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JVET
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A peer-reviewed, international journal that welcomes submissions involving critical discussion of policy & practice in Vocational Education & Training.
https://www.jvet.uk/
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 training and work of junior shorthand-typists’ by Grace McNicol (1951).

www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Vol 3. Issue 7.
December 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Call for Papers | JVET Special Issue
Debating Outcomes-Based Qualifications

www.jvet.uk/journal-info...
December 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Each Tuesday, we will signpost you to new texts available in the JVET journal.

This week we share ‘‘I came here to cook and have fun’ – everyday life at vocational cooking school through the lenses of capability approach and sustainable wellbeing theory’ by Jenni Lahtinen (2025).
December 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM
This week we ask if vocational education can promote social inclusion even in least-likely contexts like Scotland’s liberal skill system, what kinds of policy design and implementation changes are most crucial to make this promise real?

Paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
December 14, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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 ‘A Bulletin of Mechanical Engineering Education’ by K.L. Johnson (1951).

Vol 3. Issue 7.

#ThrowbackThursdays #JVET
December 11, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Each Tuesday, we will signpost you to new texts available in the JVET journal.

This week we share ‘Implementing inclusive (I)VET: challenges and opportunities in liberal skill formation systems’ by Steven Ballantyne (2025).

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#NewTextTuesdays #JVET
December 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
This week we ask what might vocational education look like if resilience and decolonisation were placed at its core?

Paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#SpotlightSundays #JVET
December 7, 2025 at 12:38 PM
This week we share ‘Suggestions on the teaching of brickwork’ by
R. Powell (1951).

www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Vol 3. Issue 7

#ThrowbackThursdays #JVET
December 4, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This week we share ‘The contribution of VET to resilience and the possibilities for decolonisation: exploring the Palestinian case’ by Randa Hilal & Simon McGrath (2025).

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#NewTextTuesdays #JVET
December 2, 2025 at 12:36 PM
This week we ask if vocational teachers’ knowledge is concrete, specific, and complex, how should professional development programmes evolve to truly support this breadth of expertise?

#SpotlightSundays #JVET
November 30, 2025 at 12:32 PM
This week we share ‘The Association of Heads of Secondary Technical Schools’ by J. Safkin (1951).

www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Vol 3. Issue 7.

#ThrowbackThursdays #JVET
November 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Each Tuesday, we will signpost you to new texts available in the JVET journal.

This week we share ‘More than meets the eye: characterising experienced vocational teachers’ knowledge’ by Marjanne Hagedoorna, Maaike Koopman, Wenja Heusdens & Elly de Bruij.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
November 25, 2025 at 12:29 PM
This week we ask what might Vocational Education look like if every teacher, regardless of their industry background, were supported to blend practical expertise with deep pedagogical training, creating hybrid approaches that fully meet the diverse needs of students?

#SpotlightSundays #JVET
November 23, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Each Thursday, we will be digging into the JVET archive.

This week we share ‘An experiment in the use of travelling scholarships in industry’ by A.L. Johnson (1951).

www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

#ThrowbackThursdays #JVET
November 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Each Tuesday, we will signpost you to new texts.

This week we share ‘ Motivations and pedagogical beliefs of VET teachers: examining the role of teacher training’ by María-Paola Sevilla & Cristóbal Madero (2025).

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#NewTextTuesdays #JVET
November 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
This week’s Sunday spotlight shines on the theme introduced during this week’s New Text Tuesday.

This week we ask if TVET were reimagined as a space for human development, social justice, and collective transformation rather than just workforce preparation, what might it look like in practice?
November 16, 2025 at 12:01 PM
This week we share ‘The Tutorial System in a large day continuation college’ by R.S. Miles (1951).

Vol 3. Issue 7.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

#ThrowbackThursdays #JVET
November 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Each Tuesday, we will signpost you to new texts available in the JVET journal.

This week we share ‘Reimagining TVET in South Africa: student agency, conscientisation, and a Freirean pedagogy of transformation’ by Ezekiel Majola (2025).
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#NewTextTuesdays #JVET
November 11, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Share your reflections, connect with fellow educators and researchers, and contribute to shaping the dialogue.

This week we ask can vocational education truly foster critical citizenship if critical thinking remains framed as an academic skill rather than a civic one?

#SpotlightSundays #JVET
November 9, 2025 at 3:32 PM
This week we share ‘Outward bound schools and vocational education’
J.M. Hogan (1951).

Vol 3. Issue 7.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

#ThrowbackThursdays #JVET
November 6, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Each Tuesday, we will signpost you to new texts available in the JVET journal.

This week we share The contribution of hospitality vocational education and training towards forming critical citizens’ by Carlos Oberli (2025).

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#NewTextTuesdays #JVET
November 4, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This week’s Sunday spotlight shines on the theme introduced during this week’s New Text Tuesday.

This week we ask how do we balance the need for measurable learning outcomes with the richness of holistic, subject-specific knowledge in vocational education?

#SpotlightSundays #JVET
November 2, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This week we share ‘Part-Time Day-Release Education in Scotland’ by
W. Wallace (1951).

Vol 3. Issue 7.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

#ThrowbackThursdays #JVET
October 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Each Tuesday, we will signpost you to new texts available in the JVET journal.

This week we share ‘The tail wags the dog: when learning outcomes means learning isn’t always the outcome’ by Rose Veitch (2025).

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#NewTextTuesdays #JVET
October 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Share your reflections, connect with fellow educators and researchers, and contribute to shaping the dialogue.

This week we ask who gets to define ‘good behaviour’ in classrooms, and why?

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

#SpotlightSundays #JVET
October 26, 2025 at 2:59 PM