Young people with vocational education and training (VET) qualifications, which include a significant amount of work-based learning, have higher employment rates compared to those who come from general education or from fully or mainly school-based VET, Cedefop Director James Calleja told the European Commission’s monitoring conference in Brussels (11-12 February).

A reminder for your diaries of the next ROC Seminar: Professor Barbara M. Kehm, of the Robert Owen Centre for Educational Change, will present her seminar "A Critical Analysis of Global Rankings in Higher Education" on the 27th of February in room 432, St. Andrew's Building, University of Glasgow, at 12.00- 13.30.