Introduction
For the second year in a row, the new management duo Adrian Wüthrich (SFUVET Board Chairman) and Barbara Fontanellaz (SFUVET Director) once again had to navigate covid headwinds.
Study programmes and courses had to be conducted to a large extent online. One thing that we are particularly pleased about is that customer satisfaction has risen despite more challenging teaching conditions. What’s more: there was strong demand for our digital transformation and digital learning courses.
Despite these difficult circumstances, we went ahead with the change of status from federal institute to university as planned. Since 1 August, we have been operating under our new title Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training (SFUVET). This change in status was accompanied by various organisational changes. The Centre for the Development of Occupations was given a new structure, the Basic Training and Continuing Training divisions will be merged by mid-2023, and various regulations have been updated. We also adopted a quality strategy and have thus initiated a process to foster a tradition of quality.
SFUVET successfully weathered this challenging phase of pandemic and restructuring thanks to the tremendous commitment and flexibility of its employees. They have made SFUVET a supporting pillar of vocational education and training – both nationally and internationally.