The international survey on continuing vocational training (CVT) in European enterprises (CVTS II) was analysed methodogically and provides a new database for a comparison of CVT structures in Europe.

This study investigates the relationship between professional knowledge and academic knowledge by combining Etienne Wenger’s concept of communities-of-practice with Ronald Barnett’s work on academic values.

Using selected Fachhochschule degree programmes (Hagenberg, Kapfenberg and Dornbirn) as case studies research was carried out into what factors influenced their establishement and what economic, social and cultural effects these degree programmes have in their region.

Based on the European Continuing Vocational Training Survey II, including Austria for the first time in 2000, an overview is given over financing structures of continuing vocational training in Austria in comparison to other European countries.

A major quality characteristic of the Austrian VET system is the orientation on current economical and technological developments and on labour market needs. An ongoing anticipation of qualifications and labour market developments is therefore a necessary measurement.

In this book it is described to which extent the Fachhochschule study programmes are prepared to achieve the aim of the development of a European space for higher education, which developments in this process have already been achieved, and what kind of measures are still necessary for further realisations.

This publication investigates corporate  strategies for human resource development and trends in qualifications and competence development.

The study is based on a comparison of the working environment of three multinational companies (AXA, GLAXO and XEROX) in Austria, the Netherlands and Britain in order to draw conclusions on the effects national circumstances may have on competence development within these enterprises.

The VQTS project, co-ordinated by 3s, has developed an ECVET approach (European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training) that uses a system which gives a structured description of work-related competences and their acquisition (including Credit Points).

The aim of the YOUTRAIN project was to analyse how different models of post-compulsory education in Europe are dealing with the new training needs of the youth after secondary compulsory education.

In the QUAL-PRAXIS project, innovative methods of student assessment were discussed and examined.