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Skills on their own are not enough
I have been involved in research in Vocational Education and Training for a long time. Vocational Education and Training is a strange thing. Although always popular in the German speaking ... -
Historical Anniversaries 2018 - Part One: Remembering the Victims of Holocaust
Normally I am writing on this blog about my work as researcher in vocational education and training (VET) and on learning experiences while working with practitioners in VET. However, as ... -
Boot camps closing
Interesting press release from Reuters regarding the American Coding Boot Camps - a model some policy makers in Europe have been looking at as a model for adoption. Reuters report ... -
What is industry 4.0?
I've long wondered what is meant by industry 4.0. Some shining techno world of robots and Artificial Intelligence? Or the end of batch production for individualised goods (although we have ... -
Why is there such a big gender difference in graduate employment
In our work on Labour Market Information Systems, we frequently talk about the differences between labour market information and labour market intelligence in terms of making sense and meanings from ... -
The threat to research
I just realsied I had not updated the editorial since July last year. Then I wrote a hasty and angry editorial about the threat that Brexit posed to Pontydysgu and ... -
Stress and academic identities
I was planning to write an article on academics and ‘well being’ today so it is somewhat serendipitous that Twitter gave me a link to an article in Times Higher ... -
First of May and "PULSE OF EUROPE"
So, once again we have celebrated the First of May - the special day of working people and international workers' movement. Usually I do not feel inclined to engage myself ... -
Hyvää Kalevalan päivää 28.2. - Happy Kalevala Day February 28th
Normally I have not made great noises about my Finnish nationality. And it has never crossed my mind to to start blogging in my own language - after all, I ... -
Eine folgenreiche Reise - Martin Luther King in Deutschland
On Monday 16.01.2017 the Americans celebrated once again Martin Luther King Day as a national holiday. With this blog entry I join with my belated congratulations the ones who respect ...
