Presentation of the project research findings at the European Conference of Educational Research ECER 2023, 22-25 August 2023, Glasgow, UK.
Title of the presentation: Young People at Risk in Vocational Education: The Social Ecology of Risk Factors for Vocational Students.
Inna Bentsalo made a presentation at the Emerging Researchers Conference.
Presentation of the project research findings at the European Conference of Educational Research ECER 2023, 22-25 August 2023, Glasgow, UK.
Title of the research workshop: Educational Learning Labs Interventions to Empower Young People at Risk for Social Exclusion in the Baltic Countries and Norway
Meril Ümarik, Vidmantas Tutlys, Vegard Voen, Biruta Sloka and Ilze Buligina conducted research workshop on the educational learning lab interventions to empower young people at risk for social exclusion conducted in the fourth work package of the project.
Presentation of the project research findings at the European Conference of Educational Research ECER 2023, 22-25 August 2023, Glasgow, UK.
Title of the presentation: Supporting and Hindering Factors in Vocational Education and Training – A Cross-National Analysis of Young People’s Perspectives
Marieke Bruin, Vidmantas Tutlys, Meril Ümarik, Biruta Sloka and Ilze Buligina presented findings of the qualitative study executed in the second work package of the project.
Presentation of the project research findings at the European Conference of Educational Research ECER 2023, 22-25 August 2023, Glasgow, UK.
Title of the presentation: VET Teachers’ and Schools’ Capacities to Tackle the Challenges of Integration of At-risk Youth: An International Comparison
Tarja Tikkanen and Meril Ümarik presented the findings of the quantitative study on the role and capacities of the VET teachers in empowering vulnerable students in the Baltic countries and Norway, executed in the second work package.
Presentation of the project research findings at the 5th International VET conference “Crossing Boundaries”, 25 – 26 May 2023, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Title of the presentation: Vocational Students at Risk of Social Exclusion in Estonia: Social Ecology Approach
Krista Loogma, Meril Ümarik, Inna Bentsalo and Terje Väljataga presented the findings of the qualitative study of the second work package executed in Estonia.
Presentation of the project research findings at the 5th International VET conference “Crossing Boundaries”, 25 – 26 May 2023, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania.
Title of the presentation: Vocational Aspects of Empowering At-risk VET Students in the Baltic Countries and Norway for Employment and Lifelong Learning
Vidmantas Tūtlys, Liona Kaminskienė, Meril Ümarik, Biruta Sloka and Ilze Buligina presented the findings of the qualitative study in the second work package on the comparison of the factors which supporting and hindering empowerment of vulnerable VET students in the Baltic countries and Norway.
Research article
Tūtlys, V., Buligina, I., Dzelme, J., Gedvilienė, G., Loogma, K., Sloka, B., Tikkanen, T.I., Tora, G., Vaitkutė, L., Valjataga, T. and Ümarik, M. (2022), “VET ecosystems and labour market integration of at-risk youth in the Baltic countries: implications of Baltic neoliberalism”, Education + Training, Vol. 64 No. 2, pp. 190-213.
NERA Conference
Bruin, Moen, Ohna & Tikkanen (2022). “That is when I felt acknowledged” – Young people’s narratives on their opportunities, prospects, and limitations in the context of Vocational Education and Training in upper secondary education. Nordic Education Research Association NERA Conference, Reykjavik Iceland, June 1st–3rd 2022.
Research topic and purpose: This study explores the narratives of young people at risk for social exclusion about their experiences concerning Vocational Education and Training (VET) in upper-secondary education in Norway.
Resiliency strategies of at-risk VET students in Norway and the Baltic States
Presenting Author: Tūtlys, Vidmantas; Tikkanen, Tarja; Bruin, Marieke; Sloka, Biruta; Loogma, Krista; Umarik, Meril
