The Impact of Visual Impairement on Youth Career Choices

Aline LEAVY^1,2

1: Université de Lausanne, Switzerland; 2: Fondation Asile des aveugles, Lausanne, Suisse

Young people with disabilities in the world of work – Success factors for a successful training programme: Survey of professional organisations (OdA)

Claudia Patricia SCHELLENBERG, Claudia HOFMANN

University of Teacher Education in Special Needs (HfH), Switzerland

Compensation for disadvantages in vocational education and training: implementation, opportunities and challenges in the D-A-CH region and their transferability

René WÜTHRICH

Eidgenössische Hochschule für Berufsbildung, Switzerland

The Career Guidance and Aspirations of Vocational High School Students in France: Towards New Educational and Social Polarizations?

Noémie OLYMPIO¹, Eric TORTOCHOT², Caroline HACHE³

1: Aix Marseillle University, France; 2: Aix Marseille University, France; 3: Aix-Marseille University, France

When Top-Down Imposition Meets Bottom-up Scepticism – The Relative Attractiveness Deficit of VET in Europe

Patrick Emmenegger¹, Matthias Haslberger¹, Anna Margareta WILSON²

1: SEPS, HSG, Switzerland; 2: IDHEAP, UNIL, Switzerland

Les défis du changement de carrière professionnelle pour les professionnels de la santé : une étude de cas

Fernando César de SOUZA

Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Brazil

From School to Work: Gender Inequalities and Segregation Following an Apprenticeship in Switzerland

Matteo LACALAMITA¹, Matthias STUDER¹, Julie MANCINI¹, David GLAUSER²

1: University of Geneva, Switzerland; 2: University of Bern, Switzerland

How to Reduce the IT Gender Gap in Occupational Preferences?

Scherwin Michael BAJKA, Patrick EMMENEGGER

Universität St.Gallen, Switzerland

ICT Interest and Self-concept as Determinants of Adolescents’ Vocational Choices: Implications for Gender Segregation in the Labor Market

Leo Röhlke¹, Jessica M. E. Herzing¹, Andrés Gomensoro^1,2, Dominique Krebs-Oesch^1,3

1: University of Bern, Switzerland; 2: University of Geneva, Switzerland; 3: Zurich University of Teacher Education (PH Zurich)

Migrants’ vocational guidance, and transition into VET in Switzerland

Chair(s): Alexandra FELDER (SFUVET, Switzerland)

Discussant(s): Alexandra Felder (SFUVET, Switzerland)

Presentations of the Symposium

Trajectories of Involuntary Career Change Following Migration: A Qualitative Longitudinal Study

Caroline Éliane Brazier, Roxane Coquoz, Jonas Masdonati
University of Lausanne

Vocational Choices and Career Trajectories Under Constraint: Exploring Refugee Integration in the Swiss Labor Market

Stéphanie Cardoso
University Lausanne

Tensions during the implementation of integration policy in Switzerland: The challenges surrounding “fast and sustainable” integration

Ihssane Otmani
Haute école de travail social, Fribourg

What do you want to do in 10 years? Exploring refugees' career aspirations

Barbara E. Stalder
Bern University of Teacher Education

What challenges do nurses face when using digital technologies in their daily work, and how can they get prepared in nursing education?

Patrizia Salzmann, Kezia Löffel, Andrea Carla Volpe, Maria-Luisa Schmitz

Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training SFUVET, Switzerland

Enhancing Knowledge Transfer in Professional Education and Training (PET) through Large Language Models (LLMs): Towards an AI-Augmented Learning Paradigm

Alberto BINDI SCOPONI

Sic Ticino, Switzerland

How Swiss VET-School Principals Justify Digital Transformation

Philipp GONON

UZH, Switzerland

Find the apartment’s flaws! The impact of virtual reality on vocational students’ performance in general education classes

Gaby Walker, Christopher Keller, Francesca Amenduni, Alice Tela, Alberto Cattaneo

SFUVET, Switzerland

Public-Private Partnership in TVET: A case study of collaboration between the National Polytechnic Institute of Cambodia and businesses in Cambodia

VA ROS

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC, Cambodia, Cambodia

Leveraging Private Sector Partnerships for Sustainable Work-Based Learning: Insights from the ASEAN-Swiss TVET Initiative in Cambodia and Lao PDR

Siegfried Dr. Berg, Bunthan Tep, Ursin Marius Saxer

Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH

DUAL VET in Nepal

Rabindra SINGH

Helvetas Nepal, Nepal

Exploring University-to-Vocational-Education transfer intentions among first-year students in STEM and non-STEM majors.

Iván DIEGO-RODRÍGUEZ¹, Ana B. BERNARDO GUTIÉRREZ², María José BEZANILLA-ALBISUA¹

1: University of Deusto; 2: University of Oviedo

Promoting STEM among women: Evaluating the Impact of STEM interventions in Switzerland

Shagini UDAYAR¹, Mathilde GOBET², Jérôme ROSSIER¹, Edith SCHNAPPER³, Olivier NAEF²

1: Institute of Psychology, University of Lausanne, Switzerland; 2: Domaine Ingénierie et Architecture, Haute école spécialisée de Suisse occidentale, Suisse; 3: Académie Suisse des Sciences Techniques SATW, Suisse

Career Choice: The Impact of Vocational Role Models on Occupational Aspirations within Social Contexts

Eva Boehle, Janina Beckmann, Mona Granato

BIBB, Germany

Immersive, Adaptive, and Reflective Technologies in Vocational and Professional Education and Training: Innovations, Applications and Challenges

Chair(s): Francesca AMENDUNI (SFUVET, Switzerland), Alberto Cattaneo (SFUVET, Switzerland)

Discussant(s): Juliette Desiron (Université de Fribourg)

Presentations of the Symposium

Improving Oral Examination Performance with a 360° immersive environment

Francesca Amenduni, Christopher Keller, Franziska Wettstein, Alberto Cattaneo
SFUVET, Switzerland

The Evolution of Interaction Concepts in XR in the Era of AI - From procedural interactions to socially demanding conversations

Thomas Keller, Elke Brucker-Kley
Zurich University of Applied Sciences (ZHAW)

Workplace Learning for Safe Production: The development and validation of a digital tool to support the learning and training of Supervisors in the mining industry

Stephanie Macmahon
The University of Queensland