of programmes particularly the PG Cert in Career Guidance and the CPD Cert in Career Leadership.