Ass. Prof., RNDr., PhD; Slovakia, Comenius University, Faculty of Education; Racianska 59, 813 34 Bratislava

Head of Slovak National Observatory of VET (the Cedefop-Refernet National Point); (421-2) 50 22 23 00 at CU, (421-2) 54 77 67 74 at SNO; vantuch@fedu.uniba.sk

Graduated from Comenius University, Bratislava, receiving Teacher of Mathematics Diploma (1974), and title RNDr (1978) in Probability and Statistics, followed by CSc (PhD) in Education from Charles University, Prague. After lecturing Mathematics at Comenius University left to the Institute of Experimental Pedagogy, Slovak Academy of Sciences (1979) after winning a tender for researcher position. After the political change in 1989, accepted the position of the Advisor to the Minister at the Ministry of Education. Since 1992, returned to Comenius University, working as an education policy analyst offering lectures in Education Policy, Vocational Education and Labour Market, Comparative Education, Research Methodology and Statistics. Simultaneously, since 1998 leads the Slovak National Observatory of VET cooperating with ETF and CEDEFOP, producing VET and LM related analyses and reports; currently predominantly within CEDEFOP-Refernet programme ( see http://siov.sk/refernet/en/publikacie.htm).
Serves as a member of CEDEFOP Governing Board, ETF Governing Board, Slovak Higher Education Council and Comenius University Senate.