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| CVA's PICK OF THE MONTH | |
| >> | Australia.
The VET status imperative of meeting client 'needs' more so than 'wants' In the expanded vocational education and training (VET) provider market arising out of the National Training Reform Agenda of the 1990s, competitive forces have not strengthened the delivery of VET in terms of innovation and quality. A situation has evolved where, in response to learner and employer clients seeking the easiest path to 'the ticket', there are instances of providers compromising their commitment to quality so as to compete with those who are opportunistically acting upon the client quest for satisfaction of 'want' rather than 'need'. Tags: Educational reform; VET - vocational education and training; Education - and training systems; Australia; Article; Source: VOCEDplus; |
| ARTICLES and PAPERS | |
| >> | Canada.
Retirees set to outnumber Canada's youth for the first time For as long as statistics have been kept in this country, the number of young people entering the work force has always exceeded the number nearing retirement. Not any more. At some point this year, the number of 15- to 24-year-olds will slip below the number of 55- to 64-year-olds for the first time, according to Statscan's demography division. That represents a major symbolic threshold for a society just beginning the slide from a demographic golden age. Tags: Canada; Article; Target group: Youth 15-24; Target group: Retirees; Employment - youth; Trend - employment; Trend - analysis; Source: The Globe and Mail; |
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Continuing Professional Development and Continuing Competence for Professional Engineers / Guide sur le développement professionnel continu et sur le maintien de la compétence des ingénieurs The purpose of this guideline is to articulate the mechanisms the constituent associations/ordre may use to encourage and monitor the competence of professional engineers within their jurisdiction. En français. Ce guide a pour objet d'énoncer les mécanismes que peuvent utiliser les associations/ordre constituants pour stimuler et contrôler les compétences des ingénieurs dans leur secteur de compétence. Tags: Secteur: Génie; Groupe cible: Associations et ordres professionnels; Target group: National board Field: Engineering; Formation - continue; Continuing education; Guidelines; Guide; Compétences - bilan; Competence - evaluation; Source: Engineers Canada; Source: Ingénieurs Canada; |
| >> | Luxembourg.
Courage or audacity? - Modularisation and competence-orientation as key objectives of initial vocational education reform in Luxembourg The law of 19 December 2008 implementing vocational education reform comprehensively modernises Luxembourg's system of initial and continuing vocational education and training. The main points of the reform consist of the reorientation of initial vocational education (IVET) towards a modular and competence-oriented structure. This article focuses on the two central concepts of this reform: modularisation and competence-orientation. Apart from clarifying how their meaning should be understood, the article explains how the concepts have been translated into the regulatory bases so far. Tags: Competences; VET - reform; Article; Luxembourg; Source: BIBB - Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training; |
| >> | Malawi.
Human resource development for poverty reduction: strategies for the informal sector African countries are dependent on their informal sector and have much of their output and employment figures emanating from this sector. This paper adopted Malawi as a case study in human resource development for poverty reduction with an aim of getting a best plausible strategy in reducing poverty in Africa. Using the data set of informal sector programs in Malawi, the study recommended a family enrichment model as the best in getting these women out of poverty which will overall translate to getting Africa out of poverty. Tags: Case study; Malawi; Africa; Workforce - development; Poverty reduction; Gender - equity; Informal sector; Paper; Source: UNESCO-UNEVOC; |
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Malaysian skills development and the middle-income trap Can larger investments in education and human resource training carry a country that is caught in a 'middle-income trap' to a more knowledge-based economy, with globally 'adaptive competencies'? A main problem regarding planning of labour skills is to avoid a mismatch between supply and demand for different categories of graduates. Tags: Skills - development; Skills - needs; VET - development; Malaysia; Analysis; Workforce - development; Article; Source: ILERA - Labor and Employment Relations Association; Source: Roskilde University via Twitter @VOCEDplus; |
| >> | Switzerland.
