The joint Cedefop and OECD publication on The next steps for apprenticeship is now online. Contributions of 16 authoring teams from Europe, Australia, Canada and the US look at the future of apprenticeship from the perspective of emerging policy objectives, new approaches to education and training and external megatrends. Authors examine how apprenticeship is or may be affected …
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IJRVET: New Issue published
New issue of IJRVET: Vol. 6, Issue 1 The International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training (IJRVET) has published a new issue by now. The first regular edition of 2019 contains the following topics: Karen Struthers and Glenda Strachan: Attracting women into male-dominated trades: Views of young women in Australia Ursula Beicht and Günter Walden: Transition to company-based vocational training in Germany by young people from …
Call for Papers: 2019 joint Cedefop and OECD Symposium: The next steps for Apprenticeship
OECD Conference Centre, Paris, 7 October 2019 The joint Cedefop/OECD symposium on apprenticeship brings together policy makers, practitioners and researchers from around the world to consider new research and practice exploring the future of apprenticeship provision. Apprenticeship provision has a long history of enabling the transitions for young people from education into sustained skilled employment. …
IJRVET: new hosting service provider
IJRVET International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training, the official journal of VETNET, is from now on hosted by the Hamburg University Press, the publishing house of the Hamburg State and University Library, Germany. We use the same web address and system (Open Journal System) but you will experience an improved speed. Here …
Crossing Boundaries Conference 2019 in València: Call for Papers ends on 31th may 2018
3rd International VET Conference Crossing Boundaries in Vocational Education and Training: Pedagogical concerns and market demands, 2-3 May 2019, València, Spain Organizer: University of Valencia, Research Group Transitions from education to work in contexts of social vulnerability, Prof. Dr. Fernando Marhuenda & María José Chisvert, in cooperation with the Institute for Vocational Education, University of Rostock. One year after …
Vacancy Notice: Director of CEDEFOP
Dear all, I would like to remind you that a vacancy notice for the post of Director of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) has been published on 26 March, with a deadline for applications on 8 May 2018. As you know, Cedefop is the European Agency that promotes the development …
Call for Papers (open): Crossing Boundaries Conference in Valencia (May 2019)
Call for Papers (open!) 3rd International VET Conference Crossing Boundaries in Vocational Education and Training: Pedagogical concerns and market demands, 2-3 May 2019, València, Spain Organizer: University of Valencia, Research Group Transitions from education to work in contexts of social vulnerability, Prof. Dr. Fernando Marhuenda & María José Chisvert, in cooperation with the Institute for Vocational Education, University of …
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Great start for the new working year – The IJRVET Yearbook 2017 is available!
In the beginning of the working year 2018 Michael Gessler, the editor-in-chief of the IJRVET, has had a great message to us: The brand new IJRVET Yearbook is available as an online version and as a print version. Now, for the European and international research communities in the field of vocational education and training (VET) …
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Professor Karen Evans awarded with the VET Research Award of the European Commission 2017
At the European Vocational Skills Week 2017, taking place in November in Brussels, the European Commission awarded Professor Karen Evans with the VET Research Award of the European Commission. Congratulations for the award for an outstanding researcher which is active in VETNET for years! Karen Evans is Emeritus Professor of Education at the UCL Institute of …
Joint Cooperation established between IJRVET and the International Labour Organization / Centro Interamericano para el Desarrollo del Conocimiento en la Formación Profesional (Cinterfor)
Cinterfor, the Centro Interamericano para el Desarrollo del Conocimiento en la Formación Profesional / Inter-American Centre for Knowledge Development in Vocational Training (a technical service of OIT Organización International del Trabajo / ILO International Labour Organization) and IJRVET International Journal for Vocational Education and Training agreed this month on close cooperation. IJRVET is already accessible …
