
Conference Agenda
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Session Overview |
Date: Wednesday, 03/Sept/2025 | ||||
10:00am | Registration Location: Reception Hall |
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11:30am | Welcome Aperitif Location: Reception Hall |
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12:30pm - 1:00pm |
Welcome & Opening Location: Audience Hall (1216) |
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1:00pm - 2:00pm |
Keynote: Stephanie Matseleng Allais - "Does public VET have a future? Reflections from Africa" Location: Audience Hall (1216) |
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2:00pm - 2:05pm |
Short Break Location: Audience Hall (1216) |
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2:05pm - 3:05pm |
Keynote: Jim Hordern - "Alternation models: different relationships between education and work" Location: Audience Hall (1216) |
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3:05pm - 3:30pm |
Coffee-Break Location: Reception Hall |
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3:30pm - 5:00pm |
Paper session 1A: Alternation - "Disabilities and integration measures" Location: Room 2218 The Impact of Visual Impairement on Youth Career Choices 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) 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 Eidgenössische Hochschule für Berufsbildung, Switzerland |
Paper Session 1B: Choice - "Reorientation, reforms and social bias in career choices" Location: Room 2212 The Career Guidance and Aspirations of Vocational High School Students in France: Towards New Educational and Social Polarizations? 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 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 Hospital Israelita Albert Einstein, Brazil |
Paper Session 1C: Choice - "Gender I" Location: Room 2420 From School to Work: Gender Inequalities and Segregation Following an Apprenticeship in Switzerland 1: University of Geneva, Switzerland; 2: University of Bern, Switzerland How to Reduce the IT Gender Gap in Occupational Preferences? Universität St.Gallen, Switzerland ICT Interest and Self-concept as Determinants of Adolescents’ Vocational Choices: Implications for Gender Segregation in the Labor Market 1: University of Bern, Switzerland; 2: University of Geneva, Switzerland; 3: Zurich University of Teacher Education (PH Zurich) |
Symposium 1 Location: Audience Hall (1216) Migrants’ vocational guidance, and transition into VET in Switzerland Presentations of the Symposium Trajectories of Involuntary Career Change Following Migration: A Qualitative Longitudinal Study Vocational Choices and Career Trajectories Under Constraint: Exploring Refugee Integration in the Swiss Labor Market Tensions during the implementation of integration policy in Switzerland: The challenges surrounding “fast and sustainable” integration What do you want to do in 10 years? Exploring refugees' career aspirations |
5:10pm - 6:40pm |
Paper session 2A: Alternation - "Digital learning support tools" Location: Room 2218 What challenges do nurses face when using digital technologies in their daily work, and how can they get prepared in nursing education? 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 Sic Ticino, Switzerland How Swiss VET-School Principals Justify Digital Transformation UZH, Switzerland Find the apartment’s flaws! The impact of virtual reality on vocational students’ performance in general education classes SFUVET, Switzerland |
Paper session 2B: Transferability - "Public-private partnership" Location: Room 2212 Public-Private Partnership in TVET: A case study of collaboration between the National Polytechnic Institute of Cambodia and businesses in Cambodia 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 Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH DUAL VET in Nepal Helvetas Nepal, Nepal |
Paper session 2C: Choice - "Gender II" Location: Room 2420 Exploring University-to-Vocational-Education transfer intentions among first-year students in STEM and non-STEM majors. 1: University of Deusto; 2: University of Oviedo Promoting STEM among women: Evaluating the Impact of STEM interventions in Switzerland 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 BIBB, Germany |
Symposium 2 Location: Audience Hall (1216) Immersive, Adaptive, and Reflective Technologies in Vocational and Professional Education and Training: Innovations, Applications and Challenges Presentations of the Symposium Improving Oral Examination Performance with a 360° immersive environment The Evolution of Interaction Concepts in XR in the Era of AI - From procedural interactions to socially demanding conversations 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 |
Date: Thursday, 04/Sept/2025 | ||||
8:00am | Registration Location: Reception Hall |
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8:30am - 10:00am |
Paper session 3A: Transferability - "Transfering and implementing VET in several contexts I" Location: Room 2218 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 |
Paper session 3B: Choice - "Educational aspirations" Location: Room 2212 " j'espère ne plus travailler ” : aspirations des jeunes en formation professionnelle 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 3C: Alternation - "On-the-job training perspectives: International perspectives on the institutional level" Location: Room 2420 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 |
Symposium 3 Location: Audience Hall (1216) 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: Room 2218 In-Company Perspectives on School-Based Innovations in Vocational and Professional Education and Training – Learnings from six evaluation projects Eidgenössische Hochschule für Berufsbildung, Switzerland Labor-market integration of vocationally trained EU-migrants’ in Germany: the hurdle of institutional (mis-)match between vocational training systems Sociological Research Institute (SOFI) at Göttingen University, Germany 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 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; 3: Centre de Sociologie des Organisations (Sciences Po - CNRS) Changing Occupational Aspirations: How Vocational Education Pathways Matter University Bern, Switzerland |
Paper session 4C: Alternation - "Technological applications" Location: Room 2420 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: Audience Hall (1216) 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: Reception Hall |
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1:15pm - 2:15pm |
Keynote: Fernando Marhuenda - "Putting on hold the transferability of dual training systems" Location: Audience Hall (1216) |
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2:15pm - 2:30pm |
Coffee-Break Location: Reception Hall |
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2:30pm - 4:00pm |
