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    • 9 December 2025

    PIAAC Expert Report with New Insights on Adult Competences

    On 5 December, the PIAAC expert report was presented at a Statistik Austria conference. Günter Hefler and Eva Steinheimer contributed key insights on workplace learning.

    On 5 December, Statistik Austria hosted a con­fe­rence dedicated to the pre­sen­ta­ti­on and dis­cus­sion of the new PIAAC expert report based on the 2022/23 survey round. The event brought together rese­ar­chers, poli­cy­ma­kers and prac­ti­tio­ners to reflect on the results for Austria, while also situating them within an inter­na­tio­nal com­pa­ra­ti­ve context.

    3s is repre­sen­ted in the expert volume with two con­tri­bu­ti­ons by Günter Hefler and Eva Steinheimer. At the con­fe­rence, the two authors presented their analysis on workplace learning, high­light­ing the links between job quality, learning oppor­tu­ni­ties at work and the main­ten­an­ce and deve­lo­p­ment of adult competences.

    The two con­tri­bu­ti­ons included in the volume are:

    • Workplace learning, job quality and literacy com­pe­ten­ces: examining how changes in workplace quality relate to the deve­lo­p­ment and pre­ser­va­ti­on of skills in inter­na­tio­nal comparison.
    • Do we have the right provision? PIAAC findings on oppor­tu­ni­ty struc­tures for adult learning among adults with low literacy skills.

    All con­tri­bu­ti­ons to the PIAAC expert report are available online.

    Contact: Günter Hefler

    Client: Statistik Austria

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