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People with a pronounced emotional intelligence are characterised by a higher reactivity to emotionally triggering information and to feelings. Research findings should help to determine whether E ...

Matilde Wenger successfully completed her dissertation entitled 'Quality of vocational education and training, role strain and consequences for learners'. She was awarded a PhD in psychology by th ...

The relationship between teachers and learners is essential and is considered key to successful vocational education and training. The aim of this research is to explore the role that vocational t ...

The Swiss Association for Applied VET Research (SGAB) and SFUVET teamed up to host an online symposium on 13 May 2022 entitled 'Workplace training supervision and guidance'.

At the Mensa x ACIT Intelligence Day, prominent scientists gathered in Zurich on 7 May 2022 to discuss the topic of intelligence.

Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Instructional Design and Technology Across all Educational Levels

On 5 and 6 April 2022, a meeting organised by the European Commission brought together international experts to explore longitudinal studies of educational and career pathways. The Swiss perspecti ...

New knowledge provides an insight into the heterogeneity of workplace trainers, their attitudes towards the training of learners and their concerns over the challenges of dual-track VET.

In March 2022, a Study Day was held in Zollikofen to mark the end of the “Development of Swiss VET between the federal framework and cantonal autonomy” research project.

On March 11, 2022, Gilles Descloux defended his thesis entitled "Itinéraires de militants d'origine chrétienne dans les années 68 en Suisse romande. Configurations, biographies and life paths".

The Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training (SFUVET) has devised six trend scenarios for the nursing and caregiving field.

A study by SFUVET explores how apprentices in retail, bricklaying and automation technology develop their occupational identities when faced with the requirements of the occupation and world of work.

The best paper award of SFUVET’s 7th International VET Congress went to a study by Prof. Lukas Graf and Anna Lohse of the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin.

Prof. Antje Barabasch – together with Prof. Sandra Bohlinger and Dr. Stefan Wolf – just published a special issue on the topic: Policy Transfer in Vocational Education and Training and Adult Educa ...

'LIFT Züri' has provided school pupils requiring extra career guidance with the opportunity to undertake regular work placements at companies and to gain valuable experience in the world of work. ...

How can apprentices be supported with social or personal problems to enable them to complete their training? Advisors in canton Vaud support young people to prevent them from dropping out of train ...

Technological change is progressing at a rapid pace and requires all workers and companies to develop new skills and competencies. This is also opening up new areas of employment and career opport ...

Alessia Eletta Coppi awarded doctorate in education science

We all know what Intellectual Quotient, or IQ, means. It was more than a century ago that the first intelligence test was introduced in France, and since then the concept of IQ has spread around t ...

This project is mainly intended to ascertain whether a combination of hypervideo and augmented reality effectively improves procedural learning in vocational education and training. Analysis will ...

Dr. Patric Raemy was not only honored to address a speech at this year’s doctoral award ceremony at the University of Fribourg, he was also awarded with the Joseph Vigener Prize. The prize worth ...

How do the individual opportunities and risks on the Swiss labour market differ for people with different educational backgrounds and qualifications? And how have these differences changed over th ...

Vocational education and training is regularly the subject of debate in education and labour circles. It is also a major concern for education policymakers at both national and regional level. SFU ...

Apprentices receive support from apprenticeship inspectors during their training at host companies who they can contact if problems arise. As well as providing support, they also perform a supervi ...

Prof. Dr. Antje Barabasch gave a keynote address at the South African conference “Promoting occupational skills and research for sustainable TVET” held online by the Department of Technology and V ...