Vocational education the Swiss way Employers know that that it is their responsibility to deliver occupational and vocational training to a high standard, they know that they are training a member of their own team and so are willing to invest in them and in the next generation of their trade. Tags: VET - development; Switzerland; Article; Source: FE Week; |
| >> | UK.
Does the cap fit? UK. The case for contextualised Initial Teacher Training for vocational teachers This case study of UK teacher-training for vocational trainers highlights the tensions between the professionalization of the teaching workforce and the skills and expectations of vocational trainers. Tags: Training; Case study; Target group: VET providers; United Kingdom; VET - vocational education and training; Paper; Conference proceeding 2011; Source: AERC - Adult Education Research Conference; |
| >> | Europe.
School-to-work transitions in Europe: Paths towards a permanent contract This paper contributes to the debate on labour market transitions by proposing a dynamic mobility model depicting the sequential path trends towards permanent employment as a complement to the traditional survival model and by analysing a large number of countries. Tags: Employment - pattern; Employability; Analysis; School-to-work transition; Paper; Europe; Source: European Commission via Twitter @VOCEDplus; |
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Taxes and Investment in Skills This paper considers the influence of taxes on the financial incentive to invest in human capital and explores the tax treatment of private investment by individuals and employers in post-compulsory education and lifelong learning in 31 OECD countries, India and South Africa. The desirability of different forms of tax relief for skills formation is examined from the point of view of efficiency, equity and administrative simplicity within the broader context of fiscal policy and the role of government in skills formation beyond compulsory education. Tags: Target group: OECD countries; Working paper; Skills - development; Economics - taxes and investment; Analysis; South Africa; India; Source: OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development; |
| DOCUMENTS | |
| >> | Australia.
Vocational Education and Training in Senior Secondary Education, Western Australia It has been acknowledged that students may wish to include VET in their senior secondary program as a means of career exploration, a mechanism for achieving senior secondary graduation or to become more competitive in the workplace, further education, training or employment. Schools may view VET as a strategy for retaining and/or engaging students in senior secondary education or to 'value add' to a senior school program. Alternatively, industry may factor VET in schools as a part of an overall workforce development strategy providing students with basic skills for a future within the industry. Tags: Target group: Secondary students; Document; Education - secondary; VET - review; Australia/Western Australia; Source: Curriculum Council; |
| >> | Canada/Newfoundland.
Policy manual The purpose of this policy is to ensure that those who have the desire and attributes to become qualified trades persons reach their goals by participating in quality training programs. The accreditation policy provides an auditing mechanism for provincial apprenticeship training programs independent of the education system. It also meets the challenges of technological changes by stimulating ongoing curriculum improvement through the process of continuous review. Tags: Newfoundland and Labrador; Canada; VET - vocational education and training; Document; Policy - government; Source: Government of Newfoundland and Labrador; |
| >> | Canada/PEI.
Workplace Training program Workplace Training is a program to provide financial support to employers in Prince Edward Island to assist in the development and provision of job-specific training. This program will support training initiatives by funding a portion of the salaries of employees while on training and other related training costs. Tags: Prince Edward Island; Canada; Workplace - training; Government program; Source: Government of Prince Edward Island/Skills PEI; |
| >> | Canada/Québec.
Exploration of Vocational Training The Exploration of Vocational Training program offers young people the opportunity to become familiar with the vocational training sectors and the world of work. It enables them to discover a number of trades and occupations that might appeal to them, and to explore some of them more closely. Thus it encourages them to think about their future, identify their aptitudes, aspirations and keenest interests, and see themselves as future workers. Tags: Québec; Canada; Target group: Youth; VET - vocational education and training; Document; Source: Gouvernement du Québec/Ministère de l'Éducation,du Loisir et du Sport (MELS); |
| >> | Canada.
