The Researching Work & Learning (RWL) International Conference Series is the world's longest, continuously running international research conference series serving the field of workplace learning. It was initiated in 1999 by researchers at the University of Leeds (UK). As of 2026 it has visited eleven countries in five continents. The conference series as a whole is organized through the work of the RWL International Advisory Committee. This committee is composed of leading international scholars in the diverse field of workplace learning. RWL14  local organising committee: Stephen Billett, Paula Brough, Steven Hodge, Ashlea Troth, Sarojni Choy and Carys Chan

Ob Sie bereits digitale Nachweise ausstellen oder gerade erst einsteigen: Im Rahmen des Fachaustauschs am 8. Dezember 2026 erfahren Sie, wohin die Entwicklung der digitalen Bildungsnachweise geht, lernen von den Erfahrungen anderer und knüpfen außerdem Kontakte zu Einrichtungen, die vor ähnlichen Fragen stehen. Lernerfolge lassen sich bereits heute digital und europaweit sichtbar machen. Dafür gibt es mit den European Digital Credentials for Learning (EDC) seit einigen Jahren einen europäischen Standard, mit dem Bildungseinrichtungen Nachweise ausstellen können, die sich in ganz Europa prüfen und teilen lassen. Ab 2027 startet dann die deutsche EUDI Wallet "d-you", in der künftig auch formale Abschlusszeugnisse als digitale Nachweise Platz finden sollen. Und mit dem Vorschlag für einen Skills Portability Act will die EU-Kommission Qualifikationen über Grenzen hinweg transparenter machen, indem ein einheitlicher Standard für digitale Nachweise in den nationalen EUDI Wallets etabliert wird und Informationen über Qualifikationen über ein digitales Tool in der Europass-Plattform besser vergleichbar werden. Die Veranstaltung beleuchtet den aktuellen Stand und künftige Perspektiven für digitale Qualifikationsnachweise in Deutschland und Europa.

As Europe seeks to make qualifications and skills more portable across borders, digitalised and trusted information and effective recognition and validation arrangements are essential. This webinar provides and overview of recent developments connected to digital tools (qualifications databases and digital credentials) as well as recognition and validation of VET qualifications.

Wolfgang Alteneder und Michael Schwingsmehl von Synthesis Forschung widmen sich beim AMS-Werkstattgespräch am 9. Dezember 2026 Fragen zu folgenden Themen:

• Prognose der Wirtschafts- und Arbeitsmarktentwicklung 2026/27: Fragile Konjunkturerholung in einem schwierigen geopolitischen Umfeld
• Demografie und Arbeitskräfteknappheit in einem (inter-)nationalen Kontext: Quantifizierung der Beschäftigungspotenziale anhand inländischer Referenzwerte

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The conference invites researchers and advanced graduate students worldwide to submit papers, posters, and symposia related to extended education. It focuses on diversity, equality, and inclusion within extended educational contexts such as after-school programmes, extracurricular activities, and community-based learning. It aims to explore how these settings can support children’s learning, development, participation, and social cohesion, particularly in increasingly diverse societies. The concept of “superdiversity”, discussed by Steven Vertovec, provides an important theoretical perspective for examining social diversity and educational practices. The Call for Participation (CfP) is seeking submissions on educational equity, inclusion and diversity in the context of extended education. The focus is on effective approaches to equal opportunities, gender-sensitive pedagogy and anti-discrimination with reference to the above mentioned educational settings. In addition, strategies for youth participation, for professionalising teams in diversity competence in these educational settings and interdisciplinary approaches to tackling school absenteeism will be addresses, with a view to sustainably strengthening participation and social cohesion. Key topics also include the role of funds of knowledge in supporting children’s participation in extended education, the development of inclusive structures in extended education, civic education, collaboration between extended education, schools and families, multilingual learning environments in extended education, partnerships with NGOs, and the ways in which social inequalities are produced or transformed in contexts of extended education. Submissions must include an abstract of up to 400 word ins English. The submission period runs from 7^th September 2026 to 15^th January 2027.

The conference explores the making and remaking of apprenticeships as a global historical phenomenon, tracing how pre-industrial craft training evolved under industrialisation, state-building, and changing educational ideas. It focuses both on institutional change and on the lived experiences of apprentices, masters, and other actors, and invites contributions from all periods and world regions.