Projects of Research and Development

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

SFUVET’s Evaluation Unit teamed up with the Institute for External Evaluation of Upper-Secondary Schools (IFES IPES) to develop a tool enabling upper-secondary schools to take stock of dista... More information

The modernization of European Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) calls for a workable pedagogy and skilled teachers that will implement e-learning technologies with the aim of bridging sch... More information

The project will focus on three interconnected topics that are visual languages, annotations and observation in vocations and vocational education. More information

In 2021, the professional organisation responsible for the insurance sector, VBV/AFA, intends to fully revise the modular federal professional examination for certified insurers. 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

The predicted shortage of skilled health professionals threatens the future provision of health and nursing care in Switzerland. In order to develop and implement effective measures against ... More information

The aim of this study is to understand how the apprenticeship monitoring system works in the canton of Vaud. The first step is to identify the various practices in the French-speaking canton... More information

In 2018, SECO’s Red Tape Monitor survey estimated that over half of all host companies consider the administrative burden associated with providing workplace training to be (rather) high. Fo... More information

Study carried out on behalf of the Swiss Insurance Association (SIA) to identify the key development trends in insurance and the skills that insurance company employees will require in futur... More information

The federal vocational baccalaureate (FVB) is a success story. Since its introduction, it has greatly increased the proportion of baccalaureate holders in Switzerland and significantly facil... 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

In May 2019, the Federal Council adopted measures aimed to enhance the potential of the domestic labour force. This study focussed on Measure 4 'Recognition of prior learning (RPL)', which w... More information

SFIVET's Evaluation Unit was commissioned by the Canton of Zurich's Office for Upper-Secondary Education and Training to conduct a needs assessment for coaching and advisory services for app... 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

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

The first two parts of the present dissertation deal with the willingness of companies in Switzerland to provide workplace training as part of dual-track VET programmes. More information

TTwo-year programmes for the Federal VET Certificate were introduced in Switzerland in 2004 for the purpose of helping young people to enter the labour market. At the same time, the aim was ... More information

SFIVET’s Evaluation Unit was supporting the Swiss Agency for Exchange and Mobility (Movetia) to build up its evaluation competence and to design and implement internal evaluation concepts. More information

The Canton of Zurich’s Office for Upper-Secondary Education and Training has commissioned SFIVET to conduct two research projects to develop standardised procedures for the validation and re... 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 purpose of this study conducted at the Canton of Vaud University Hospital (Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois, CHUV) is to observe the dynamics and conditions of intergenerational ... More information

How to improve the level of commitment of adolescents in the classroom? This is a question that teachers ask themselves on a daily basis: ‘do I need to encourage them? Punish them? Let them ... More information

In 2015, the Canton of Zurich enacted the conceptual framework ‘Advice - Encouragement - Guidance’ which defines respective key values to be implemented in all vocational schools in the Ca... More information