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Online instructional videos have been presented as an efficient instructional method in workplace learning and vocational education and training (VET). Increasingly, public video-sharing sites like YouTube are used by firms, educators and learners to teach and learn about work practices, new work ro…

More than half of the youth in upper-secondary education in Norway choose programmes in vocational education and training. There is a larger risk of marginalisation in VET than in other educational programmes. One challenge facing VET is the mismatch between students’ vocational education and the co…

In the wake of the fourth industrial revolution, artificial intelligence is gaining momentum and is widely applied in various aspects of life, particularly education. This study investigates the factors influencing students' use of artificial intelligence (AI) in learning, focusing on students at Ho…

The higher participation of England’s ethnic minority students on vocational courses at the age of 16 initiates them onto the ‘lower tier’ pathway in tertiary education. Lower tier implies participating in certain vocational courses and entering lower status universities. Consequently, ethnic minori…

The persistent skills mismatch between higher education outcomes and labour market needs presents a significant challenge for graduate employability, particularly in fast-evolving sectors such as artificial intelligence (AI) and data science. This paper introduces a data-driven internship framework …

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, a surge in virtual remote work prompted a significant workforce shift from the office building to the home environment. Once workplaces reopened, a considerable portion of employees expressed a preference for sustained virtual remote arrangements. This development promp…

There is considerable international interest in transitions from school to work. This article approaches the issue as part of the debate around ‘vocational maturity’ (Ausbildungsreife) in Germany and ‘employability’ in the United Kingdom. Vocational education and training systems in these two countr…

This article examines how vocational school principals in Israel view their relationships with their students' parents. Interviews with 26 vocational school principals reveal three predominant themes: lamenting the parents' lack of involvement, describing the parents through the deficit discourse, a…

Integration (joined up learning of different subjects) is an important part of modern undergraduate medical education. We argue that integration in a UK medical school is experienced principally as multiple subject learning via enquiry-based learning and requires facilitators. By analysis of student…

In the UK context of an ageing population, degree apprenticeships represent a new opportunity to study for a degree while working. Apprentices are full-time employees granted time to study for a degree with a significant workplace learning component. The aim of this study was to focus on whether deg…