Reflecting on the future of CVET with design fiction

What will con­ti­nuing voca­tio­nal education and training (CVET) look like in 2040? In an Erasmus+ project, we are deve­lo­ping future scenarios with an inno­va­ti­ve approach.

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Artificial intel­li­gence, robots, virtual reality… How will these new tech­no­lo­gies change the way we work and learn? What are the long-term trends for CVET? And what does this mean for dealing with the chal­lenges of the green and digital “double tran­si­ti­on”? We are approa­ching all these questions in the Erasmus+ project “Into-CVET 2040” with an inno­va­ti­ve approach that aims to stimulate a debate among key national and regional stake­hol­ders about what future deve­lo­p­ments seem possible, but also desirable.

The “design fiction” approach is used to develop future scenarios for various aspects of CVET, such as lifelong guidance or funding. Design fiction is a method of pro­jec­ting the future that empha­sis­es the immersive character of fiction and its ability to make future changes credible over a longer period of time. It differs signi­fi­cant­ly from other scenario methods that are usually used in foresight studies. The view is thus broader and makes it possible to look beyond existing pre­dic­tions for initial voca­tio­nal education and training and also consider CVET, to focus on the dimension of the double tran­si­ti­on and to consider the role of internal factors for the deve­lo­p­ment of CVET in addition to external factors.

Five scenarios will be selected from a longer list of outlined scenarios and presented and discussed in workshops with stake­hol­ders from the project partner countries Austria, France and Luxembourg. Based on the feedback, the scenarios will be further refined and visua­li­sed in a vision of a possible future using fictional nar­ra­ti­ves and illu­stra­ted with graphic elements. The materials produced in this project are intended to invite further dialogue.


Project: An invi­ta­ti­on to an immersive expe­ri­ence journey into con­ti­nuing voca­tio­nal education and training in 2040 (Into-CVET 2040)

Contact: Mariya Dzhengozova

Mail to mariya.dzhengozova@3s.co.at

Client: Erasmus+ Small Scale project

Duration: 10/2023-09/2024

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Feasibility studies for new higher education programmes

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Tools & Applications

All occu­pa­ti­ons in one click — The AMS world of occupations

The online Occupational Information System of the Austrian Public Employment Service (AMS) provides details on all occu­pa­ti­ons and app­ren­ti­ce­ships. 3s experts are con­stant­ly deve­lo­ping this tool and main­tai­ning its content.

Studies & Analyses

Feasibility studies for new higher education programmes

Since the estab­lish­ment of uni­ver­si­ties of applied sciences, 3s supported the accre­di­ta­ti­on of new study pro­gram­mes through fea­si­bi­li­ty studies. These provide infor­ma­ti­on on the future demand for study places or the labour market

Studies & Analyses

Competences for a Democratic Culture in VET

The Council of Europe launched a new project on promoting a culture of democracy in Vocational Education and Training in Europe with Jörg Markowitsch as an expert.

Tools & Applications

All occu­pa­ti­ons in one click — The AMS world of occupations

The online Occupational Information System of the Austrian Public Employment Service (AMS) provides details on all occu­pa­ti­ons and app­ren­ti­ce­ships. 3s experts are con­stant­ly deve­lo­ping this tool and main­tai­ning its content.

Studies & Analyses

Feasibility studies for new higher education programmes

Since the estab­lish­ment of uni­ver­si­ties of applied sciences, 3s supported the accre­di­ta­ti­on of new study pro­gram­mes through fea­si­bi­li­ty studies. These provide infor­ma­ti­on on the future demand for study places or the labour market

Tools & Applications

All occu­pa­ti­ons in one click — The AMS world of occupations

The online Occupational Information System of the Austrian Public Employment Service (AMS) provides details on all occu­pa­ti­ons and app­ren­ti­ce­ships. 3s experts are con­stant­ly deve­lo­ping this tool and main­tai­ning its content.

Studies & Analyses

Feasibility studies for new higher education programmes

Since the estab­lish­ment of uni­ver­si­ties of applied sciences, 3s supported the accre­di­ta­ti­on of new study pro­gram­mes through fea­si­bi­li­ty studies. These provide infor­ma­ti­on on the future demand for study places or the labour market