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    Sep

    Social Aims of Vocational Education and Training

    33rd annual VET & Culture Meeting 2026

    Veranstalter: VET & Culture Network

    Across diverse cultural and socio-economic contexts, voca­tio­nal education and training (VET) systems pursue a complex balance of aims.  While the economic aim of providing a skilled workforce for the labour market often dominates policy discourse, VET also serves important social aims. These aims, and the ways they are prio­ri­ti­zed, are shaped by different political cultures, con­flic­ting values and specific con­cep­ti­ons about education, work, and citizenship.

    The 33rd VET & Culture meeting will provide an oppor­tu­ni­ty to examine from a com­pa­ra­ti­ve per­spec­ti­ve, how social aims are under­s­tood and imple­men­ted in VET across different political and cultural contexts.

    Call for papers open until 15 February 2026

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    09:00 – 00:00
    EHB, Kirchlindachstrasse 79, 3052 Zollikofen
    Konferenz
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    März

    2027

    März
    /Apr
    31–
    1
    09:00
    Graz
    Konferenz

    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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    Mai

    2027

    Mai
    18–
    20
    10:00
    Johannesburg, South Africa
    Konferenz

    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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