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SFUVET has scientifically accompanied the "Friendly Work Space Apprentice" offer of Health Promotion Switzerland from 2019 to 2022 and has shown that it is well assessed and actively used.

The goal of the current project is to better understand the role of talent and giftedness in vocational education and training so as to discuss at the end of the project some initiatives that may ...

Switzerland supports the reform of the VET system in Uzbekistan through the VET4UZ project, in which SFUVET is an expert partner.

Learning to manage stress in work contexts is essential for novices, who may experience high levels of stress in new working situations. The objective of this study is to investigate psycho-physio ...

The first ‘Sexual Harassment Awareness Day’ takes place at universities throughout Switzerland on 23 March 2023.

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

The legal basis for the recognition of prior learning exists in Switzerland. However, there is a lack of transparency on how RPL is actually implemented, especially at the tertiary level. This stu ...

A Jordanian delegation visited Switzerland for a study visit focusing on vocational education and training.

At the 2023 “Future of Apprenticeships” conferences in Australia and in New Zealand, an MoU was signed between the Global Apprenticeship Networks GAN, Movetia, and SFUVET.

The Indian Embassy in Bern wants to understand in details about the unique aspects of Swiss education system and especially the determinants of success of dual vocational education and training. A ...

Presentation of the publication “Educational Technologies for Vocational Training. Experiences as Digital Clay” which sums up 15 years of research on technology for VET.

Prof. Dr. Lukas Graf has been appointed the new head of the Swiss Observatory for Vocational Education and Training OBS SFUVET and will take up his position on 1 April 2023.

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) are ...

At the WEF in Davos, the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and Industry KADIN and SFUVET signed an agreement on 19 January 2023 to collaborate on improving VET in Indonesia.

Germany will require far more skilled workers than are currently available if it is to tackle the challenges facing society today - digitalisation, the energy transition, climate change and sustai ...

At the end of August 2022, research scholars, teachers, trainers, and educators gathered in Palermo, Italy, for the 8th edition of the International Congress on Emotional Intelligence. This congre ...

As part of a study trip to Switzerland, an Ivorian delegation led by the Minister Mr Koffi N'Guessan visited SFUVET for talks over future collaboration on vocational education and training.

What role do learning technologies play in strengthening vocational education and training? This question is at the heart of the book published by a team of researchers from SFUVET, EPFL and Unive ...

Top Ausbildungsbetriebe (TAB) awarded this mandate to SFUVET for the purpose of collecting data about the situation and continuing training needs of workplace trainers in three linguistic regions ...

Versatile skills are playing an increasingly important role in a rapidly changing world of employment. Acquiring such skills is not only a key priority for apprentices in vocational education and ...

The «Young Insurance Professional» training programme run by the Swiss Insurance Training Association (VBV) is slated to undergo revision. SFUVET’s Evaluation Unit was commissioned by the VBV to c ...

LIFT (in German: 'Leistungsfähig durch individuelle Förderung und praktische Tätigkeit') is a national integration and prevention project for young people that focuses on the transition from lower ...

A new OBS SFUVET publication looks at the school-to-work transition to determine how often labour market entrants move from one sub-segment to another within a given occupational field.

On behalf of the canton of Vaud, SFUVET researchers have studied how apprentice advisers supported apprentices with social and personal issues. The report highlights the challenges apprentice advi ...

As part of the Swiss International VET Academy, the course "Quality VET in Switzerland - how and why it works." was held for the first time in parallel with the SwissSkills 2022.