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Digitization of training content and development of hybrid training in VET (HYBVET)

The HYBVET project aimed to introduce and develop hybrid-simulation training, which is proven and widely used in higher vocational education and training, especially in medical studies. The research and case studies were conducted in partner count ...

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Training students for the wind energy workforce

The Maritime School Complex in Darlowo has been implementing the project titled “Get into the windmills and perform at the highest level” since 1 September 2023. The project partners are the Polish Wind Energy Association and Vulcan Training and ...

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Learning practical skills through hands-on experience in robotic and drone technologies

The initiative aimed to provide vocational students with hands-on experience and knowledge in drone technology. The project enabled the students to develop their critical thinking skills and learn how to equip drones with various modules and senso ...

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Liceo del Lavoro

Cometa stands out due to its distinctive approach to education, known as inclusive excellence, recognizing that the main goal is to allow people to become themselves and make a unique contribution. This initiative was designed to help young peopl ...

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Promoting the use of recycled materials in robotics and electronics

The “Robot Wars in Katowice” initiative is a unique educational event that combines science, technology and ecology, encouraging youth to creatively and practically apply technical knowledge through the design and construction of robots using par ...

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The use of augmented reality in offender learning

Research in the UK suggests that 81% of prison leavers receive no support in preparing for their release. This is one of the significant challenges that incarcerated individuals face as they try to rebuild their lives on the outside and become an in ...

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SELFIE for work-based learning

SELFIE for work-based learning (WBL) was developed and piloted from 2018 to 2021, and it is the product of extensive collaboration between a range of different European Commission agencies and TVET stakeholders including schools, companies, social pa ...

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Developing the skills of TVET students through immersive learning tools

Submitted by MIMBUS and NED University of Engineering and Technology
NED University, in partnership with MIMBUS, has integrated innovative virtual reality training component aimed at mitigating occupational hazards, reducing training costs, and shortening training durations. The virtual reality training component offe ...

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Learning by your doing: How Tourism Training Australia is creating flexible learning pathways in TVET through micro-credentials

Submitted by Tourism Training Australia
Tourism Training Australia, in collaboration with industry and the Victoria government, launched an online micro-credential platform and AI-based marketing tool to address local labour shortages in the tourism and hospitality sectors during the pande ...

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Digitalization readiness in the tourism and hospitality industry

Submitted by CiMSO Business Solutions, Africa
Identifying a gap between the digital skills of graduates and hospitality industry needs, CiMSO set up the ‘Digitalization readiness in the tourism and hospitality industry’ initiative. CiMSO supplies management software to hospitality providers ...

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EcoCampus Project – Green flag for TVET institutions

In 2021, through a series of green activities and actions, École d’Hôtellerie et de Tourisme Paul Dubrule (EHT) started to implement the EcoCampus programme from the Foundation of Environmental Education (FEE). The EcoCampus programme is an in ...

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e-Learning and training – the art of hospitality

In collaboration with Mainporter Vocational Online College of Hospitality, the Kambaku Hospitality College (KHC) developed an apprenticeship qualification for non-managerial staff. The qualification is based on e-Learning through customized software ...

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Digitalization and partnership with industry

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic led to the Kenya School of TVET (KSTVET) becoming a leader in online TVET training. With support from stakeholders and partners, KSTVET created Open Distance and e-Learning (ODeL) satellite centres across Kenya aime ...

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Green training for the hospitality sector

Fifty Shades Greener is a leading educational company for sustainable development. The Fifty Shades Greener hospitality programme became a state-funded project through TVET organizations in Ireland in 2020, with over 270 hotel employees pursuing fund ...

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Institutional Performance Framework and Management

Higher Colleges of Technology’s Performance Framework and its Management System were combined to create an innovative digitalized managerial practice which boosts competitiveness and overall organizational performance. Through its experience o ...

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Inclusion of young women in TVET and the labour market

This initiative was a pilot project which focused on attracting young women to TVET and facilitating their entry into the labour market through creating awareness and capacity building for selected members of the Arusha Technical College management t ...

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PSET CLOUD

PSET CLOUD creates a digital environment that strengthens, integrates, coordinates, improves efficiency and solves challenges in the governance and management of the post-school education and training system in South Africa to enable citizens to make ...

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“Smart Class” for more effective teaching and learning

“Smart Class” makes use of adequate technology to improve the teaching and learning experience and to reach set objectives in TVET. This initiative is based on resourcefulness to provide a better teaching and learning environment at Cayon High ...

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Huawei ICT Academy at ZSL

Zespol Szkol Lacznosci (ZSL) partnered with Huawei to open an academy, which brings the latest technology to the school setting and provides more effective learning experiences to students. Through this partnership, the academy delivers Huawei ICT ...

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Centres of Excellence between SENATI and Industry

The Centres of Excellence alliances between SENATI and companies were born as a proactive response to a specific requirement coming from industry. Since then, the relationship between SENATI and industry has improved and has even resulted in the deve ...

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Yaba Green Challenge

The Yaba Green Challenge initiative provided an opportunity for industry and academia to come together and share knowledge and best practices on circular economy, waste to wealth initiatives, entrepreneurship opportunities, sustainable consumption, a ...

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INNOVATEC – National session of innovation and technology

INNOVATEC is a national event focused on technical education to foster the creative talent, innovation and learning of students and teachers from all over Nicaragua.The initiative aligns with the national plan to combat poverty and increase human dev ...

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Skills for a resilient workforce programme

The government-sponsored skills for a resilient workforce programme supports industry in addressing the sudden demand for technical employees following the departure of many foreign workers due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The programme aims to train 2, ...

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Entrepreneurial mentorship programme for TVET students

In recent years, the Kenyan government, together with several financial institutions, introduced easily accessible funding opportunities for innovative entrepreneurs. Embu College of Professional Studies offers a wide range of technical courses, and ...

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Assessment of prior learning programme for vulnerable youth

This initiative targeted unemployed and underemployed young men and women, between the ages of 16 and 35 in rural communities, throughout the tri-island state of Grenada. The objectives were to: * Recognize the skillsets of youth through the accr ...

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