Latest news & events updates from the JVET Research Community

  • JVET Paper of the Year Winners Announced

    JVET’s Editorial Management Committee is delighted to announce joint winners of its annual "Paper of the Year" award.

    The award was recently granted to two papers published in 2024 that highlight critical issues in vocational education and training (VET).

    "Girls in trades: tokenism and sexual harassment inside the VET classroom" by Donna Bridges, Elizabeth Wulff, Branka Krivokapic-Skoko, and Larissa Bamberry, was recognised for its "strong empirical base on an issue that is not researched enough" and for highlighting the barriers women face in VET, including the perpetuation of gender segregation and inequalities.

    "Learning to question the status quo. Critical thinking, citizenship education and Bildung in vocational education" by Anouk Zuurmond, Laurence Guérin, Piet van der Ploeg, and Daan van Riet, was praised by the Committee for its important contribution to the literature

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  • JVET ECR + Edge ERN Joint Session: Bridging research and policy: tips for early careers

    Date: 25 September 2025 

    Time: 11:00 am (UK time)

    Duration: 90 mins

    We are delighted to invite you to this joint session of JVET’s Early Career Researchers and the Edge Foundation’s Emerging Researchers Networks.

    The online session features speakers from across academia and the policy work, discussing transitioning from academia to policy and translating research into policy relevance. Participants will gain practical insights and top tips, hear real-world experiences, and identify opportunities to connect their research with policy agendas.

    Register here

Call for papers for the Journal of Vocational Education and Training

VET in the era of digital transformation: New forms of work and their implications for vocational learning

Guest editors: Jim Hordern, Monika Nerland and Kevin Orr 

This Special Issue aims to critically examine the workplace as a site of learning in the context of digital transformation in order to discuss and reflect on how vocational education and training is challenged and should respond to changes in expertise required in the workplace. To this end, the issue will:

  • review the potential implications of digital transformation for work and vocational expertise; 

  • present in-depth studies of work and learning in occupational settings affected by digital transformation, and 

  • describe and conceptualise characteristics of work practices and learning that can be recontextualised within VET systems and practices.