The ESF-funded Dual education and increasing attractiveness and quality of VET project aims to increase the number of dual VET learners to 12 000 by 2020; this can only be achieved if enrolment in dual VET is substantially increased. More...
The Taking teaching further programme has been launched to increase the number of industry professionals practising as teachers and trainers in colleges in England. More...
Cedefop’s ReferNet network has prepared national reports on guidance and outreach for the upskilling of vulnerable groups. More...
The September 2018 issue of Skillset and match, Cedefop’s magazine promoting learning for work, is now available to read and download. More...
Keep abreast of latest developments on ECVET, learn about creating ECVET units of learning outcomes, using the principles of ECVET and EQF, assessment of prior learning. Download ECVET magazine no 32 - September 2018. More...
The increasing use of digital technology has enabled new forms of employment, most notably those in the so-called platform or ‘gig’ economy. Platform or crowd work, where supply and demand for paid work are coordinated via an online platform, opens up opportunities and challenges. More...
Cedefop’s European skills index (ESI) makes understanding and analysing the performance of skills systems, within and across EU Member States, possible for the first time. The index was launched at an event in Brussels on 27 September. More...
In the scope of a P-KAP: the support of action planning project 2016-20, a survey will be conducted in October and November 2018 among all upper secondary vocational schools and tertiary professional schools (more than 1300 schools in total). The goal is to understand the needs of the schools, particularly those related to achieving nationally defined priorities. More...
A recent company survey by the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKÖ) of 4 500 companies provides sound evidence that there is major demand for, and increasing lack of, skilled labour in the Austrian economy. It overwhelmingly confirms the importance of VET. More...
The new academic school year 2018/19 started in August and young people could choose among 326 recognised occupations in the dual VET system at EQF level 4. These qualifications include 24 updated and one newly developed qualification, the ‘merchant in e-commerce’ (Kaufmann/Kauffrau in E-Commerce), reflecting an increased change of skills needed in the German economy. More...
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