News Calendar Projects Publications Team
  • de
  • en
    • ×
    ×
    News Calendar Projects Publications Team
  • de
  • en
    • >Past events
    29
    Mar

    EPALE Online Discussion „Skills for Democratic Life“

    The role of adult learning and education

    Organiser: EPALE

    Transversal skills and key com­pe­ten­ces such as critical thinking, problem-solving and digital literacy cut across sectors, fields, tasks, eras and lives. When moder­ni­s­ing education and training systems, it is crucial to adopt a lifelong learning approach and introduce reforms holi­sti­cal­ly: this prevents exclusion and ensures a common and steady path towards sus­tainable learning societies. Indeed, a fun­da­men­tal endeavour of education is to equip learners with the necessary (trans­ver­sal) skills to navigate modern seas.  The live stream will be followed by a moderated written dis­cus­sion, hosting the con­tri­bu­ti­ons of our EPALE community members. Through this online dis­cus­sion, we will discuss how skills, com­pe­ten­ces and attitudes ulti­m­ate­ly enable people to find ful­fill­ment in their lives and adapt to fast-paced changes — beyond labour market par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on. Skills, whether voca­tio­nal or social, technical or key com­pe­ten­ces, help adults cope with current crises and make them more conscious about their potential in society. This, in turn, enhances demo­cra­tic par­ti­ci­pa­ti­on and streng­thens both com­mu­ni­ties and social life.

    >link
    10:00 – 16:00
    Online
    Diskussion
    >Past events

    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.
    >link
    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
    >link

    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
    >link