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Autumn 2022

26 Sep 2022

Special issue on the Future of VET

The Hungarian Educational Research Journal (HERJ) recently published a special issue on the future of voca­tio­nal education and training in Europe, edited by Jörg Markowitsch, Magdolna Benke and Jens Bjørnåvold.

4 Oct 2022

Work-oriented adult basic education in the German AlphaDekade

This year’s AlphaDekade con­fe­rence took place in Nürnberg from 27 to 28 September 2022, this time focusing on work-oriented adult basic education.

15 Sep 2022

Skills for Resilience

Jörg Markowitsch par­ti­ci­pa­ted in an Expert Group Meeting organised by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization’s (UNIDO) Learning and Knowledge Development Facility (LKDF).

16 Sep 2022

Workshop on pathways to voca­tio­nal excellence

The inter­na­tio­nal workshop on ‘The Future of VET in Europe: Pathways to voca­tio­nal excel­lence’, jointly organised by 3s, the BIBB and Cedefop, took place on the 8–9.9.2022 in Bonn.

14 Sep 2022

Series of online lectures during the Apprenticeship Week 2022

The Erasmus+ VET Team Austria invites you to an online lecture series with renowned experts from 19 September to 4 October.

12 Sep 2022

Nursing shortage in the spotlight

work-o-witch and 3s invite to a film screening to discuss the role of film in the pro­fes­sio­nal training of nursing staff and as a medium for addres­sing the staff shortage.


Summer 2022

4 Aug 2022

More on the future of voca­tio­nal education and training in Europe – volume 2 published

Another volume of results from our three-year Cedefop project was recently published, analysing changes in the insti­tu­tio­nal setting of IVET delivery in response to changing demand for skills.

29 Jul 2022

EXPECT – Sustainable voca­tio­nal education and training in Finland

Recently, the fifth peer learning activity of the Erasmus+ project EXPECT took place in Helsinki.

15 Jul 2022

VQTS model as a good practice

VQTS is a model developed in an EU project coor­di­na­ted by 3s to trans­par­ent­ly present work-related com­pe­ten­ces and the process of com­pe­tence development.

12 Jul 2022

Open position — expert for external quality assess­ment for the GREENOVET project

GREENOVET (2020–2024) is an ERASMUS+ funded project streng­thening sus­tainable green inno­va­ti­on and green skills in Europe. 


Spring 2022

31 May 2022

Comparing qua­li­fi­ca­ti­ons – report published

The recently published final report of our Cedefop project on comparing voca­tio­nal education and training qua­li­fi­ca­ti­ons brings together all the results of several years of work.

25 May 2022

On the future of voca­tio­nal education and training in Europe — volume 1 published

The first volume of results from our three-year Cedefop project on the status and prospects of VET in Europe has just been published.