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Celebrating Sabine Manning and the L&W Newsletter
About one month ago our friend Sabine Manning published the latest edition of the Newsletter for European Research in Learning and Work [L&W]. As we know, she has been editing the newsletter during many years. And, as we have seen it, the L&W Newsletter has become a major medium for ... -
Celebrating Felix Rauner - Years and more! (Part Two)
During the first week of May this year Professor Felix Rauner celebrates his 80th birthday - and we celebrate with him: Congratulations and many happy returns! Given the corona-pandemic and the restrictions, there will be no party. And on such a day it is not so convenient to spend amply ... -
Celebrating Felix Rauner - Years and more! (Part One)
During the first week of May this year Professor Felix Rauner celebrates his 80th birthday - and we celebrate with him: Congratulations and many happy returns! Given the corona-pandemic and the restrictions, there will be no party. And on such a day it is not appropriate to spend time in ... -
Thoughts on retirement and retreat - Part One: What consequences for blogging?
In my latest blog posts I have been closing my activities as a project-based researcher. In addition, I have made a brief review on different phases of my career with European research & development projects in the field of vocational education and training (VET). This has been part of my ... -
25 years with European projects - 15 years with ITB - 8 years with regular ...
In my recent posts I have several times mentioned that I am going through a transition from active project work to retirement. In my latest post I was pleased to note that the management of the University of Bremen thanked me for my years of service and sent me nice ... -
Updates on the corona crisis - What news from the conference fronts?
During the last few weeks my blog posts have been overshadowed by the corona crisis - for obvious reasons. So far I have discussed the impact on European cooperation projects and for their designed events. I have also drawn attention to the fact that the main product of our EU-funded ... -
Wrapping up the ECER 2019 experience - Part Five: Debates on VET research (past, present, ...
With this blog post I conclude a series of posts on the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER 2019) that took place earlier last week in Hamburg, Germany. The first post focused on the Opening session of the VETNET network (including background information on VETNET and other networks). The second ... -
Wrapping up the ECER 2019 experience - Part Four: Developments in the VETNET network
With my recent blogs I have been wrapping up my experiences on the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER 2019) that took place earlier this week in Hamburg, Germany. The first post focused on the Opening session of the VETNET network (including background information on VETNET and other networks). The ... -
Wrapping up the ECER 2019 experience - Part Three: Glimpses to presentations of which I ...
This blog post is the third one of a series with which I wrap up my experiences at the ECER 2019 conference that took place earlier this week in Hamburg, Germany. In the first post I focused on the Opening session of the VETNET network that is the European umbrella ... -
Wrapping up the ECER 2019 experience - Part Two: Glimpses to sessions on the current ...
With my previous blog I started a series of blog posts with which I try to wrap up my experiences with the ECER 2019 conference that took place earlier this week in Hamburg, Germany. In my first post I focused on the Opening session of the VETNET program at the ...