Call for Chapter: Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Education

This book will explore the concepts of innovation and entrepreneurship through multiple lenses in the context of education. Mixing equal parts of theory and practice, this volume takes a closer look on how innovation and entrepreneurship are approached around the globe as disciplines, methods, and mindsets. Focusing on ubiquitous learning and transcending the borders of …

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IJRVET: User Statistic Summary

The first issue of our open-access-journal International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training (IJRVET) was published end of august 2014. End of august 2015 we published our 4th issue - time for a summary (see chart). In the chart are just the users on our journal-page (http://www.ijrvet.net) listed. Besides the journal-page the articles …

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Identifying entrepreneurial challenges

Yvette Baggen, Jakob Mainert, Thomas Lans, Harm J. A. Biemans, Samuel Greiff & Martin Mulder (2015). Linking complex problem solving to opportunity identification competence within the context of entrepreneurship. International Journal of Lifelong Education. Volume 34, Issue 4 [Details]  Today's working life is increasingly characterized by entrepreneurial challenges. Entrepreneurial challenges start at an individual level …

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ECER VETNET 2015

This year's ECER (European Conference on Educational Research) in Budapest was very busy for VETNET (Vocational Education and Training Network),  featuring a joint session with the Higher Education Network, a poster contribution, six symposia and over 90 papers presented (final collection of papers see Proceedings 2015). VETNET was also very ably represented in the Emerging Researchers' …

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Publication: Working and Learning in Times of Uncertainty. Challenges to Adult, Professional and Vocational Education

Bohlinger, Haake, Jørgensen, Toiviainen and Wallo (Eds.) (2015): Working and Learning in Times of Uncertainty. Challenges to Adult, Professional and Vocational Education. Sense Publishers. 244 pages [Link]. The book analyses the challenges of globalisation and uncertainty impacting on working and learning at individual, organisational and societal levels. Each of the contributions addresses two overall questions: …

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New issue of IJRVET (Vol. 2, Issue 2)

The International Journal for Research in Vocational Education and Training (IJRVET) has just published a new issue. Topics are: Twenty Years of Basic Vocational Education Provision in Spain; Uncertified and Teaching: Industry Professionals in Career and Technical Education Classrooms in the USA; Current Practices at Polytechnics in Bangladesh and its Effects in Competence Development; Training …

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International Conference on VET research in Bremen 2015 – review and outcome

"Crossing Boundaries in Vocational Education and Training: Innovative Concepts for the 21st century", 2nd- 4thSeptember 2015 in Bremen, Germany Welcoming words from the conference organizers, Mr. Heidemeyer (Chamber of Commerce, Bremen) and Prof Gessler (Institute Technology and Education, University of Bremen), were followed by Mr. Joao Santos (Acting Head of the Unit Vocational Education and …

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EAPRIL conference on corporate learning

EAPRIL is a non-profit organisation that supports the collaboration between research and practitioners in the field of Education and Corporate Learning. Our upcoming event 'Moving Corporate Learning from Good to Great', will take place November 23, 2015 in Belval (Luxembourg). Representatives from international organisations, such as Danone (France), Bosch (Germany), Rentokil Ltd (U.K.) and KPMG (Luxembourg), are being invited to …

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UFHRD 17th International conference

Call for Papers: "Leadership, Diversity and Changing Practices in HRD in a Global Context" The 17th International conference on Human Resource Development, Research and Practice across Europe will be in Manchester 8-10th June 2016, and welcomes papers covering the above themes. These will help to advance our knowledge and understanding of HRD, which are so relevant to …

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