HCEU findings presented by TU Dresden at JVET Conference in Oxford

This biennial international conference took place at the Worcester College in Oxford/England from 06-09 July 2017. The conference provides a forum for debates concerning all aspects of vocational education and training and developments in work and learning since 1995. For 2017, the Committee was mainly interested in themes such as

• The impact of changes in work on VET
• The impact of global economic change on VET
• Vocational knowledge
• Accreditation of prior learning in VET
• Comparative studies of VET
• VET Policymaking
• etc.

In 2017, approx. 150 participants from mainly Anglo-Saxon countries (e.g. Canada, UK, South Africa, New Zealand, Australia), China, two German-speaking countries (Germany and Switzerland) and Denmark attended the conference.

On Thursday, 03 July 2017, TU Dresden (Sandra Bohlinger and Luisa Kresse) presented a contribution on “Changing patterns of vocational knowledge in the health care sector: Findings from five European countries”. This presentation dealt with the current situation and (future) challenges of the health care sector in Europe as well as first findings from HCEU. The main focus was on current recognition procedures and tools to identify, document and recognise prior learning.  

The session comprised two additional papers on recognition of prior learning, both of them focussing on the UK. The session was attended by approx. 35 persons, most of them working in VET and/or educational research.

Conference website: http://jvetconferences.com/

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