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    Sep

    ENE webinar: From Graz to the World: Inspiring the Future of Vocational Excellence

    Organiser: ETF Network for Excellence (ENE) 

    Following last year’s Forum on Vocational Excellence in Graz “Dual Education and Training for Competitive Regions”, the 2027 webinar will focus on key messages from Graz Forum on the role of dual education and training, how coope­ra­ti­on beetween VET providers and regional stake­hol­ders can aid in driving voca­tio­nal excel­lence as well as per­spec­ti­ves on deve­lo­ping dual education and training approa­ches to espe­ci­al­ly respond to regional skills needs, skills deve­lo­p­ment and competitiveness.

    The webinar will provide an oppor­tu­ni­ty to discuss emerging trends, share lessons learned and identify ideas that can inspire and streng­then Centres of Vocational Excellence across ETF partner countries.

    The ETF Network for Excellence (ENE) promotes peer learning and knowledge exchange among Centres of Vocational Excellence (CoVEs), helping members learn from each other’s expe­ri­en­ces and translate inno­va­ti­ve practices into action.

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    10:00 – 11:00
    Zoom
    Forum
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    March

    2027

    Mar
    10–
    11
    09:00
    Osnabrück University, Osnabrück, Germany
    Konferenz

    The Making of Apprenticeships

    Divergence, Experience, and the Transformation of Vocational Education & Training

    Dietmar Frommberger & Christoph Porcher

    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.
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    Mar
    /Apr
    31–
    1
    09:00
    Graz
    Conference

    innovativ & exzellent – Berufsbildung als Zukunftsmotor

    4. Grazer Berufsbildungskongress

    PH Steiermark

    Möglichkeit sich zu aktuellen Themen der Berufsbildung mit nationalen und internationalen Expert*innen auszutauschen.

    Call for Papers offen bis 1.10.2026
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    May

    2027

    May
    18–
    20
    10:00
    Johannesburg, South Africa
    Conference

    7th Crossing Boundaries Conference

    Learning Across Continents: Conversations in a divided world

    VETNET

    Topics:

    • How do we understand the role of VET in preparing young people for work when labour markets and workplaces are in flux nationally and internationally?
    • Is this changing the nature of VET and VET curricula? Is it raising new questions on work, labour markets and education? What is core to VET that is stable across different contexts?
    • Are systems looking more similar or more different from each other?
    • What are the main factors—such as workplace organisation, changing labour markets, changing enrolment in schools and universities, and the nature of economies that are influencing different aspects of VET provision—such as curriculum, governance, partnerships, enrollment patterns—in different countries?
    • How do we connect better as researchers, and use VET research to build connection?

    Dates and timeline

    • Submission of abstracts: opens 15 October 2026, closes 15 November 2026
    • Notification of acceptance: 15 December 2026
    • Submission of full paper: 20 February 2027
    • Feedback to your paper: 31 March 2027. You will then have 10 days to make the necessaries changes.
    • Conference: 18-20 May 2027
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    June

    2027

    Jun
    9–
    11
    09:00
    Umeå University, Sweden
    Konferenz

    NordYrk 2027

    Embracing Diversity in Vocational Education and Training (VET)

    Umeå University

    Vocational Education and Training (VET) in the Nordic countries is shaped by strong welfare traditions, close relationships between education and working life, and longstanding ambitions of equality, inclusion and high‑quality education for all. Nevertheless, Nordic VET systems display substantial variation and complexity, influenced by social, demographic, pedagogical and structural differences across countries, regions, institutions and vocational fields. The 2027 NORDYRK conference Embracing Diversity in VET invites researchers, practitioners and policymakers to explore how such diversity shapes the conditions, opportunities and challenges of VET.   The Call for abstracts opens on November 11, 2026 and closes on January 31, 2027. Registration is required.
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