As part of the VETgoesRural project, partners engaged in a “Bottom-up Stakeholders Feedback” consultation on the barriers to progression into Vocational and Further Education/Training (VET and FET), for students from rural and remote isolated areas. Partners were asked to use face-to-face and online surveys, interviews, and focus groups as per agreed template in the “Bottom-up Stakeholders Feedback” manual. This report captures the feedback from VET/FET learners and educational practitioners (teachers/managers and community organisations) in the VETgoesRural project to project partners; particularly those from rural areas that are particularly remote and isolated.
The recruitment process for learners and educational practitioner stakeholders was conducted via exploratory email and telephone calls requesting participation in the project from a range of strategic stakeholders in Vocational Education and Training (VET) or, as referred to in Ireland, Further Education and Training (FET). The stakeholders are all rurally engaged and provide education directly or indirectly to learners from isolated and remote rural communities. In general, participants in the stakeholder consultation were actively or recently engaged with VET as a learner, provider, or community leader.
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