Projects of Research Field National

The legal basis for the recognition of prior learning exists in Switzerland. However, there is a lack of transparency as to how to put this into practice, especially at the tertiary level. T... More information

Dual models of vocational education and training (VET), such as those established in Switzerland and in other European countries (e.g., Germany, Netherlands, Austria and Denmark), are the fo... More information

This dissertation project is part of the SERI-sponsored Leading House ‘Governance of Vocational and Professional Education and Training (GOVPET)’. The project is led by P. Emmenegger (Univer... More information

The Leading House ‘Vocational Didactics’ is funded by the Chamber of Universities of Teacher Education, which is part of the Swiss Conference of Rectors of Higher Education Institutions (swi... More information

Digitalisation in VET is undoubtedly not a new phenomenon. The private sector is a major driver of innovation in this area as it is often the first to embrace digital technologies before the... More information

Although host companies play a decisive role in dual-track VET programmes at upper-secondary level, not much research has been done on them and in particular little is known about those who ... More information

This project addresses the question of whether the concept of competence-based vocational education and training, as it is defined in Western Europe, is transferable from one cultural contex... More information

The Swiss Science and Technology Council (SSTC) asked the Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training SFIVET to conduct an expert study to analyse and assess the Swiss pro... More information

For many years, the dropout rate in VET programmes in Europe has remained at an unacceptably high level. This has been the case both in countries that use a dual approach to VET as well as i... More information

This research project describes the public knowledge infrastructure of vocational education and training (VET) in Switzerlandand assesses its impact. The term 'public knowledge infrastructur... More information