Projects of Research Field 3.2

The project investigates for the German-speaking part of Switzerland for which jobs graduates with different educational qualifications (e.g. VET, professional education, university diplomas... More information

Based on qualitative interviews with recruiters and a quantitative survey, this doctoral project investigates the significance of educational credentials in selection procedures for skilled ... More information

The research project «Short- and long-term impacts of Covid-19 on VET: Strengthening VET in times of crises» aims to explore the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on dual-track vocational educ... More information

Between 1960 and 1980, the debates surrounding the democratisation of education had a profound influence on the expansion of SEC II programmes in Switzerland, with differing repercussions at... More information

This thesis project consists of research and analysis of historical documents relating to two key areas of economic and social policy in the 1970s: Vocational Education and Training (VET) an... More information

The aim of the project was to shed light on the reasons why the long-term labour market outcomes of vocational qualification holders differ considerably between training occupations in terms... More information

Swiss VET sector has one major characteristic: although it is regu-lated at national level, there are considerable cantonal differences, particularly with regards to participation in dual-tr... More information

The Swiss education system has a high level of vocational specificity resulting in close links between training occupations and subsequent careers as well as low inter-occupational mobility ... More information

In Switzerland, holders of professional qualifications account for roughly one-third of all holders of tertiary-level qualifications. In most cases, admission to professional education is op... More information

The social care field also faces the problem of shortages of skilled workers. The umbrella organisation for Swiss social care SAVOIRSOCIAL takes targeted action to address these shortages. More information

The Swiss educational system offers some 250 different initial vocational education and training programmes. More information

The longitudinal study on career pathways of health care assistants has now entered its third phase. The first phase of the study was conducted in 2010/2011. Data was collected during the th... More information

According to the first national study of premature termination of apprenticeship contracts and resumption of training in two-year VET programmes (see Schmid et al. 2016), the apprenticeship ... More information

Adults without any qualifications struggle to find a job on the Swiss labour market. They are significantly more likely to be unemployed, to depend on social welfare or to work in poorly pai... More information

Rescue services play a key role in the medical care of emergency patients. They are called up by the medical emergency call centres, provide the professional pre-hospital care on site and de... More information

As part of the project entitled “Development of national training standards – European comparison of actors, procedures and design”, the German Federal Institute for Vocational Education and... More information

One aspect taken into consideration when reviewing VET programmes is whether training durations of three or four years are suitable. More information

Early termination of apprenticeship contracts place young people at considerable risk of ultimately remaining without any upper-secondary level qualifications. So far, there has been no reli... More information

This project focuses on the second transition of holders of non-academic health care qualifications, i.e. the transition from upper-secondary level VET programmes to working life or to terti... More information

The State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI) commissioned the Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training SFIVET to develop a monitoring concept with... More information

In order to understand the current situation of VET in Switzerland, it is (often) essential to look at its evolution over time. In its current institutional form, our VET system has develope... More information

Commissioned by the Canton of Zurich’s Office for General and Vocational Education, this project focuses on all young people who prematurely terminated their apprenticeship contract in the C... More information