Nelica has a senior lecturer role in the School of Psychology. Her responsibilities include programme leader for the post graduate Diploma in Career Guidance, supervision for MA Careers and module leader on the MSc International Humanitarian Psychosocial Consultation.

She is actively involved with national and international research and consultancy relating to career guidance and is currently working on a pan-European Erasmus Network (2009–12), led by the University of Heidelberg, which promotes innovative approaches to the training of career guidance professionals. She has been involved with the co-ordination of various EU-funded projects including a Socrates-funded international project developing guidelines for the use of web-based tools, which won a National Career Award in 2004 and ICT Skills 2 (2007–9), which developed guidelines for training of guidance practitioners in the use of ICT.

Nelica was previously employed in a range of research, management and consultancy roles in the voluntary and public sectors. Work contexts have included town planning, community enterprise and policy development. She is qualified to Masters level in Occupational Psychology and Planning and completed an award for Mediation and Conflict Resolution from Birkbeck in 2011.

• Programme Leader, Postgraduate Diploma in Career Guidance (QCG)

• Career guidance
• One-to-one interviewing, ICT and guidance practice

• Programme Leader for Postgraduate Diploma in Career Guidance (QCG)
• Tutor on MA Careers

• GCM102: Guidance Theory and Practice 1
• GCM103: Guidance Theory and Practice 2
• GCM104: Education Systems and Developing Practice
• GCM105: Research Dissertation

1. Barnes, A., & La Gro, N. (2009). Using ICT: a step change in career guidance or a sop to the twittering classes? In H. Reid (Ed.), Constructing the future: career guidance for changing contexts. Stourbridge: ICG.
2. La Gro, N. (2009, October). Presentation: ICT Skills 2 project, New ICT Skills for Guidance International Conference. Bologna, Italy.
3. La Gro, N. (2009, July). Presentation: Transformational technology: challenges and opportunities for career guidance, NICEC seminar. London.

1. La Gro, N. (2006). Mapping client issues in the career counselling interview: sharing the story. Constructing the future.
2. La Gro, N., & Lasite, C. (2004). Theory chapter. Guidelines for Web-based Guidance. Socrates Programme. Grundtvig.
3. Lagro, N., Lasite, C., Mulvey, M.R., Stener, R., & Ghinea, D. (2004). Theory in ARIADNE. Guidelines for web-based guidance. Bucharest: Afir Publishing. 40–46.
4. Mulvey, M.R., Lagro, N., & . (2004). The Ariadne Project: integrating web-based tools in guidance practice. NAEGA National Conference, Armagh, Northern Ireland.
5. La Gro, N., Bimrose, J., & Brown, A. (2000). A Skills Approach to guidance practice: developing collaborative approaches to introducing innovation. Careers Guidance: Constructing the Future 2000. ICG.
6. Wilden, S., & La Gro, N. (2000). Closing the Gap: application of social cognition theory to the career counselling interview. 27th International Congress of Psychology. Stockholm, Sweden.
7. La Gro, N. (1999). Constructing a skills approach to working with adult clients. International Association for educational and Vocational Guidance. Wellington, New Zealand.
8. Mulvey, R., & La Gro, N. (1999). Adults adapting to a changing labour market through the use of information technology. A dual perspective from Italy & the UK. ICG International Guidance Conference.
9. Wilden, S., & La Gro, N. (1998). New frameworks for careers guidance: developing a conceptual model of the interview. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. 26 (2) 175–193.

1. Co-ordinator for UEL on ICT skills 2: ICT tools and training for e-practitioners, funded under EU Lifelong Learning Programme (2007-9)
2. Graduate member of the BPS
3. Member of the Higher Education Academy
4. External Examiner for Post Graduate Diploma in Careers Guidance, University of Paisley (2004–7); Edinburgh Napier University ( 2010–14); Applied Psychology courses, Birkbeck College, UN of London (2003–7)