Guidelines for upper secondary VET programmes and Guidelines for higher VET programmes serve as a framework for the development of VET programmes. They define the objectives, curriculum structure, duration, and completion for each education level; they are also the basis for preparing, quality assessment and adoption of new or renewed education programmes. More...
From the school year 2015/16, all colleges of higher vocational education (BHS, five-year vocational pathway at the upper secondary level) in Austria have been using a new form of the matriculation and diploma exam (Reife- und Diplomprüfung) ([1]). This new form has its legal basis in the 2010 amendment to the School Education Act and in the 2015 amendment to the examination regulation. More...
One of the biggest challenges, according to employers, is how to improve the image of VET and how to ensure it meets the demands of tomorrow’s workplaces. While learning close to practice, leading to skills that can be used directly after graduation, is seen as strength, the lack of motivation among students and the low proportion of work-based learning are seen as weaknesses. More...
As a result of demographic changes, the heterogeneity of apprenticeship beginners, competition from school-based VET programmes, and image problems, apprenticeship training has come under increasing pressure in recent years. More...
Cedefop will present evidence on policies and practice to support initial and continuing professional development of VET teachers and trainers in enterprises to address today’s challenges and ensure quality VET, especially in the context of work-based learning and apprenticeship. More...
By Sharon Dell. More than 10 years after its creation, the university of technology sector in South Africa continues to be dogged by a crisis of identity and perceptions of second-class status. Read more...
EURASHE will organise its 27th Annual Conference titled ‘Professional Higher Education 4.0: A Change for Universities of Applied Sciences‘ in Le Havre (France) on 30-31 March 2017. It is organised by EURASHE and the IUT of Le Havre with the Assemblée des Directeurs d’Institut Universitaire de Technologie (ADIUT). More...The BEEHiVES project is designed to address cooperation and collaboration barriers in the strategic partnership triangle – HVET/PHE institutions, employers/labour markets and students – to contribute to the development of skills relevant to labour market needs and equip students with the knowledge and skills relevant for their long-term employability, entrepreneurship and personal development. The project reflects developments within the EHEA and will make a significant contribution to the Modernisation Agenda. More...
By Paul Kniest. The Turnbull Government has conceded that education is far too important to be left to the market. On Wednesday 5 October 2016, the Minister for Education, Senator Simon Birmingham, announced that it was his intention to abandon the existing VET- FEE HELP scheme and replace it with a new VET Student Loans Program from 1 January 2017. More...
At the 25th anniversary conference of the European Forum of Technical and Vocational Education and Training (EfVET) on 26-29 October in Valencia, Cedefop Director James Calleja said that ‘quality of VET provision will largely determine the quality of jobs in the labour market.’ More...
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