Return On Training Investment Tool This tool was designed to provide a means to identify the value of dollars invested in training related to the costs of training and the benefits achieved in increased sales, guest satisfaction, and productivity. The tool looks at six performance measures: sales, upselling, staff turnover, customer satisfaction, employee competence, and cost savings. Tags: raining - costs; Evaluation - tool; Training - return on investment; Field: Tourism; Target group: Administration; Target group: Human resources; Canada; Source: CTHRC - Canadian Tourism Human Resource Council; |
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Workforce Literacy & Essential Skills curriculum Guide Lessons Learned Curriculum Modules Overview Example of Group Learning Sessions Programming Example Group Learning Workshop Numeracy Resource Lists Program Documents Tags: Workplace - literacy; Training - workplace; Skills - essential; Curriculum; Canada; Source: Literacy Victoria; |
| >> | US.
Competency Model Clearinghouse Industry competency models promote an understanding of the skill sets and competencies that are essential to educate and train a globally competitive workforce. Tags: Career - guidance; Career - plan; Guidelines; Resources; Database; Competence - model; Competence - profile; United States of America; Source: CareerOneStop; |
| >> | European Union.
The Link between Job Creation, Innovation, Education and Training: An Assessment of Policies Pursued at EU Level The study analyses how EU cooperation strategies in the realms of employment, innovation and education and training interact in shaping labour market dynamics and influence the quantity and quality of new jobs. It attempts to give an assessment of whether the current policies pursued at the EU level are appropriate to reach the objectives of generating higher growth and more and better jobs. Tags: Education - policy; Strategy; Cooperation - educational; European Union; Study; Analysis; Source: European Parliament; |
| >> | European Union.
Attitudes towards vocational education and training Vocational education and training, which nearly half of all Europeans choose to enrol in after their compulsory education, has a generally positive image among most age groups, linked to the high quality of training on offer and the strong job prospects that this brings. However, only 27% of young people aged 15-24 say they would recommend it to their peers, which shows that more needs to be done to improve the image and attractiveness of vocational educational and training within this crucial age group. Tags: Target group: Youth 15-24; Analysis; Report; VET - vocational education and training; European Union; Source: European Commission; |
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The Impact of Formal Adult Education on the Likelihood of Being Employed: a Comparative Overview This article aims to map formal adult education in terms of the determinants of educational upgrading later in life, relating these back to social inequalities from a comparative perspective, and to labour market outcomes following participation, particularly the probability of being employed. Tags: Russian Federation; Sweden; Spain; United Kingdom; Analysis - comparative; Employability; Continuing education; Target group: Adults; Education - adult; Source: Studies of Transition States and Societies; |
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Bridging the divide: Connecting training to jobs in post-conflict settings There is often a mismatch between vocational training and jobs for ex-combatants in post-conflict settings. This research explores why ex-combatants struggle to get jobs after training and how training can be better connected to jobs in the future. Tags: Analysis; Field: Post-conflict settings; Target group: Ex-combatants; Skills - mismatch training/workplace; Document; Source: City & Guilds Centre for Skills for Development; |
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| >> | Canada.
Training Employees - Human Resources Management for Employers This site has been developed for employers who want to learn more about training. It will help employers understand the benefits of training and explore its many applications.
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| >> | Europe.
European Training Thesaurus / Thésaurus européen de la formation The European Training Thesaurus (ETT) constitutes the controlled vocabulary of reference for vocational education and training (VET) in Europe. It covers important topics of the Education and Training 2020 framework such as: lifelong learning, quality of training, training systems, teachers and trainers, qualifications, certification of competences, etc. http://libserver.cedefop.europa.eu/ett/en/ or http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/EN/Files/3049_en.pdf En français. Le Thésaurus européen de la formation établit un vocabulaire contrôlé de référence dans le domaine de l'enseignement et de la formation professionnels (EFP) en Europe. http://libserver.cedefop.europa.eu/ett/fr/ or http://www.cedefop.europa.eu/EN/Files/3049_fr.pdf Tags: Information management; Gestion de l'information et des connaissances; Thesaurus; Thésaurus; Français; English; Source: Cedefop - European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training; Source: Cedefop - Centre européen pour le développement de la formation professionnelle; |
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