Cedefop newsletter No 63 - September 2016

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Cedefop newsletter No 63 - September 2016

ISSN number:

1831-5259

Main story:

Teachers’ skills a top priority [2]

Participants at Cedefop's learning providers’ workshop (15 and 16 September, in Thessaloniki) identified six priority areas to work on in the 2017-20 period, with enhancing teachers' skills coming top.

News from Cedefop:

Cedefop introduces the Making skills work index! [3]

The Making skills work index [4] is a composite index aiming to provide an assessment of the route of skills across EU Member States, starting from development, going through labour market activation, and ending up in matching work needs.

Working together for more attractive VET systems [5]

At a meeting at the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) in Berlin on 2 September, Federal State Secretary Cornelia Quennet-Thielen and Cedefop Director James Calleja discussed Cedefop’s future role and synergies on validation of informal and non-formal learning, acquisition of digital skills for new jobs, governance of EU skills anticipation and matching systems.

Work-based learning for Europe’s ‘best hands and minds’ [6]

Speaking in Brussels and Vienna, Cedefop Director James Calleja said that work-based learning is a step towards winning the race for competitiveness and inclusivity by nurturing Europe’s ‘best hands and minds’.

Employers are educators – Cedefop Director [7]

‘Expanding work-based learning to make vocational education and training (VET) more attractive requires employer engagement,’ said Cedefop Director James Calleja at a workshop on the role of the New skills agenda for Europe in skills development and employability, on 8 September in Brussels.

Skillset and match (Cedefop’s magazine promoting learning for work) – September 2016 issue 8 [8]

The September 2016 issue of Skillset and match, Cedefop’s magazine promoting learning for work, is now available to read and download. In this issue, we look at the New skills agenda for Europe and how it can boost employability, competitiveness and growth.

Application of learning outcomes approaches across Europe [9]

This Cedefop reference publication maps and analyses the shift to learning outcomes in education and training policies and practices across Europe.

Improving career prospects for the low-educated [10]

This report draws both on literature review and an original collection of stories from biographical interviews of individuals in the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, France, Italy, Poland and the UK.

Spotlight on VET Poland [11]

The six-page guide presents Poland's vocational education training (VET) system. The system's management and administration has a three-level structure.

Spotlight on VET Slovakia [12]

Traditionally, vocational education and training (VET) has been a strong pillar of the Slovak education system. Despite growing interest in general education, participation in secondary VET is still among the highest in the EU.

Vocational education and training in Slovakia [13]

This publication aims to contribute to better understanding of vocational education and training (VET) in Slovakia, providing an insight into its main features and highlighting recent VET policy developments.

Agenda:

European vocational skills week 2016 [14]

05/12/2016 at 09:00 to 09/12/2016 at 18:00

Event

Brussels and across Europe

Belgium

Cedefop involvement:

Co-operator

Upskilling, reskilling and employing adult refugees [15]

03/10/2016 at 08:30 to at 18:30

Event

Rome

Italy

Cedefop involvement:

Co-organiser

Annual ECVET Forum 2016 [16]

11/10/2016 at 09:30 to at 18:30

Event

Rome

Italy

Cedefop involvement:

Participant

2nd policy learning forum on defining and writing learning outcomes for VET qualifications [17]

13/10/2016 at 09:00 to 14/10/2016 at 17:00

Workshop

Thessaloniki

Greece

Cedefop involvement:

Organiser

Skills, jobs and sustainable development: global trends, local challenges [18]

20/10/2016 at 09:30 to 21/10/2016 at 17:30

Conference

Paris

France

Cedefop involvement:

Co-organiser

ReferNet annual plenary meeting 2016 [19]

15/11/2016 at 09:00 to 16/11/2016 at 17:00

Conference

Thessaloniki

Greece

Cedefop involvement:

Organiser

Policy learning forum: Professional development of teachers and trainers – a guarantee of quality in VET [20]

21/11/2016 at 09:00 to 22/11/2016 at 14:00

Conference

Thessaloniki

Greece

Cedefop involvement:

Organiser

?ational skills forecasting system in Malta and Iceland [21]

22/11/2016 at 09:00 to 23/11/2016 at 17:00

Workshop

Thessaloniki

Greece

Cedefop involvement:

Organiser

Skills supply and demand forecast [22]

24/11/2016 at 09:00 to 25/11/2016 at 17:00

Workshop

Thessaloniki

Greece

Cedefop involvement:

Organiser

How to make learning visible [23]

28/11/2016 at 09:30 to 29/11/2016 at 16:00

Conference

Thessaloniki

Greece

Cedefop involvement:

Organiser

Working with us:

Expert in Vocational Education and Training and Adult Learning Policies (interagency) [24]

Interagency vacancy notice

Reference:

Cefefop/2016/04/AD_interagency

Closing date:

31/10/2016

Expert in Vocational Education and Training and Adult Learning Policies (external) [25]

External notice of vacancy

Reference:

Cefefop/2016/04/AD_external

Closing date:

31/10/2016

Stay connected to Cedefop via social media:

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News from the member states:

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Items submitted by ReferNet, Cedefop’s European network for VET

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Editorial responsibility: Department for Communication
News from Cedefop: Press Service [29]
Agenda and European policy: Research support centre [30]
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