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In the context of the Danish presidency of the council of the European Union a conference on “VET- Business Cooperation Promoting News Skills, Innovation and Growth for the Future” took place on April 24-25 in Copenhagen.

According to the Business Census conducted by the Federal Statistical Office (FSO), the participation level of Swiss companies in dual-track VET programmes has gradually increased since 1995. Following an in-depth analysis of available data up to 2008, SFIVET has determined that participation levels have increased mainly in the following branches: education, health and social care as well as hotels, restaurants and catering (HORECA). In contrast, participation levels have decreased in the following branches: banking and insurance as well as corporate services.

Host companies offering work-based apprenticeships on upper-secondary level derive a net benefit from learners on average. This is not the case for host institutions offering work-based training for tertiary-level nursing programmes, where the cost of providing training to nursing students tends to outweigh the productive output. This is the conclusion drawn by a study conducted by Marc Fuhrer and Prof. Dr. Jürg Schweri on behalf of the Steering Committee "Master Plan Education in Nursing Professions".

One in every three learners enrolled in the VET programme in healthcare wishes to work in this field immediately after obtaining their Federal VET Diploma. Two years later, this ratio drops to one in seven. One in every two learners plans to enrol sooner or later in tertiary-level nursing studies at a PET college or a university of applied sciences.

These are the findings of a national survey conducted by SFIVET and OdASanté in 2010/2011. All learners enrolled in the third year of their VET programme, in all linguistic regions of Switzerland, took part in the survey. The initial survey report presents the career plans of learners in each region and the factors influencing these plans.

Improving the intercultural competences of VET professionals.

The contact seminar of German-speaking vocational training institutes was held at the SFIVET campus in Zollikofen from 29 June to 1 July 2011.

SFIVET’s Master Science in vocational education and training (VET) programme opens doors.

On 23 to 25 March, the Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (SFIVET) hosted its 2nd International Congress on Research in Vocational Education and Training in Zollikofen. The conference was devoted to the following theme: "Vocational Education and Training Challenges: Developing Skills and Competences for the Future".

The Swiss Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (SFIVET) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the South Korean Institute for Vocational Education and Training.