This week we share ‘ Some problems in the education of apprentices: 2. Craft training for apprentices’ by R.L. Wilkinson (1954).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Vol 6. Issue 12.

This week we share ‘ Some problems in the education of apprentices: 2. Craft training for apprentices’ by R.L. Wilkinson (1954).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Vol 6. Issue 12.
📄 New in Journal of Vocational Education & Training [Q1]:
“Why the capabilities approach has some value in vocational education research”
👤 Leesa Wheelahan
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#VET #VocationalEducation #AcademicSky #OpenAccess #JVET
Each Tuesday, we will signpost you to new texts available in the JVET journal.
This week we share ‘From school to work: enhancing cross-cutting competences in vocational education outcomes’ by Vladimír Baláž & Dušana Dokupilová (2026).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#NewTextTuesdays #JVET
This week we ask what happens to VET when its stewards rely on cartographic metaphors to govern the sector from a distance?
📄 New in Journal of Vocational Education & Training [Q1]:
“Local development and differentiated governance of skill formation: a comparative study of vocational education in three Chinese counties”
👤 Xufeng Zou
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#VET #VocationalEducation #AcademicSky #OpenAccess #JVET
This week we share ‘Some problems in the education of apprentices:
1. The part of the Technical College in the practical training of apprentices’ by F.C. Jones (1954).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Vol 6. Issue 12.
Each Tuesday, we will signpost you to new texts available in the JVET journal.
This week we share ‘Cadastral VET: cartographic and architectural legibility’ by Don Zoellner (2026).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This week we ask does the history of apprenticeship look different when we focus on apprentices’ actions instead of institutions?
Conference Post 2027
Dates for your diary!
JVET CONFERENCE 2027
Following the success of our last conference, the team is busy planning the next conference, which will take place on 15 - 17 July 2027 in Oxford.
Please hold the date - we will provide more details soon!
This week we share ‘The Comprehensive School and its relation to vocational training’ by S.W.B. Watson (1954).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Vol 6. Issue 12.
📄 New in Journal of Vocational Education & Training [Q1]:
“Policy theatre and transnational VET: institutional misalignment in Australia-India skills engagement”
👤 Brigid Freeman, Nidhi S. Sabharwal
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#VET #VocationalEducation #AcademicSky #OpenAccess #JVET
Each Tuesday, we will signpost you to new texts available in the JVET journal.
This week we share ‘Small acts of resistance: runaway apprentices and the hidden history of German apprenticeship (1810–1920)’ by Christoph Porcher (2026).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This week we ask do training agencies help open apprenticeship doors for disadvantaged youth, or only when labour shortages make it easier?
Each Thursday, we will be digging into the JVET archive and sharing a journal, conference, or research highlight from the past 75 years.
This week we share ‘The teaching of sheet metalwork’ by R. Smith (1954).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Vol 6. Issue 12.
Missed the celebration of the 250th edition of JVET?
You can now catch up with the event recordings and hear from leading voices in vocational education and training.
Access the recording via the JVET website: jvet.co.uk
This week we share ‘The role of training agencies in supporting young people’s transition from school to work: do they widen access to apprenticeships for disadvantaged young people?’ by Stine Solberg & Torgeir Nyen (2026).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
This week we ask how do we better recognise construction teachers’ pedagogic expertise when Bildung‑oriented practices are happening but remain largely invisible?
📄 New in Journal of Vocational Education & Training [Q1]:
“Mapping discourses of digital technologies: the Mexican secondary TVET system in relation t…”
👤 Fernando Bolaños Zarate, Edith Chavez Ortega, Cristian Fuentes Páez
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#VET #VocationalEducation #AcademicSky #OpenAccess #JVET
Each Thursday, we will be digging into the JVET archive and sharing a journal, conference, or research highlight from the past 75 years.
This week we share ‘Written English in day-release classes’ by F.E. Foden (1954).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Vol 6. Issue 12.
#ThrowbackThursdays #JVET
JVET CONFERENCE 2027
Following the success of our last conference, the team is busy planning the next conference, which will take place on 15 - 17 July 2027 in Oxford.
Please hold the date - we will provide more details soon!