Paper session 5A: Choice - "Needs and other influencing factors in career choice" Location: Room 2218 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 |
Paper session 5B: Alternation - "Drop out" Location: Room 2212 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 |
Symposium FoBBIZ Location: Audience Hall (1216) 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 Transferability of the Dual-Track VET System: Comparative and Aggregate Insights from Ground-Level Projects Donor Committee for dual Vocational Education and Training in Development Cooperation (DC dVET), Switzerland |
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4:00pm - 5:30pm |
Paper session 5D: Choice - "Impact of COVID19" Location: Room 2218 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 2420 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 Alternance et professionnalisation : une grille de lecture à partir des capabilités 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 |
Panel Discussion FoBBIZ Location: Audience Hall (1216) Special Format: Bridging research and implementation of Dual VET reforms Presentations of the Symposium To be announced To be announced To be announced |
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6:00pm | City Tour Location: Lausanne |
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8:00pm | Congress Dinner Location: Lausanne |
Date: Friday, 05/Sept/2025 | ||||
8:30am - 9:30am |
Keynote: Sandra Hupka - "The Consequences of Vocational Early Choices: Illustration based on Transitions from Education to Employment in Switzerland (TREE)" Location: Audience Hall (1216) |
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9:30am - 10:15am |
Poster session Location: Reception Hall Leveraging Private Sector Partnerships for Sustainable Work-Based Learning: Insights from the ASEAN-Swiss TVET Initiative in Cambodia and Lao PDR Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH “Quand on veut, on peut” ? : Perceptions de futur·es enseignant·es concernant les facteurs influençant l’orientation des élèves vers la voie de la formation professionnelle 1: Haute Ecole Pédagogie Vaud, Switzerland; 2: Université de Lausanne, Switzerland Understanding the instructional methods employed in teaching practical skills for harnessing TVET job opportunities in Nigeria University of Cross River State, UNCROSS, Nigeria Empowering High-School Students from Deprived Background in Career Decision Self-efficacy Child Development Initiative Alliance, China, People's Republic of BIM house model in Metaverse: Collision detection in interprofessional collaboration teams. 1: EHB, Switzerland; 2: gibb, Switzerland; 3: bs08, Hamburg Enhancing Public-Private Partnership in TVET: The Case of Dual Apprenticeship Training in Nepal Helvetas Nepal, Nepal Understanding the policy implementation process: The role of street-level bureaucrats in VET(vocational education and training) transitions Gent University, Belgium Apprenticeship as Critical Transition in Vocational Education – the Role of Training Agencies Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway From Precarious Work to Meaningful Careers: The Role of VET in Empowering Low-Qualified Young Adults 1: University of Tirana, Albania; 2: University of Lausanne ITS Academy: Challenges and Opportunities Università di Macerata (Italia); Università Magna Græcia di Catanzaro (Italia), Italy Choosing vocational training by students with limited formal education: An action research study on the implementation of an approach that enhances reading comprehension 1: Université du Québec à Montréal, Canada; 2: Université d'Ottawa Monitoring Trends in Vocational Education and Training SFUVET, Switzerland Match or Mismatch? The role of the reputation of occupations and the attractiveness of the training firm, when filling offered VET places. A firm-level analysis. Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training, Germany |
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10:15am - 10:40am |
Coffee-Break Location: Reception Hall |
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10:40am - 12:10pm |
Paper session 6A: Transferability - "Transfering and implementing VET in several contexts II" Location: Room 2218 Bridging the Gap: Implementing Work-Based Learning through the ASEAN-Swiss TVET Initiative (ASTI) Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH DUAL VET in Nepal 1: Helvetas Nepal; 2: Confederation of Bagmati Chamber of Industries (CBPI) La place des langues dans la formation professionnelle et technique (VET/PET) Collège BENCHABANE MOHAMED, Algeria |
Paper session 6B: Alternation - "Effects of VET reforms" Location: Room 2212 Between economic boom and equal opportunities: the reforms of post-obligatory education in Switzerland in the context of the “educational expansion” (1960-1980) 1: SFUVET, Switzerland; 2: PH Thurgau, Switzerland Hiring chances and employers‘ perception of job candidates with a Federal VET Certificate Swiss Federal University for Vocational Education and Training SFUVET, Switzerland The Role of the “Third Year in School” in Norway’s Dual VET System: An Equity Perspective Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway EVALUATING THE IMPACT OF CEMETS REFORM LABS: ALUMNI PERSPECTIVES ON KNOWLEDGE EXCHANGE AND SYSTEMIC CHANGE ETH Zürich, CES, Switzerland |
Paper session 6C: Choice - "Environmental concern and sustainability in education: impact on aspirations" Location: Room 2420 Apprentices' environmental concern in relation to their vocational activities and their experiences with sustainability education in Swiss vocational education and training (VET) SFUVET, Switzerland The role of green skills and green campus in students’ behaviour toward green careers 1: University of Tirana; 2: Swisscontact Environmental Awareness and Occupational Choices of Adolescents 1: University of Zurich, Switzerland; 2: Federal Institute for Vocational Education and Training (BIBB) Bonn, Germany; 3: ROA at Maastricht University, Netherlands |
Symposium 6 Location: Audience Hall (1216) The Role of Transversal Competences for Successful School-to-Work Transitions: Insights and Interventions Presentations of the Symposium Navigating the School-to-Work Transition: the role of soft skills in a life-course perspective The Socio-Emotional Profile of Apprentices in Healthcare and Social Work: Key Competences for Future Careers The link between empathy and teaching styles in Swiss VET teachers Becoming a Professional Learning Community: The Role of Transversal Skills in the Identity Development of Future Art Teachers |
12:10pm - 1:00pm |
Best Paper Award & Closing Session Location: Audience Hall (1216) |
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1:00pm | Lunch Location: Reception Hall |
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