VET Participation, Retention, And Educational Policies In The Wake Of Covid 19 – A Cross-Country Exploration
Recently, the grant agreement corresponding to Horizon Europe VETprep project has been signed. VETprep is coordinated by Syddansk University in Denmark, composed of a transversal team of researchers from the Universitat de València from different areas of knowledge: Statistics, Psychology, Pedagogy, Sociology and Social Work, and led by José Javier Navarro-Pérez, Professor at the Department of Social Work and Social Services of the Faculty of Social Sciences.
The VETprep project seeks to understand and address the challenges in Vocational Education and Training (VET) related to student identification, participation, and retention across various European contexts, focusing on students from diverse backgrounds. It examines the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the sector and explores policies and strategies in Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Scotland, and Spain through comparative studies.
VETprep’s combination of generalized knowledge and individual narratives will offer a nuanced picture of Youths in the post-pandemic Europe. Furthermore, with a comparative focus on differences across the European Countries and across different young people according to socioeconomic status, academic achievements, etc., we get the opportunity to understand both the consequences and relevant actions in the light of individual differences and varying societal, political, and educational frameworks in the five European countries.
The results of the project will contribute to advising politicians and other stakeholders to comply, among others, with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals numbers 4, 8, 9 and 10.
VETprep started its activities on 1st January 2025.
More information: J.Javier.Navarro@uv.es
Links: https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/101177858
Programmes:
- HORIZON.2.2 - Culture, creativity and inclusive society (Horizon Europe)
- HORIZON.2.2.3 - Social and Economic Transformations (Horizon Europe)
