VET Research Award 2022: Call for proposals open until 13 March 2022

The European Vocational Skills Week is back and so are the Excellence rewards! This year, the EVSW will be held in May, including events organized by the European Commission on 18-19 May 2022. The theme is VET and the Green Transition, in line with one of the European Commission’s priorities for 2019-2024: A European Green Deal. The VET Research Award aims to …

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8th Stockholm International Conference of Research on Vocational Education and Training, May 11-13, 2022

Provided by Lázaro Moreno Herrera, Department of Education, Stockholm University The Stockholm International Conference invites researchers for discussion and dissemination of state of the art research in VET. It is an excellent opportunity to initiate and continue networking among researchers, and part of the yearly academic events of VETNET. Interested to participate? Proposals (abstracts) are …

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Call for Papers: 7th International Congress on Research in Vocational Education and Training, 2-4 February 2022 in Bern, Switzerland

Provided by Dr Sonja Engelage, senior researcher at the Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training, VETNET member, sonja.engelage@ehb.swiss The 7th International VET Congress is devoted to the theme “The future potential of vocational education and training: Strengthening VET for the next generation”. The theme alludes to the divergent developments that vocational education and …

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6th International Conference on Employer Engagement: Preparing Young People for the Future

Provided by Dr Andrea Laczik, Head of Research, Edge Foundation, VETNET member, ALaczik@edge.co.uk Hosted by Education and Employers in partnership with the Edge Foundation, this year’s International Conference on Employer Engagement takes place on 1st and 2nd July and will be running virtually for the first time. Through keynotes, panel discussions and presentations, the two-day …

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VET excellence awards 2020: The online voting is open!

During the European Vocational Skills Week, excellence will be awarded. VETNET has organised the nomination process for the researchers award and proposes two research teams. Both are engaging in outstanding VET research in the field of green and/or digital transitions - but only one can win. Make your choice and vote for your favourite candidate. …

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VET Research Award 2020: Call for proposals open until 12 June 2020

At the European Vocational Skills Week 2020, taking place in November in Berlin, the European Commission will again award examples of excellence in research in vocational education and training (VET). The VET Research Award 2020 aims to reward VET researchers' outstanding contribution to innovative VET research in line with one of the European Commission's priorities …

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VET Researcher Award 2019: Online voting is open until 15 October 2019

On behalf of the European Commission, VETNET organised the nomination for the VET researcher award 2019. The final winner will be selected through a mix of votes from the jury and the general public. Have your say on who you think should win and choose your preferred candidate through on-line voting. Follow this link https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/VETExcellenceAwards2019

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VET Research Award 2019: Call for proposals open until 10 June 2019

At the European Vocational Skills Week 2019, taking place in November in Helsinki, the European Commission will again award examples of excellence in research in vocational education and training (VET). The VET Research Award 2019 aims to reward a VET researcher who has made an outstanding contribution to innovative VET research on diversity and inclusion. …

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Learning Layers project wins award for Research Excellence in VET of the European Commission

We congratulate Tobias Ley and his research team and partners on winning the VET Excellence Award for their research project LEARNING LAYERS. Learning Layers investigated informal learning in the workplace and developed technology to support practice-based learning in small and medium-sized enterprises. Since 2016 VETNET has been mandated by the European Commission to organize the nomination …

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