VET-Bib Bibliographic Database
The VET-Bib Bibliographic Database is the largest collection of vocational education and training (VET) literature in Europe.
It is a multilingual bibliographical database containing more than 70,000 references on the topics related to Cedefop's priorities, including:
- VET policy
- training systems
- qualifications and competences
- lifelong guidance
- skill needs
- lifelong learning
- informal and non-formal learning
- training research
- VET teachers and trainers
- learning outcomes
- EQF
- ECVET
- adult learning.
VET-Bib is also the catalogue of the Cedefop library collection.
ReferNet UK contributes documents, reports, websites and other resources to this database each month.
Go to the VET-Bib Bibliographic Database.
INCA - International Review of Curriculum and Assessment Frameworks Internet Archive
INCA provides descriptions of government policy on education in Australia, Canada, England, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the USA and Wales.
It focuses on curriculum, assessment and initial teacher training frameworks for pre-school, primary, lower secondary and upper secondary education in schools (3-19 age range).
For more information go to the INCA website.
Eurostat
Eurostat is the statistical office of the European Union situated in Luxembourg. Its task is to provide the European Union with statistics at European level that enable comparisons between countries and regions.
For more information visit the Eurostat website.
OECD - Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development
The OECD provides a forum in which governments can work together to share experiences and seek solutions to common problems. It works with governments to understand what drives economic, social and environmental change. It also measures productivity and global flows of trade and investment, and analyses and compares data to predict future trends. The OCED sets international standards on all sorts of things, from the safety of chemicals and nuclear power plants to the quality of cucumbers.
For more information go to the OECD website.