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Since the restructuring of nursing and caregiving activities under the Federal Act of 13 December 2002 on Vocational and Professional Education and Training, new training programmes and ordinances have been steadily developed for the nursing and caregiving professions, at both upper-secondary level...

Digitalisation and transmission of clinical information in nursing

Evaluation of the 'LIFT Züri' project...

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...

Respondent behavior and data quality in multi-device web surveys

Reinforcing the Federal Vocational Baccalaureate (FVB) is a strategic objective of the Federal Administration and is part of the VPET 2030 Strategy. The Swiss Observatory for Vocational Education and Training (OBS SFIVET) will address this important topic at the third national conference on current...

Workplace training conditions at host companies

Evaluation and outlook of the apprenticeship monitoring system and the role of apprenticeship inspectors in the Canton of Vaud

School-to-work transition and termination of apprenticeship contracts in two-year VET programmes and INSOS practical training courses

Quality of vocational education and training, role tensions and consequences for apprentices

Creativity and art-based learning

Distance learning check-up for upper-secondary schools

Jean-Louis Berger leaves SFIVET

Training pathways of migrants whose right to remain in Switzerland is precarious

Three contributions in applied microeconomics with a focus on vocational education and training

Antje Barabasch presents innovative approaches to workplace training

Institutional characteristics of upper secondary vocational education and training in Switzerland: How do they affect VET diploma holders’ early labour market outcomes?

Analysis and comparison of field-based and institutional perceptions of quality in vocational education and training ...

Visual languages, annotations and observation in vocational professions and education

The Observatory for Vocational Education and Training (OBS EHB) has examined the educational and career trajectories of female and male apprentices and students at higher vocational schools in the social sector. They were originally interviewed at the end of their training. Now the results of the...

Project on the recognition of prior learning successfully completed

2030 Outlook – More Flexible VET Programmes in Healthcare

Antje Barabasch presents innovative learning culture project at Swisscom

Lorenzo Bonoli invited by the European Commission

Now available: issue of "Social Inclusion" devoted to vocational education and training...

Trends are important indicators of what to expect in the future and detecting them early on can be beneficial.

Researchers from SFIVET Lugano at University of Geneva

Zollikofen, 17 June 2019 – With workshops in Phnom Penh and a one-month working visit of three Cambodian researchers to SFIVET, the Cambodia Development Resource Institute (CDRI) is developing its VET expertise.

Prof. Dr. Ursula Scharnhorst and Prof. Dr. Jürg Schweri appointed to national committee responsible for PIAAC Survey of Adult Skills in Switzerland

Effects of Video Annotation on Learning and Professional Development

SFIVET’s Evaluation Unit is currently supporting the Swiss Agency for Exchange and Mobility (Movetia) to build up its evaluation competence and to design and implement internal evaluation concepts.

Digital learning is becoming increasingly important in vocational schools and in the training given to vocational school teachers. With a new learning culture emerging, the roles of both teachers and learners are changing.

On 4 April, representatives of cantonal VET offices for the German-speaking region of Switzerland met together at the Zurich Technische Berufsschule under the auspices of the Swiss Conference of VET Offices (SBBK). On this occasion, Prof. Dr. Jürg Schweri presented the latest research on future...

On 6 March, VET researchers who had submitted their articles for the best paper award at the conference ‘The end of VET as we know it’ were awarded. The scientific jury selected the three best articles from over ninety submitted articles.