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In February 1996 the Leonardo Surveys and Analysis project ‘New Forms of Education of Professionals for Vocational Education and Training’ (EUROPROF) was launched at a workshop in Bremen, Germany. The project, which initially involved some thirteen partners from different European Member States, aimed to identify new occupational profiles and develop new Masters Degree programmes for teachers, trainers and planners in vocational education and training. Whilst the initial phase of Leonardo da Vinci funding has now ceased, the project partnership has reformed itself as the EUROPROF network with over 30 members in every European Member State, the countries of Eastern Europe, the USA and Australia. The partners are now editing their second English language book, the Finnish language book is in a reprint and a Greek language book is awaiting publication. Over eighty reports, papers and other documents have been produced. The network is awaiting evaluation of four new funding proposals, and 1998 is the third year running that EUROPROF has organised a symposium at the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER). Despite this the project can only be said to have been partly successful in its original aims. The new Masters programmes were seen as a central plank in professionalising Vocational Education and Training and thus in moving VET towards recognition as a discipline in itself, rather than its present ‘half life’ between and drawing on different academic traditions and disciplines. Despite considerable progress over the last two and a half years this development is some way off, if indeed the original proponents would still choose to formulate their objectives in such a way.
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Attwell, G., Brown, A. (1999). Cross Cutting Themes in the Education of VET Professionals in Europe. In: van Wieringen, F., Attwell, G. (eds) Vocational and Adult Education in Europe. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-9269-7_9
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