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What role do learning technologies play in enhancing vocational training? That’s the key question explored by the book ‘Educational Technologies for Vocational Training’.

SFUVET is supporting GIBZ in Zug and analysing how participants rate the courses and where room for improvement lies.

On behalf of the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI), SFUVET analysed how current developments are changing the labour market and vocational education and training (VET).

SFUVET provided scientific guidance to Bildungszentrum Limmattal and showed that the ‘n47e8’ concept improved competence development as learners became more actively involved in the learning process.

A high-profile Indian delegation visit organised by Skills for Progress (SKIP) has taken place at SFUVET in Zollikofen.

Vocational education and training is a key factor in the integration of refugees. An SNSF project examines how workplace guidance can contribute to this.

At the end of June, SFUVET presented the first results of the expertise group that it chairs on behalf of UNESCO-UNEVOC at the hybrid BILT Bridging Conference in Singapore.

As part of the national open research data initiative, several measures will be developed and implemented for the purpose of building and implementing internal data stewardship at SFUVET.

In a report commissioned by OdASanté, OBS SFUVET showed that nursing qualifications need to be developed in light of future challenges in the healthcare sector.

A delegation from the Dominican Republic led by the Minister of Labour visited SFUVET for discussions on potential collaboration.

A delegation from Australia led by the Minister for Skills and Training visited SFUVET with a view to strengthening collaboration.

The Swiss Observatory for Vocational Education and Training (OBS SFUVET) presents the new results of the trend monitoring activities 2022.

Representant of Universitas Indonesia (UI) and SFUVET signed a Memorandum of understanding to strengthen ties between the two institutions.

How does informal learning at the workplace work? A SFUVET study provides detailed information about individual informal learning strategies at host companies.

Fourteen participants of the Hong Kong Institute for Vocational Education participated in the one week-course "Basis of vocational pedagogy” in Switzerland in May 2023.

The 2023 spring issue of SFUVET’s magazine «skilled» highlights how the international scene has an impact on vocational education and training (VET) – including right on our own doorstep.

The study examines the structures of vocational education and training in New Zealand and the attitudes of the business community towards their design.

As part of a leadership programme for Singapor, SFUVET gave Singaporean education leaders an insight into the cutting edge of Swiss VET.

Today, career guidance is also offered with the help of digital media. A new SFUVET-BeLEARN project is investigating how young people use them and what effect they have.

BeLEARN VR is a project on the affordances and effects of immersive virtual reality (IVR) to support learning in different fields of vocational education and training.

The Federal Council approved the 2022 annual report. The main highlights of the year were the fiftieth anniversary of the institution and its accreditation as a university of teacher education.

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 ...