Vocational education and training - VET

The Higher Education Institution (HEI) needs to provide academic and administrative support for the student to optimise the preparations for and implementation of the placement experience. These guidelines are designed as a basis for development of more-specific procedures to be developed by course teams, and appropriate to the period of work-based learning

Postsecondary tax credits cost the federal and provincial governments billions of dollars each year, but are not distributed equitably and may have no proven effect in boosting enrolment. The author finds flaws in the design of postsecondary tax credits and recommends they be better-targeted at low-income families that need them most.

An eagerness for humanitarian jobs can be seen among students who are turning en masse towards the field of international aid, from here on seen as a fully‐fledged professional vocation. There has therefore been an emergence of numerous university courses dedicated to humanitarian work; however they do not necessarily meet the expectations of the international development actors themselves. Furthermore, work and jobs to be completed are strictly divided thus restricting recruitment to very specific roles which are mainly management positions. The main reasons for an employee leaving an NGO are: better pay and conditions elsewhere (50%), weak values of leadership and culture (40%), absence of career and development opportunities (38%), burnout, disillusionment and irritation (29%).
In French. De la disparition du corporatisme ?
http://www.iris-france.org/docs/kfm_docs/docs/obs

We show that cyclical skill mismatch, defined as mismatch between the skills supplied by college graduates and skills demanded by hiring industries, is an important mechanism behind persistent career loss from graduating in recessions.

The Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) is supportive of the provincial government's announcement of the Stronger Workplaces for a Stronger Economy Act that would extend extend greater workplace protections to university students participating in for-credit, unpaid co-op placements via changes to Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety Act (OHSA).

Sector councils are industry organizations that address skills development issues. There are a number of regional and national sector councils.

This glossary consolidates expressions and terminology, in both official languages, that are commonly used in the field of public service labour relations.
En français. Lexique des relations de travail 
Ce lexique vise à regrouper en un seul ouvrage des mots et expressions utiles de sources de référence dans les deux langues officielles qui sont utilisés couramment dans le domaine des relations de travail à la fonction publique.
http://pslrb-crtfp.gc.ca/glossary/intro_f.asp

The aim of this study was to summarise the evidence available on the economic benefits of vocational education and training (VET) at company level, by means of a literature review and meta-analysis. Throughout the study the term VET is used to denote employer/enterprise provided training.

This analytical report presents the results of a comparative study on current situation and main tendencies in ICT use in TVET in CIS countries: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Ukraine and Uzbekistan. Besides, the report includes recommendations on further development and improvement of the use of modern ICTs in TVET.

The real demographic challenge for Canadian policymakers is adapting to a population growing “younger,” after taking increased life expectancies into account. In the report, the authors propose an alternative approach to population aging, which measures years to live instead of years since birth. Since 1950, Canadian life expectancy, on average, has increased. For example, a 65-year-old in 2010 had the same life expectancy as a 59.5 year-old in 1950. “Canadians are experiencing increases in longevity and are willing to work longer than previous cohorts” . “Public policy should aim to provide Canadians with the instruments to better manage retirement decisions.”

With the youth unemployment rate in the U.S. reaching a record level at 17 percent, a whole new generation of students is going to college and taking the wrong majors and receiving the wrong type of degrees. The top three industries for the future: - Health Care - Educational Services - Food Services and Drinking Places

Using a specific micro-dataset with information on working histories, we analyse the labour market entry of Spanish youths who have completed vocational education. According to the education system, young people can enter the labour market with vocational high school (upper secondary education) or with vocational college (tertiary education). Both present a period of workplace training, although, as they belong two distinct schooling levels, they have different entry requirements.

http://cva-acfp.org/archive/2014-04-en.html

Each month, the Canadian Vocational Association presents a survey of relevant links and documents on various specializations and topics related to the field of professional training, in English and French.

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Tous les mois, l'Association canadienne de la formation professionnelle vousprésente une compilation de documents et de liens pertinents sur différentes spécialités et thématiques liés au domaine de la formation professionnelle.

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