Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
| Date: Thursday, 04/Sept/2025 | ||||
| 8:00am | Registration Location: Reception Hall |
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| 8:30am - 10:00am |
Paper session 3C: Alternation - "On-the-job training perspectives: International perspectives on the institutional level" Location: Audience Hall (1216) Chair: Dr. Philippe LOSEGO Comparing the European Centres of Vocational Excellence and the European Universities Alliances – A Systematic Analysis of Transnational Strategic Partnerships 1: Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training, Switzerland; 2: University of Luxembourg STAYING ON BOARD: Exploring the role of in-company vocational training in the retention of HCA apprentices within the training organization Université de Genève, Switzerland The Potential of Training Alliances for Establishing New Forms of Alternation in Basic Vocational Education and Training (VET) in Switzerland Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland An actor-centered Toulmin analysis of arguments for implementing qualifications frameworks 1: Universität Klagenfurt, Austria; 2: Österreichisches Institut für Berufsbildungsforschung |
Paper session 3B: Choice - "Educational aspirations" Location: Room 2212 Chair: Prof. Jonas MASDONATI “I hope I won't have to work anymore” Aspirations of young people in vocational training 1: Haute Ecole Pédagogie Vaud, Switzerland; 2: Université de Lausanne, Switzerland Decent work: specificity, complexity and influencing factors among VET/PET students in Ticino Scuola universitaria professionale della Svizzera italiana (SUPSI), Switzerland Aspiring to cognitively demanding training occupations – the role of attitudes and performance Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB), Germany Motivations and work-life balance: Understanding burnout among apprentices in the health and social care sector HEFP, Switzerland |
Paper session 3A: Transferability - "Transfering and implementing VET in several contexts I" Location: Room 2218 Chair: Prof. Patrick BONVIN Implementing a Dual-track VET program in Mozambique: a qualitative study of beneficiaries’ and trainers’ experiences and perceptions. 1: Université de Lausanne, Switzerland; 2: HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation From Policy to Practice: Navigating Territorial and Quality Challenges in Spain’s Dual Vocational Training System Laboratory of Research and Innovation in Vocational Education and Training (LABVET), University of the Balearic Islands , Spain TVET programme and its effects on graduates Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation SDC, Cambodia |
Symposium 3 Location: Room 2420 Chair: Dr. Marcos MALDONADO Chair: Dr. Sandrine CORTESSIS Chair: Kristine BALSLEV Récits d’expérience et biographiques : donner du sens aux trajectoires et construire une identité professionnelle évolutive. Partie I Presentations of the Symposium Écrits biographiques et réflexifs dans le cadre d’un dispositif de VAE préalable à la formation d’enseignant·es Les récits autobiographiques réalisés par des enseignant·es en seconde carrière : retour sur un parcours aboutissant à une reconversion professionnelle Repenser les dynamiques du développement professionnel dans une perspective rythmanalytique Mise en mots de l’expérience, construction des sens et émancipation de la part de candidat.es à la VAE (Validation des Acquis de l’Expérience) |
| 10:00am - 10:25am |
Coffee-Break Location: Reception Hall |
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| 10:25am - 11:55am |
Paper session 4A: Transferability - "Cross-System Comparisons" Location: Audience Hall (1216) Chair: Prof. Christof NÄGELE In-Company Perspectives on School-Based Innovations in Vocational and Professional Education and Training – Learnings from six evaluation projects Eidgenössische Hochschule für Berufsbildung, Switzerland Analysing VET systems in terms of capabilities theory: paths, issues and perspectives An example with a France Québec comparison 1: Aix Marseillle University, France; 2: University of Sherbrooke New indicators for the comparison of the dual-track VET systems in Austria, Germany and Switzerland – A cross-country monitoring project 1: ibw, Austria; 2: SFUVET, Switzerland; 3: 3s, Austria; 4: bibb, Germany |
Paper session 4B: Choice - "Trajectories & transitions" Location: Room 2212 Chair: Dr. Barbara DUC From DUT to BUT: A New Social Recruitment for New Aspirations? Université Grenoble Alpes, France Non-linear trajectories in vocational training: young people's choices and pathway changes after compulsory schooling Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain Shaping one’s relationship to initial vocational education and training: between structural constraints and the reconfiguration of aspirations 1: IRISSO (Université Paris Dauphine - PSL); 2: Giscop 93 Changing Occupational Aspirations: How Vocational Education Pathways Matter University Bern, Switzerland |
Paper session 4C: Alternation - "Technological applications" Location: Room 2218 Chair: Prof. Patrick BONVIN From 2D to 3D: Augmented and virtual reality to enhance technical drawing learning 1: Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training, Switzerland; 2: Scuola Universitaria Professionale della Svizzera Italiana Evaluating the Modality and Redundancy Principles in AR for VET: From a Simple Procedure to Real-World Applications Scuola Universitaria Federale per la Formazione Professionale (SUFFP Lugano), Switzerland Using an immersive 360° Video to Learn a Medical-Technical Procedure: A Case Study of Operating Room Technicians SFUVET, Switzerland Using Immersive 360° Video with Office Clerk Apprentices to Elicit Physiological Stress Response When Training Customer Consultancy 1: Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training (SFUVET), University of Geneva, Switzerland; 2: University of Geneva |
