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Deepening the skill and knowledge base while maintaining the competitiveness of the Australian electrical apprenticeship programs

The fellowship provided the opportunity to explore, assess and observe electrical apprenticeship training and explo ... Show more
The fellowship provided the opportunity to explore, assess and observe electrical apprenticeship training and explore new and innovative industrial electrical products within the international arena. The author visited vocational training institutions in Norway, Germany and Scotland to review and appraise the securing of high retention rates, flexible apprentice programs, post apprenticeship pathways and the benefits of enhanced collaboration with industry. This fellowship program has resulted in a number of recommendations being made for adoption to enhance the quality of electrical apprenticeships.
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The International Specialised Skills Institute (ISSI) is an independent, national organisation that works with Australian governments, industry and education institutions to enable individuals to gain enhanced skills and experience in traditional trades, professions and leading-edge technologies. Fellows travel overseas and, upon their return, are required to pass on what they have learned through a detailed report, recommendations for improvements and delivering training activities. Show less

Authors: Wain, Robert

Date: 2014

Geographic subjects: Australia; Oceania; Norway ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: International Specialised Skills Institute Fellowship report

Subjects: Skills and knowledge; Apprenticeship; Quality ... [+] Show more
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Company initiatives to align apprenticeships to advanced manufacturing

Apprenticeships are well suited to provide young people with an entry point into the labor market and to supply man ... Show more
Apprenticeships are well suited to provide young people with an entry point into the labor market and to supply manufacturing enterprises with skilled workers. This report further investigates apprenticeship systems at a company level, focusing on the extent to which these practices deviate from the national apprenticeship frameworks and how companies are adapting to future skill needs. It builds on the analysis of national apprenticeship systems in the 2018 Eurofound report 'Adaptation of national apprenticeship systems to advanced manufacturing' [available in VOCEDplus at TD/TNC 134.160] and summarises the results of 14 case studies of good practice in the manufacturing sector in five EU Member States (Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland and Italy) and two countries outside Europe (Australia and the United States). Situated in different national and sector-specific environments, all case studies are characterised by the aim to adjust apprenticeship programmes and/or practices in response to challenges emerging from advanced manufacturing technologies and processes. The case studies examine a series of different issues, notably context, drivers for implementing change, impact and crucial factors for success.
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The case studies are as follows: Modernisation of dual apprenticeship training at ABB: Germany / Eckhard Voss; Innovative practices at Airbus Operations in Hamburg: Germany / Eckhard Voss; Talent Tracks for gifted industrial apprentices: Denmark / Soren Kristensen; Knowledge centres for robot technology and automation: Denmark / Soren Kristensen; Jules Verne Manufacturing Academy: France / Djamel Messaoudi and Nicolas Farvaque; Job and Qualification Campus in transport: France / Djamel Messaoudi and Nicolas Farvaque; 'New' apprenticeships in the light of technological change: Ireland / Jeff Bridgford; Modernisation of a designated craft apprenticeship: Ireland / Jeff Bridgford; Bosch Industry 4.0 Talent Program: Italy / Anna Teselli and Pier Paolo Angelini; Higher apprenticeship in advanced manufacturing: Italy / Anna Teselli and Pier Paolo Angelini; Siemens higher apprenticeship pilot programme: Australia / Phil Toner and Damian Oliver; Varley Group: modernising apprenticeships: Australia / Keiko Yasukawa, Phil Toner and Damian Oliver; Adjusting apprenticeship at Oberg Industries: United States / Robert I. Lerman; Mechatronics Apprenticeship Program of Festo Didactic: United States / Bryan D. Kamm and Robert I. Lerman. Show less

Authors: Voss, Eckhard; Bridgford, Jeff; Kristensen, Soren; Kamm, Bryan D. ... [+] Show more

Date: 2019

Geographic subjects: Denmark; France; Germany ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: Future of Manufacturing in Europe (FOME) project

Subjects: Apprenticeship; Industry; Innovation ... [+] Show more
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Skill formation in cross-border contexts: the case of the trinational Upper Rhine region

Cross-border regions display significant economic, political, and cultural cooperation and represent a central feat ... Show more
Cross-border regions display significant economic, political, and cultural cooperation and represent a central feature of Europe - not least as innovation labs for the European integration project. A key example is the trinational French-German-Swiss Upper Rhine region. Each of the respective bordering countries displays a specific mode of regulation in VET. How do actors govern vocational education and training (VET) in this dynamic industry cluster in which distinct national political-administrative units do not overlap with the functional needs of employers and (future) employees?
Relying on expert interviews and document analysis, this chapter offers a novel comparison of the respective subnational units within each cross-border region. The institutional study finds a key pattern through which skill formation is institutionalised within the cross-border context: the leveraging of complementarities between distinct educational institutions. In combining the specific strengths of different national skills regimes, VET stakeholders in cross-border regions are in a position to enlarge the scope and capacities of their skill regime far beyond national borders.
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Authors: Graf, Lukas

Date: 2020

Geographic subjects: Germany; France; Switzerland ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Book chapter

