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On behalf of the canton of Vaud, SFUVET researchers have studied how apprentice advisers supported apprentices with social and personal issues. The report highlights the challenges apprentice advi ...

As part of the Swiss International VET Academy, the course "Quality VET in Switzerland - how and why it works." was held for the first time in parallel with the SwissSkills 2022.

Florinda Sauli’s dissertation project identified factors relating to the quality of vocational education and training (VET) in the view of various actors. This covers both formal aspects, such as ...

A new OBS SFUVET publication shows that admission regulations have an impact on the likelihood of entering FVB school.

Multimedia learning theory and Immersive principle: importance of immersion as a means of facilitating vocational education and training

The INVOL programme is intended to better exploit the integration potential of refugees and migrants and ensure their long-term employment prospects by preparing them for enrolment in formal two-y ...

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 27 April 2022, the Federal Council approved the 2021 annual report of the Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training.

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.

The “Entrepreneurial approach at VET schools in Switzerland”, “Swiss Mobility Programme” and “Timber construction LAB” projects have made it through to the final.

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 information and images we have been receiving from Ukraine since last week are shocking and disturbing. They show the suffering of people whose freedom, security and personal integrity are bei ...

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 ...

skilled stands for the expertise that SFIVET brings to foster vocational education and training.

The SFUVET Board has appointed three female and two male professors.