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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.

The leading technical journal “Economics of Education Review” will soon publish a research paper on a joint study conducted by education economists at SFIVET, the University of Bern and the University of Amsterdam.

The EU Leonardo PEIRA project – for Recognition and Development of Vocational Education and Training Competencies – recently approved in the framework of the Lifelong Learning Programme, aims at the transfer of innovations in the recognition and validation of prior learning [RPL] for VET trainers in Italy and the Baltic States, based on experience in the UK, France and Switzerland.