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Le Compte Personnel de Formation (CPF) français – Le rapport de l’OCDE vu de la France
Publié début janvier 2020, un rapport de l’OCDE consacré aux comptes individuels de formation « Individual Learning Accounts (ILAs); Panacea or Pandora’s box? » estime que le CPF français est le seul compte individuel de formation réel mis en place. L’OCDE a pour objectif de promouvoir des politiques publiques qui favorisent la prospérité, l’égalité des chances et … Continue reading
Changing Curriculum – We’re kind of stuck. We have to unstick that
Beth Cobert: Our work involves engaging employers with community colleges and other training resources in ways that can shape things at a pace that fits with what business needs, as opposed to a more traditional academic cycle of semesters. Today, changing your curriculum really fast means you did it in two years. The employers say, … Continue reading
Qualifications Passport – Preparing for recognition of refugees’ qualifications
In November 2019, UNESCO’s General Conference in Paris gathered higher education ministers and other high-ranking representatives. High on the agenda was an introduction to the UNESCO Qualifications Passport for Refugees and Vulnerable Migrants. The Qualifications Passport methodology, developed by NOKUT (Norwegian ENIC-NARIC), was first introduced in Norway in 2016. Based on the Norwegian experience, the … Continue reading
Future of Work in Europe – impact of global developments on skills demand in the ETF’s partner countries
The objective of this Issues Paper is to analyse the impact of global developments on skills demand in the ETF’s partner countries and discuss implications for policy reforms to manage the transition of education, training and lifelong learning systems of the future. A team of international and national experts contributed to the paper by (i) … Continue reading
Internships – More likely to be paid when local unemployment is low
We describe the demand for interns in the U.S. using ads from an internship-specific website. We find that internships are more likely to be paid when more closely associated with a specific occupation, when the local labor market has lower unemployment, and when the local and federal minimum wage are the same. A résumé audit … Continue reading
Education and the Future of Work – 21st century skills in curricula
“Holistic development” is the watchword when setting educational goals for students. However, what this means in practice differs from country to country and culture to culture. The underlying sentiments, though, are similar: We all want to ensure that our young citizens are equipped to think critically and creatively, and to solve problems in an increasing … Continue reading
The future of Work in Turkey – Average levels of automation are 20 to 25 percent by 2030
A new report, Future of work: Turkey’s talent transformation in the digital era, dives deeper on the issues. It examines the impact of productivity growth driven by automation, AI, and digital technologies on different sectors and occupations. It also addresses the opportunities that will emerge to transform Turkey’s talent marketplace and the challenges that the … Continue reading
Future of Work and Skills in Canada – Countries around the world are positioning themselves
The future of skills has become a subject of global debate. So far, most of the attention from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), the World Economic Forum (WEF), major management consulting firms, think tanks and banks has fallen onto reports warning about occupations most at risk of automation, the number of jobs … Continue reading
Future of Work – Demand for both “digital” and “human” factors is driving growth
The Fourth Industrial Revolution is creating demand for millions of new jobs, with vast new opportunities for fulfilling people’s potential and aspirations. However, in order to turn these opportunities into reality, new sources of data and innovative approaches to understand emerging jobs and skills, as well as to empower effective and coordinated large-scale action are … Continue reading
Vocational Qualification Framework (VQF) – Perhaps it is time to consider an approach that focusses upon the individual
What is it about our current qualifications that we most value? Vocational qualifications, as they currently exist in Australia are widely admired and criticised in equal measure. At an individual qualification level, they can provide clear and valid guidance for skill acquisition leading directly aligned to an occupation. By any measure this is a worthy … Continue reading
NEETs around the World – The global NEET rate is estimated to have increased from 21.7 per cent to 22.4 per cent
Global concerns about the large numbers of young people who are neither in employment, education or training have led to the adoption of the NEET rate, as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, as an indicator of progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 8.6. Evidence of progress to date is not very encouraging; between … Continue reading
Jobs and Skills – Same job title can call for very different skills
A potential trap for educators in aligning curriculum development with the job market is that a job title, by itself, doesn’t tell the whole story. The same job title can call for very different skills depending on the locale. This is an international phenomenon. Burning Glass Technologies has documented this in the United States, but … Continue reading
Upskilling and Reskilling Needs in Europe – 128 million adults or 46.1% of the adult population of this area
This study is the first volume of Cedefop research on empowering adults through upskilling and reskilling pathways. It estimates the magnitude of the low-skilled adult population according to a broader conceptualisation which goes beyond educational attainment levels, and considers digital skills, literacy and numeracy, as well as skill loss and skill obsolescence. The study also … Continue reading
Continuous Vocational Training in Germany, 1970–2008 – Increased employment security, professional flexibility, and commitment to the employer
Human capital theory and the life-course perspective are used to investigate how economic modernisation, as well as developments in the labour market after the West German “economic miracle”, impacted employers’ supply of further education and training on the job, and employees’ increased participation in these arrangements. Additionally—controlling for the aforementioned structural change and economic cycles—it … Continue reading
Job Displacement in NZ – Workers with degrees suffer more financially when made unemployed
This research note extends previous research by Hyslop and Townsend (2017; 2019) on the longer term impacts of job displacement on workers labour market outcomes, to examine the impacts for workers with different levels of education. It uses data from the Survey of Family, Income and Employment (SoFIE) to identify job displacements over the period … Continue reading
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