VETAssIst at the 10th Austrian Vocational Education Research Conference (BBFK) in Innsbruck

On July 3, 2026, VETAssIst was presented at the 10th Austrian Vocational Education Research Conference (BBFK) in Innsbruck by Dr. Vivian Harberts, as part of a thematic forum hosted by our German partner institution, the Institute Technology and Education (ITB) at the University of Bremen: “VET staff and artificial intelligence (AI): accepting or shaping a … Read more

VETAssIst Partners Showcase VETAssIst Research and Course Pilot at HuCER 2026

VETAssIst project team members representing the partner institutions University of Novi Sad, Serbia, and Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary, participated in the conference “HuCER 2026 – Educational Innovation and Tradition in the Digital Age” held in Hungary at Obuda University. During the event, UNS delivered a presentation titled AI use in Serbian vocational education: a comparison of Hungarian minority and Serbian majority teachers), highlighting … Read more

VETAssIst Best Paper Award Winner Now Published in Springer Proceedings

We are pleased to announce that the VETAssIst project paper “Artificial Intelligence as Teacher Assistant – Empowering VET Teachers with AI” by Helena Manojlovic and Eszter Bükki has now been officially published in the Springer conference proceedings of ICL 2025 – Innovation via Collaborative Learning in Engineering Education. The paper presents the aims and research … Read more

Dual Paths, Shared Competences

On May 15, 2026, the Hungarian partners presented the VETAssIst project to an audience of VET teachers and leaders at the “Dual Paths, Shared Competences” conference, organised by the Department of Technical Pedagogy at BME. Project coordinator Eszter Bükki and VET teacher pilot participant Péter Horváth presented the project objectives and activities, including the development … Read more

Erasmus+ mobility

Assoc. Prof. Ivana Pondelíková participated in a teaching mobility within the Erasmus+ programme at the University of Madeira in Funchal (Portugal), which took place from 3 to 10 May 2026. During the mobility, she was invited to deliver a lecture entitled From Barriers to Bridges through AI Driven Design Thinking, which was carried out as … Read more

International Mobility in Malta: Advancing AI in Education

From April 12–19, 2026, our Slovak partners, Ivana Pondelíková, together with colleagues Katarína Welnitzová and Jana Luprichová, participated in an international Erasmus+ staff mobility in Malta. During the mobility, they also presented our Erasmus+ project VETAssIst – Artificial Intelligence as VET Teacher Assistant (2024-1-HU01-KA220-VET-000253387), thus disseminating our project results. The main focus of the mobility was the course “AI-Powered Content Creation for Educators,” … Read more

New Research on AI in Vocational Education in Slovakia

A recent study conducted within the Erasmus+ VETAssIst project (2024–2027) explores how artificial intelligence is currently being integrated into vocational education and training (VET) in Slovakia. Based on 38 semi-structured interviews with Slovak VET teachers and a nationwide survey of 208 respondents, the research highlights a generally positive yet cautious attitude toward AI. Teachers recognize the potential of AI to support lesson … Read more