Trends in Vocational Education and Training Research, Vol. V. Proceedings of the European Conference on Educational Research (ECER), Vocational Education and Training Network (VETNET)

This year's conference theme Education in a Changing World: The impact of global realities on the prospects and experiences of educational research encapsulates our experiences of the past two years - the first two years of the Covid19 pandemic. Physical movement and communication were restricted, with periods of isolation due to lockdowns, having the virus or having been a contact. Globally, health, governments, economies, employment, transport and manufacturing were jolted out...
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This year's conference theme Education in a Changing World: The impact of global realities on the prospects and experiences of educational research encapsulates our experiences of the past two years - the first two years of the Covid19 pandemic. Physical movement and communication were restricted, with periods of isolation due to lockdowns, having the virus or having been a contact. Globally, health, governments, economies, employment, transport and manufacturing were jolted out of complacency.
As is so frequently noted, our worlds as we knew them changed suddenly and in education a rapid change to a much increased usage of online learning. We are now slowly emerging to a hybrid blend of online and face-to-face activities. Conferences are slowly reviving, and as ECER this year, also employing a hybrid mode of presentation, with the in-person conference in Yerevan, Armenia, and the online conference ECER plus.
The Vocational Education and Training Network has moved beyond the everyday exigencies of the pandemic to present a robust programme on current and future issues and challenges to Vocational Education and Training (VET). A pleasing programme of qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research is presented. The impact of the past two years is evident in the research methods employed, for example, document analysis and interviews conducted virtually.

We wish all a great time reading the papers and hope that they contribute to exchange, vivid discussions and mutual learning.