Pathways, boun­da­ries and barriers in Vocational Education and Training

In its last con­fe­rence in Valencia, the VET & Culture network explored the rela­ti­on­ships between ‘cultures of work and education’, exploring the ‘under­stan­dings and values of work taught and learned in adult and voca­tio­nal education.’ The 32^nd meeting of the network will continue with this dis­cus­sion whilst welcoming new con­tri­bu­ti­ons. It aims to extend its under­stan­dings of how cultures shape the per­si­stent status divisions that have cha­rac­te­ri­sed education in Europe, and which are incre­a­sing­ly offered as recipes for deve­lo­ping countries. How might we cri­ti­cal­ly analyse and reframe these divides in ways that con­tri­bu­te to meaningful edu­ca­tio­nal expe­ri­en­ces and work, and to fair, sus­tainable societies? The network invites scholars concerned with these chal­lenges topar­ti­ci­pa­te and engage in this dis­cus­sion in Derby, once the heartland of the indu­stri­al revo­lu­ti­on in England and now at the nexus of advanced manu­fac­tu­ring and social exclusion.