Cedefop research looks for new evidence to understand dropout and early leaving from vocational education and training (VET) in Europe and to analyse VET’s role in reducing early leaving. Project manager Irene Psifidou answers some of the questions the research addresses. More...
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...
Report shows Victorian VET in need of urgent root and and branch reform
By Andrew MacDonald. The report into the Victorian Review of VET Funding undertaken by Bruce Mackenzie and Neil Coulson and released 17 December 2015 indicates that the deregulation of Vocational Education and Training (VET) and the introduction of fully contestable funding has been a complete and utter policy failure now requiring urgent reform. More...
Old roots for new routes
Old routes for new routes celebrates Cedefop’s 40th anniversary. It is a story about people and events that have influenced the work of the European Union’s oldest agency and outlines the considerable achievements of European cooperation in vocational education and training policy. More...
Briefing note - Global labour market, global VET
Sharing knowledge about vocational education and training
VET's role in combatting early leaving - video
Young people who left their studies early, before completing an upper secondary qualification, tell Cedefop their stories.
What made them drop out from school and how did vocational eduction and training (VET) change their lives? Lauren and Martin from Northern Ireland, Darious from Romania and Nicole from Austria have now graduated and found a job thanks to VET. More...
Slovenia's National Institute for VET celebrates 20th anniversary
Cedefop expert Slava Pevec-Grm represented the agency at an event marking the 20th anniversary of Slovenia's National Institute for Vocational Education and Training, on 25 November in Ljubljana.
The institute is the main research and policy public organisation in the area of vocational education and training (VET), supporting the Ministries of Education and Labour as well as social partners in developing and implementing VET policies. More...