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Competence-based Vocational and Professional Education announced

See: http://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319417110#
Springer has announced the publishing of the edited volume ‘Competence-based Vocational and Professional Education. Bridging the Worlds of Work and Education’. It will appear at the end of October this year. A total of 50 chapters written by over 85 authors. I hope the book will help students, researchers and policy experts to get an overview of this field. Continue reading Competence-based Vocational and Professional Education announced

Impressions ECER-VETNET 2016: Ludger Deitmer Honorary Network Member

Impressions form the ECER-VETNET sessions in Dublin, August 23-25, 2016. Pending ratification by the EERA Council, Ludger Deitmer was awarded the Honorary Network Membership by VETNET itself for his sustained, unique and visible contribution to the Network. Congrats, and well-deserved. (I have to check the camera settings, as I find most pictures not 100% focused – apologies).

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Success by Competence, Confidence, and Character

Tina Wadhwa, in the Business insider, posted on 18 August, 2016, that Val Carlotti (Head of The Securities Division Institutional Client Group and Senior Partner of Goldman Sachs) said that it is all about the 3 C’s: Competence, Confidence, and Character.’ “If you can nail those three things, it’s hard to figure out what you’re not going to be successful at”. Source: http://uk.businessinsider.com/val-carlotti-speaks-at-all-star-codes-fundraiser-2016-8?r=US&IR=T

Article of Elsbeth Spelt et al. on interdisciplinary learning in science and engineering in higher education – Available online

The article ‘A multidimensional approach to examine student interdisciplinary learning in science and engineering in higher education’ in the European Journal of Engineering Education is published online. Download your copy for free (up to 50 free downloads allowed by publisher): http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/yGApRY3UVjJqu3rkreZk/full

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