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Dear EPALE colleagues,
Our thematic focus for November was vocational education and training (VET) for adults. In honour of Vocational Skills Week, EPALE’s national teams and the community published a number of inspiring case studies, articles, reports and other resources. You can find them on our dedicated page Entrepreneurship and employability (content varies according to language version).
On 30 November we held an online discussion, moderated by Andrew McCoshan, on what vocational skills adults need today and what challenges they face in acquiring them. The insightful discussion centred on a number of issues such as how VET for adults is adapting to the changes in the workforce and providing up-to-date skills to students.
If you missed the discussion, don’t worry – you can still check out the comments and topics discussed (EN).
View a summary of EPALE’s November focus, prepared by Thematic Coordinator Gina Ebner (EN)
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Blog posts
EPALE podcast: Vocational education and training for adults in 2017
Keeping within our focus on VET, our Thematic Coordinators, Andrew McCoshan, David Mallows, Gina Ebner, Markus Palmen and Simon Broek, got together to discuss the challenges of implementing VET across Europe.
Vocational education and training policy needs stakeholder insight
Check out Markus Palmen’s thoughts on safeguarding VET education within Europe and the positive example that can be made from Finland’s upcoming VET reform. (EN)
Vocational education and training develops local communities in Georgia
Read about how an adult education centre in Georgia became integral for the development of its local community through various adult learning packages and vocational training courses.
The importance of transition qualifications for adults
EPALE’s Thematic Coordinator, Simon Broek, reflected on the importance of transition qualifications for adults and what he learnt from the first CHAIN 5 seminar on EQF level 5 qualifications.
News from around Europe
November continued to be a busy month for the adult learning sector across Europe:
- Nominations were opened for the 2018 Inspire! Awards, co-ordinated by Learning and Work Institute and in partnership with the Welsh Government (EN).
- Estelle Sauvat was named France’s High Commissioner for Skills Transformation (FR).
- More than a 100 guests from the adult education community gathered to see which organisations had been recognised at the Austrian State Prize for Adult Education awards (DE).
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