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This chapter provides an in-depth examination of the Italian Adult Learning System (ALS) with the dual aim of mapping its current features and examining its development over three decades (the 1990s to the 2020s). First, the authors map the type of provision and providers (supply side) the system en…

The institutional framework and major transformations in the Greek Adult Learning System (ALS) over the past 40 years have been primarily shaped by factors external to domestic priorities. Moreover, the ad hoc approach to education policy makes the system vulnerable to external shocks and susceptibl…

There is a growing trend in Europe and North America for legislation promoting public funding for zero carbon construction to incorporate inclusive equity goals, so incentivising employment and vocational education and training (VET) providers to recruit groups under-represented and disadvantaged in…

Slogans, myths, and isolated anecdotes are inadequate substitutes for documented history and contextual understanding. Literature on the history of higher education is dominated by ahistorical and contextually ignorant slogans. Seldom acknowledged, in discussions of the “decline” or “failure” of the…

Prompted by increasing evidence of the world’s shift to the right, not least among the industrialised nations, here is a cri de coeur from almost the last survivor from the post-war crop of European sociologists and scholars of Japanese Studies. After six decades following developments in Japanese s…

This article uses Pierre Bourdieu’s field theory to conduct a relational analysis of the expansion of academia. Drawing on three case studies from the fields of research (open data), higher education (academization of vocational education), and knowledge transfer (real-world labs), we examine the dy…

In K-12 education, scientific literacy helps students understand natural phenomena and develop critical thinking for future challenges. STEM education integrates science, technology, engineering, and mathematics to promote interdisciplinary learning. However, current STEM practices often lack feedba…

This thematic issue investigates vocational schools as pathways to higher education (HE) across several countries, analyzing their potential to enhance educational and social mobility. With rising global demand for HE, vocational education and training (VET) systems offer alternative routes to HE, w…

This paper examines the earnings and job satisfaction of Vocational Education and Training (VET) graduates in the European Union (EU) using two definitions of vocational education: a self-reported definition and a more specific definition that incorporates work-based learning. The incidence of third…

With contextualization of human capital theories, and investment in human capital, this study examined the mediator role of cooperative training in the relationship between training materials and graduates' employability in vocational education with the use of a mixed-method research design. With qu…