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On 14 January 2021, the Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training SFIVET and the German Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training BIBB signed a more extensive cooperation agreement. The new agreement replaces the previous one signed in 2014. Cooperation is intended...
14.01.2021: International Relations

SFIVET and BIBB expand their cooperation ties

The Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (SFIVET) has won a mandate from the International Labour Organization (ILO). This involves creating a digital toolkit the main aim of which is to establish instructions and proven procedures for the successful integration of the...
04.01.2021: International Relations

Digital toolkit for the International Labour Organization

Fabio Merlini, Regional Director at SFIVET’s head office in Italian-speaking Switzerland, appeared in two programmes broadcast on ‘Rete Due’ this week where he talks about his childhood, educational background and role at SFIVET.
Fabio Merlini at a Sfivet title-giving ceremony
16.–17.12.2020: Laser RSI

Fabio Merlini appears on Rete Due

In ‘The Key to Evaluation’, Prof. Dr. Lars Balzer and his team from the Evaluation Unit outline how to carry out an evaluation in ten steps. Using a specific example, ‘The Key to Evaluation’ goes through all the stages of the evaluation process – from identifying the subject of evaluation to...
Titelbild evaluiert Bauer und Bäuerin mit Schaufel und Äpfel
16.12.2020: New web brochure from the Evaluation Unit

The key to evaluation – evaluation in brief

Siegfried Alberton, Regional Head of Continuing Education at SFIVET’s head office in Italian-speaking Switzerland is appearing – together with Jenny Assi, a lecturer and researcher at the Department of Business Economics, Health and Social Care of the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of...
Portrait of Siegfried Alberton
02.12.2020: Punto di vista

Siegfried Alberton to appear on Tempi moderni

The Swiss Society for Applied Research in Vocational Education and Training (SGAB) has awarded its first Vocational Education and Training Prize for the Realto platform. SFIVET professor Alberto Cattaneo was among the recipients. The ‘At the Heart of Apprenticeships’ exhibition, which was another...
Bild Preisverleihung SGAB
27.11.2020: SGAB Vocational Education and Training Prize

Award given for Realto platform

The Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training SFIVET has signed an agreement with Movetia to intensify future cooperation in the area of mobility in VET. Movetia is the national agency for the promotion of exchange, mobility and cooperation in all education sectors – in...
17.11.2020 – International Relations

Intensified cooperation with Movetia in the area of mobility in VET

The Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (SFIVET) and the Deutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH have just signed a cooperation agreement to strengthen international cooperation in the area of VET.
19.10.2020 - International relations

SFIVET signs cooperation agreement with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ)

Researchers Irene Kriesi and Ariane Basler examined the stated occupational preferences of young men and women at age 15 and 21 and observed how these preferences changed over that six-year period. They also considered the impact of the type of upper-secondary education, social background and...
Happy teens preparing for exams in university campus
15.10.2020: Career choice

How the career aspirations of young women and men change over time

Jean-Louis Berger leaves SFIVET
Jean-Louis Berger
05.05.2020: Appointment to the University of Fribourg

Jean-Louis Berger leaves SFIVET

SFIVET International VET Congress Spring 2022
Schild 401 - 2022
27.04.2020: Postponement of VET Congress

SFIVET International VET Congress Spring 2022

The bilingual ‘Society’ textbook now comes with a ‘Society’ workbook. These two learning aids provide a useful basis for the bilingual teaching of language, communication and society (LCS) subjects at vocational schools.
bili im ABU
03.12.2019: New bilingual workbook

Bilingual teaching of LCS subjects in VET programmes now a lot easier with the ‘Society’ workbook

The willingness of employers to offer apprenticeship training is greatly dependent on the costs and benefits they associate with apprenticeships. The fourth cost-benefit study conducted by the Observatory for Vocational Education and Training of the Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education...
A group of young women and men with profession utensils in their hands
Cost-benefit study

Is it worthwhile for employers to take on apprentices?

On 14 January 2021, the Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training SFIVET and the German Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training BIBB signed a more extensive cooperation agreement. The new agreement replaces the previous one signed in 2014. Cooperation is intended...
14.01.2021: International Relations

SFIVET and BIBB expand their cooperation ties

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