Symposium 4 Location: Room 2420 Chair: Dr. Marcos MALDONADO Chair: Dr. Sandrine CORTESSIS Chair: Kristine BALSLEV Récits d’expérience et biographiques : donner du sens aux trajectoires et construire une identité professionnelle évolutive. Partie II Presentations of the Symposium L’instruction au sosie en formation : le récit d’un « Soi dialogué » à l’intersection de l’activité et de la subjectivité Les écrits réflexifs, un outil au service du développement de l’identité professionnelle de bibliothécaires en milieu scolaire Événement fondateur dans l’évolution professionnelle Récits d’expérience et développement progressif d’une identité professionnelle via un portfolio : le cas du dispositif de formation ES des éducateur/trices de l’enfance à l’esede |
| 12:00pm - 1:15pm |
Lunch Location: Ca'Banane |
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| 1:15pm - 2:15pm |
Keynote: Fernando Marhuenda Fluixá - "Putting on hold the transferability of dual training systems" Location: Audience Hall (1216) Chair: Prof. Nadia LAMAMRA Chair: Mergim JAHIU |
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| 2:15pm - 2:30pm |
Coffee-Break Location: Reception Hall |
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| 2:30pm - 4:00pm |
Symposium FoBBIZ Location: Audience Hall (1216) Chair: Mergim JAHIU Chair: Erik SWARS Dual Apprenticeship Transfer to Bulgaria: A Natural Experiment 1: Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Bulgaria; 2: Leibniz University Hannover, Germany; 3: University of Derby, United Kingdom Transferring dual VET in the context of academic drift: The case of North Macedonia 1: Pädagogische Hochschule Zürich, Switzerland; 2: Ss Cyril and Methodius University, Skopje, North-Macedonia From Passive Recipients to Active Agents: The Unrecognised Power of Learners in Dual TVET Transfers to West Africa Ruhr West University of Applied Sciences, Germany |
Paper session 5B: Alternation - "Drop out" Location: Room 2212 Chair: Prof. Nadia LAMAMRA The pioneers are dropping out: A study of the trajectories of gender-atypical vocational education and training Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung, Germany VET drop-outs as a system-inherent phenomenon: On the historical persistence of premature contract dissolutions in Switzerland SFUVET, Switzerland Unpacking factors explaining degree transfer and University-to-VET transfer after university dropout in Spain 1: University of Deusto; 2: Orkestra - Basque Institute of Competitiveness; 3: University of Oviedo |
Paper session 5A: Choice - "Needs and other influencing factors in career choice" Location: Room 2218 Chair: Prof. Marina FIORI Recognition needs in young people's career choices. Results of the German Applicant Study 2024. BIBB, Germany The social value of dual VET occupations: How do young people perceive vocational occupations and what role do individual and occupational characteristics play? Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung (BIBB), Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training, Germany The Role of Reflection in Career Planning: Insights from a Longitudinal Study on Adolescents’ Metacognitive Development 1: University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland; 2: Bern University of Teacher Education |
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| 4:00pm - 5:30pm |
Panel Discussion FoBBIZ Location: Audience Hall (1216) Chair: Erik SWARS Chair: Mergim JAHIU Chances and challenges in implementing Dual VET reforms Presentations of the Symposium Panel participant Panel participant Panel participant Panel participant |
Paper session 5D: Choice - "Impact of COVID19" Location: Room 2212 Chair: Prof. Jérôme ROSSIER Transitions after an Apprenticeship: Impact of the COVID 19 Pandemic UNIGE, Switzerland What Role Do I Play? – Perceived Roles of Apprentices in Training Firms during COVID-19 University of Bern, Switzerland Entering the labour market or staying in education in times of crisis? How COVID-19 influenced education trajectories of VET graduates in Switzerland 1: University of Bern; 2: Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training (SFUVET) |
Paper session 5C: Alternation - "Teaching and learning challenges in dual VET" Location: Room 2218 Chair: Dr. Barbara DUC Improve learner transition in alternance training course: an empirical research in France 1: UR FoAP (CNAM, Institut Agro, ENSTA-Ecole Polytechnique de Paris); 2: UR IREDU (Université de Bourgogne); 3: UR LARAC (Université Grenoble-Alpes); 4: UR CREN (Université de Nantes) Challenges in Workplace-Based Skills Training Courses in Vocational High Schools in Türkiye: A Mixed-Methods Research 1: Firat University, Turkiye; 2: Mustafa Kemal University, Turkiye; 3: Ministry of National Education, Turkiye; 4: Inonu University, Turkiye Work-study programmes and professionalisation: an interpretative framework based on capabilities 1: ANFRA - CNP-R MFR; 2: CESI LINEACT ED SMI 432 The difficulty of integrating occupational health and safety into apprenticeship training: an illustration of the limits of articulation between training sites in the Swiss dual VET system. Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training, Switzerland |
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| 6:00pm | City Tour Location: Lausanne |
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| 8:00pm | Congress Dinner Location: Lausanne |
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