Series name: Internationale Berufsbildungsforschung book series (INBER)

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Skills and knowledge; Industry ... [+] Show more
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Promoting successful graduate entrepreneurship at Fachhochschule Brandenburg, Germany

The Fachhochschule (FH) Brandenburg is a relatively young university for applied sciences and plays a role in suppo ... Show more
The Fachhochschule (FH) Brandenburg is a relatively young university for applied sciences and plays a role in supporting regional development. While it has three departments: engineering, informatics and media, and business and management, the FH Brandenburg specialises in informatics and business informatics and has special study programs in security management, medical informatics and energy efficiency. This report presents the findings of a review of current strategies and practices in entrepreneurship support provision at the FH Brandenburg. The report also presents a selection of international learning models with the aim of providing inspiration for new approaches at the FH Brandenburg. This report investigates the following questions: What are current strategies and practices in university entrepreneurship support? How accessible is entrepreneurship support for students and graduates? How well is the university entrepreneurship support integrated into the wider local entrepreneurship support system? This report presents achievements and challenges in light of the above questions and advances recommendations for future action. The assessment framework employed for the review is presented in the annex of this report.
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Authors: Hofer, Andrea-Rosalinde; Potter, Jonathan; Redford, Dana; Stolt, Jakob

Date: 2013

Geographic subjects: Germany; Europe

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: OECD Local Economic and Employment Development (LEED) working paper

Subjects: Higher education; Industry; Skills and knowledge ... [+] Show more
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Unlocking apprenticeship potential in small and medium enterprises

This report was compiled under the ILO's research project, Apprenticeship Development for Universal Lifelong Learni ... Show more
This report was compiled under the ILO's research project, Apprenticeship Development for Universal Lifelong Learning and Training (ADULT), funded by the Government of Flanders. The project aims to explore how apprenticeship systems are being modernised and transformed to promote and enable lifelong learning and decent work for youth, adults, and older workers (both employed and unemployed). This research paper explores the status of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) that offer apprenticeship opportunities in various countries, the reasons for the low participation of enterprises with especial reference to developing and developed countries and the various factors which affect the participation of enterprises in apprenticeship. It also highlights the experiences and lessons learned from the initiatives taken by various countries in encouraging employers to participate in the apprenticeships.
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Authors: Grollmann, Philipp; le Mouillour, Isabelle; Wittig, Wolfgang

Date: 2022

Geographic subjects: Germany; Europe; Colombia ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: Apprenticeships Development for Universal Lifelong Learning and Training project

Subjects: Lifelong learning; Apprenticeship; Industry ... [+] Show more
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2018 WFCP World Congress: preparing for the skills future, now [part 1]

The 2018 World Congress was organized by TAFE Directors Australia with the support of the Victorian TAFE Associatio ... Show more
The 2018 World Congress was organized by TAFE Directors Australia with the support of the Victorian TAFE Association and students and faculty of Melbourne's TAFEs. The three-day World Congress was one of Australia's largest gatherings of education and skills leaders, with almost 140 speakers and 44 concurrent sessions, under the theme of Preparing for the Skills Future, Now. Speakers and presenters explored the changing nature of work with particular focus on the impact of advances in technologies and automation on [professional and technical education and training] PTET. The World Congress focussed on solutions to these challenges and provided an opportunity for international delegates to look at their own PTET systems from the outside and compare their readiness to that of other countries.
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See the attached 'List of presentations' for the titles of the papers presented at this conference. Show less

Corporate authors: World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics (WFCP) ... [+] Show more

Conference name: WFCP World Congress

Date: 2018

Geographic subjects: Australia; Kiribati; New Zealand ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Conference

Subjects: Vocational education and training; Providers of education and training; Teaching and learning ... [+] Show more
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Why do German companies invest in apprenticeship?

There is a widespread perception among international experts of technical and vocational education and training (TV ... Show more
There is a widespread perception among international experts of technical and vocational education and training (TVET) that companies usually do not 'invest' in entry-level vocational training. However, some deviant cases of companies' investment behaviour do exist. For example, German companies have been admired for their often lavish funding of training. The 'dual system' - perceived as the cause of German economic dynamism - became the blueprint for many international efforts, mostly governmental in nature, designed to emulate the German training 'system'. Unfortunately, due attention was not always paid to the conditions behind this 'success'. Both inside and outside Germany, there have been difficulties in understanding why German companies' 'investment' behaviour deviates so sharply from international patterns of financing training programmes. The majority of explanations have only cited 'cultural reasons'. Although this perception may not be wrong, cultural reasons do not provide the complete explanation. Cultural reasons rarely beat hard-nosed cost calculations, unless benefits of some kind accrue, not necessarily always in an easily measurable 'currency'. But, companies do not reject 'cash value' measures other than economic ones, especially if it is supposed to lead to an economic advantage. If we follow Polanyi's advice and understand the economy as 'embedded and enmeshed in institutions, economic and non-economic' (Polanyi, 2001, p. 36), it is essential to understand how German (and other) training is embedded in contexts. This chapter explores outstanding features of German apprenticeships in order to understand how they interact with their political, cultural, social, educational and economic environment. Hence, the objective is to understand German training amidst its wider environment, instead of analysing isolated training models or comparing such constructs.
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The book from which this chapter is taken is indexed at TD/TNC 100.51. Individual chapters are indexed from TD/TNC 100.52 to TD/TNC 100.244. Show less

