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20 décembre 2015

Reforming vocational education: it’s time to end the exploitation of vulnerable people

The ConversationBy . Australia’s vocational education sector is a mess. Tightening regulation and tweaking some of the settings will contain the damage, but these measures alone will not address deeper problems in the sector. More...
19 décembre 2015

OEB: edtech can reduce learning divide in TVET

By Natalie Marsh. In order to reduce skills gaps in countries around the world, education technology needs to be integrated into classroom learning, experts said at the 21st OEB conference in Berlin last week. More...

18 décembre 2015

Blurring the academic and vocational routes

By Jon Wakeford. The distinction between the academic and vocational route in British education is commonly understood, especially by pupils and their parents. The vocational route, troublingly, is still seen as the poorer sister. Even when children are seven, 97% of their parents aspire for them to ultimately attend university. More...

16 décembre 2015

Vocational Education: No Instant Cure

By Khalid Aitnasser. Last month, the Moroccan minister of higher education, Lahcen Daoudi, said that most humanities and law graduates in Morocco should expect to become unemployed. More students, the minister suggested, should consider vocational schools, which he said ensure better employment prospects. More...

9 décembre 2015

Universities to offer professionally oriented training

The Ministry of Education and Training said the professionally oriented higher education model must be used at universities and colleges to make sure graduates are qualified to get jobs without needing to be retrained, reports VNS. Read more...

7 décembre 2015

International collaboration key to China’s HE, VET strategy

By Beckie Smith. International collaboration is a key pillar in two long-term strategic plans for higher and vocational education in China, which were released by the government last month. More...

1 décembre 2015

Senate must stand up for students and the reputation of Australian tertiary education

By Andrew MacDonald. The National Tertiary Education Union is urging Senators to stand up for student interests and the reputation of Australian higher education, as they prepare to consider two important pieces of legislation this week.
In the wake of the latest scandals involving for-profit vocational education and training (VET) providers, the Senate is due to debate the Education Services for Overseas Students (ESOS) Amendment (Streamlining Regulation) Bill 2015, and the Higher Education Support Amendment (VET FEE-HELP Reform) Bill 2015. More...

1 décembre 2015

Another day, another VET FEE HELP rip-off

By Paul Kniest. Since writing the story entitled “The case against the deregulation of tertiary education” in the November 2015 edition of the Advocate and the NTEU’s submission to the Senate Education and Employment Legislation Committee’s Inquiry into VET-FEE HELP (Submission No.1), more stories continue to emerge about the rorts and rip-offs by private for-profit vocational education and training (VET) providers. More...

29 novembre 2015

Luxembourg's VET system in 2'30''

HomeWhile general education is linear, vocational education and training (VET) is more complex having many different possibilities and routes. This short video guides us through Luxembourg's VET system. More...

29 novembre 2015

Cedefop staff met with members of the Greek steering group of the Thematic Country Reviews

HomeOn the occasion of Cedefop’s conference on engaging SMEs in apprenticeships (9-10 November 2015), members of the Greek steering group of the Thematic Country Review (TCR) of apprenticeships in Greece met with Cedefop staff. More...

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