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Higher Vocational Education
HVE is advanced vocational education and
training, designed to meet the labour market’s
demand for post-secondary qualified
competence.
• EQF 4-7 (5-6 most common)
• Over 1 100 programmes
• Students 48 % male, 52 % femal
• Average learner’s age 29,5 years
• 236 education providers

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What is Higher Vocational Education – Yh?
(Up to 2009 Advanced Vocational Education – KY)
• A form of education established in 2001
Programmes at post-secondary level
• Meets the labour market’s demand for qualified
vocational skills
• Workplace training known as LIA – Learning in a
work environment, forms an integral part of most
programmes offered
• Two types of qualifications:
o Up to two years
o Two years and more

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HVE education programs by content
0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000 12,000 14,000 16,000 18,000
Övrigt
Juridik
Miljövård och miljöskydd
Journalistik och information
Säkerhetstjänster
Pedagogik och undervisning
Friskvård och kroppsvård
Lantbruk, djurvård, trädgård, mm
Kultur, media och design
Transporttjänster
Hotell, restaurang och turism
Samhällsbyggnad och byggteknik
Data/IT
Hälso- och sjukvård, socialt arbete
Teknik och tillverkning
Ekonomi, administration, försäljning
Numbe of students 1 jan 2010

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What are the prospects of the graduates?
The latest annual follow-up covers 2009 AVET graduates
• Less than one out of ten are unemployed after graduating
• More than seven out of ten are employed within a month
after graduating
• More than eight out of ten are employed within six months
of graduation – wholly or partly within the same vocational
field as the original educational aim of the programme

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Who may provide higher vocational education?
Higher vocational
education may be
provided by:
• public universities and
university colleges
• local authorities
• private companies

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Why HVE?
• HVE is intended to serve the needs of employers where competence
and labor are in demand.
• Companies and the business sector are partners in the design and
construction of the courses right from the very start.
• Content is jointly determined.
• Course instructors and mentors have accumulated knowledge and
expertise gained from many years of working in their respective
areas. No formal demands on pedagogical education.
• HVE provide opportunities for learners to gain firsthand experience
and contacts in working life and get an insight into their chosen
professions early in their training.
• Working life becomes familiar with the competence and skills of their
future co-workers

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How does a HVE-programme come into existance?
• The education provider submits an application for
their programme to be included as higher vocational
education (with or without public funding)
• The agency assesses the application on the basis of
a number of quality criteria
• The criteria of most importance are that the
competence generated needs to be in demand in the
labour market, along with the enabling of employers
to influence the educational content/ having the
support of the employers

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The role of the employers prior to programme start-
up
• Define needs and provide demands
• Take part in designing programme outline
• Influence educational content

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The role of the employers during a programme
• Supply places for work place training
• Participate as teachers, lecturers, etc
• Supply essential equipment (not mandatory)
• Participate in governing and in decision making
process in the Governing Board

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The Agency’s mission
• Decide which programmes are to be provided as higher
vocational education (HVE)
• Allocate public funding to education providers
• Conduct a quality assurance program, aiming to preserve
and maintain high educational standards
• Analyse the demand for qualified workforce in relation to the
current development in the labour market
Headoffice in Västerås, second office in Hässleholm
85 – 90 employees
Budget: 185 million Euros (education), 11 m E (Agency)