Authors: Schaack, Klaus

Date: 2009

Geographic subjects: Germany; Europe

Resource type: Book chapter

Subjects: Apprenticeship; Culture and society; Industry ... [+] Show more
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A comparative study of cooperative education and work-integrated learning in Germany, South Africa, and Namibia

The Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University was the first higher education institution in Germany to combin ... Show more
The Baden-Wuerttemberg Cooperative State University was the first higher education institution in Germany to combine on-the-job training and academic studies. The study model integrates theory and practice, both being components of cooperative education. The success of this university is based on its cooperation with over 10,000 companies. Students are employed and remunerated for the duration of their studies by their partner company. In South Africa and Namibia, while cooperative education programs have a rich history, the study models developed lack the commitment from industry to invest in work-integrated learning.
The present study models involve students taking up unpaid practical semesters, in order to achieve the transfer of theoretical knowledge into a practical work-related setting. This comparative study outlines how universities of higher education, in Germany, South Africa and Namibia, in cooperation with industry, can further develop their model, in order to achieve financial stability and employment security for their students.
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Authors: Reinhard, Karin; Pogrzeba, Anna; Townsend, Rosemary; Pop, Carver Albertus

Date: 2016

Geographic subjects: Germany; Europe; South Africa ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Article

Journal title: Asia-Pacific journal of cooperative education

Subjects: Higher education; Industry; Workforce development ... [+] Show more
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Improving the connection between schools and work: new approaches in Sweden and Germany

The DfES [Department for Education and Skills] consultation document Success for All [indexed at TD/TNC 72.207] rep ... Show more
The DfES [Department for Education and Skills] consultation document Success for All [indexed at TD/TNC 72.207] represents the government's attempt to initiate a wide-ranging reform process in further education and training. Two of the main aims of this process are to offer '...14-19 learners greater choice and higher standards with academic and vocational programmes’ and to offer '...employers much more productive engagement with a transformed and responsive network of providers committed to meeting regional and sub-regional skill needs' (DfES, 2002, p. 10). Despite a consultation process on the document and the continuation of the government's relentless review and restructuring agenda, there seems to be precious little evidence for both, a significant improvement of qualification structures and an increasing involvement of employers in school-based training provisions in particular. Therefore, this paper outlines two reforms of school-based training in Germany and Sweden that seem to fulfil both aims quoted above.
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Authors: Ertl, Hubert

Corporate authors: Oxford & Warwick Universities. ESRC Centre on Skills, Knowledge and Organisational Performance (SKOPE)

Date: 2004

Geographic subjects: Europe; Germany; Sweden ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Report, paper or authored book

Series name: SKOPE issues paper

Subjects: Qualifications; Providers of education and training; Industry ... [+] Show more
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Global perspectives on work-based learning initiatives

The purpose of education has been debated in recent years, especially surrounding its curriculum and structure. In ... Show more
The purpose of education has been debated in recent years, especially surrounding its curriculum and structure. In order to fully understand this discussion, the relationship between education and the labor market must be explored. This publication provides research on recent progress in selected countries across the globe in educational programs designed to better prepare students for the workforce through the use of work-related learning. While highlighting topics such as degree apprenticeships, integrated learning strategy, and economic development, this book presents current research on the relationship between the education and labor market.
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The contents are as follows: Work-based learning in the United States: preparing secondary-level students for post-secondary success / Soung Bae, Svetlana Darche; Politics or pedagogy?: the emergence of workplace-based learning in South Africa / Ronel Blom; The creative disruption of degree apprenticeships in the UK / Darryll Bravenboer; Connecting theory and practice in higher education in Germany / Eva Cendon; Australia's national work-integrated learning strategy in university education: challenges and opportunities / Berwyn Clayton, Hugh B. Guthrie; Work-integrated and workplace learning in New Zealand / Katharine Hoskyn; Integration of work-based learning into higher education for economic development in Nigeria / Ifeoma C. Iyioke, Ike V. Iyioke, Joseph C. Ezemma; Work-based learning (WBL) in higher education and lifelong learning in the Netherlands / Jeroen Onstenk; Work-based learning in Ireland / Irene Sheridan; Some aspects of the growth of university student internship in Japan / Yasumasa Shinohara; Work-based learning in the United Kingdom: what we know of practice and an example: the WBL module and WBIS program at the University of Chester / Jon Talbot.
Individual chapters are available in VOCEDplus from TD/TNC 134.480 to TD/TNC 134.490. Show less

Authors: Talbot, Jon

Date: 2019

Geographic subjects: United States; North America; South Africa ... [+] Show more

Resource type: Edited book

Series name: Advances in educational technologies and instructional design (AETID) book series

Subjects: Workforce development; Providers of education and training; Industry ... [+] Show more

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