Record number of dropouts in Dutch VET
18-09-2023 | During the 2021/22 academic year, the Netherlands saw a significant increase in early departures from Initial Vocational Education and Training (VET), with 30,242…
18-09-2023 | During the 2021/22 academic year, the Netherlands saw a significant increase in early departures from Initial Vocational Education and Training (VET), with 30,242…
The quality of vocational education (VET) and higher education in the Netherlands is currently good, but is it prepared for the future? The Minister for…
Microcredentials zijn bewijzen van competenties en andere leerervaringen, en zijn kleiner dan traditionele diploma’s. In verschillende Europese landen loopt tegelijk onderzoek naar de relevantie van…
This year, for the first time VET learners were welcome to participate in Utrecht’s introduction week – the UIT Week. Introduction weeks take place before…
The devastating effects of the war in Ukraine have forced millions of Ukrainian citizens to flee their country. Like other European countries, the Netherlands have…
In August 2021, a week before the start of the new school year, one of the Netherlands’ largest VET colleges, Regionaal Opleidingen Centrum (Regional Education…
Members of the Refernet network have inventoried the measures European countries are taking to support Ukrainian refugees through vocational training and entry into the labour…
What: 6th edition of European Vocational Skills week When: May 16-20, 2022 Find your European audience at the European Vocation Skills Week (EVSW) and compete…
23-12-2021 – The coronavirus crisis has drastically changed daily reality for VET students: online lessons, remote guidance, keeping 1.5 metres distance from their fellow students…
10-11-2021 – During her internship in Naturalis, the natural history museum in Leiden, 18-year-old VET student Noortje Looijenga discovered a new butterfly species. Noortje, a…