Oscar Valiente is Professor of Education and International Development, University of Glasgow, UK.Srabani Maitra was a Professor in Sociology of Education, University of Glasgow, UK, before she passed away in 2023.Philipp Gonon is Professor of Educational Science, University of Zurich, Switzerland.Matthias Pilz is Professor of Business Education and International VET Research, University of Cologne, Germany, and Director of the German Research Center for Comparative Vocational Education and Training (GREAT).

• Editor Introduction: International transfer, national recontextualization and local enactment1. The dual apprenticeship transfer literature: defining ‘dual’, understanding transfer, and exploring the role of context 2. International policy transfer and absorptive capacities: the transfer of German vocational education and training to Mexico, India and China3. Dual VET the Spanish way: dual without apprenticeships? 4. Can the VET system be a blueprint for "tertiary vocational education"? - Motives behind and realisation of „dual universities” in Germany and "cooperative education" in Canada5. Apprenticeships as part of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training System: A heuristic for international comparisons and some findings from sub-Saharan Africa6. The role of vocational schools in the transfer and transformation of dual apprenticeship in China: the hidden driving forces?7. Reasons to join the dual apprenticeship programme in Mexico: The case of apprentices in Coahuila and the state of Mexico8. The dual system of training and its local enactments: A view from ITIs in IndiaEditor Conclusion: Rethinking the existing transfer of dual training practices critically and with a new future perspective

Oscar Valiente is Professor of Education and International Development, University of Glasgow, UK.Srabani Maitra was a Professor in Sociology of Education, University of Glasgow, UK, before she passed away in 2023.Philipp Gonon is Professor of Educational Science, University of Zurich, Switzerland.Matthias Pilz is Professor of Business Education and International VET Research, University of Cologne, Germany, and Director of the German Research Center for Comparative Vocational Education and Training (GREAT).

• Editor Introduction: International transfer, national recontextualization and local enactment1. The dual apprenticeship transfer literature: defining ‘dual’, understanding transfer, and exploring the role of context 2. International policy transfer and absorptive capacities: the transfer of German vocational education and training to Mexico, India and China3. Dual VET the Spanish way: dual without apprenticeships? 4. Can the VET system be a blueprint for "tertiary vocational education"? - Motives behind and realisation of „dual universities” in Germany and "cooperative education" in Canada5. Apprenticeships as part of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training System: A heuristic for international comparisons and some findings from sub-Saharan Africa6. The role of vocational schools in the transfer and transformation of dual apprenticeship in China: the hidden driving forces?7. Reasons to join the dual apprenticeship programme in Mexico: The case of apprentices in Coahuila and the state of Mexico8. The dual system of training and its local enactments: A view from ITIs in IndiaEditor Conclusion: Rethinking the existing transfer of dual training practices critically and with a new future perspective

Oscar Valiente is Professor of Education and International Development, University of Glasgow, UK.Srabani Maitra was a Professor in Sociology of Education, University of Glasgow, UK, before she passed away in 2023.Philipp Gonon is Professor of Educational Science, University of Zurich, Switzerland.Matthias Pilz is Professor of Business Education and International VET Research, University of Cologne, Germany, and Director of the German Research Center for Comparative Vocational Education and Training (GREAT).

• Editor Introduction: International transfer, national recontextualization and local enactment1. The dual apprenticeship transfer literature: defining ‘dual’, understanding transfer, and exploring the role of context 2. International policy transfer and absorptive capacities: the transfer of German vocational education and training to Mexico, India and China3. Dual VET the Spanish way: dual without apprenticeships? 4. Can the VET system be a blueprint for "tertiary vocational education"? - Motives behind and realisation of „dual universities” in Germany and "cooperative education" in Canada5. Apprenticeships as part of the Technical and Vocational Education and Training System: A heuristic for international comparisons and some findings from sub-Saharan Africa6. The role of vocational schools in the transfer and transformation of dual apprenticeship in China: the hidden driving forces?7. Reasons to join the dual apprenticeship programme in Mexico: The case of apprentices in Coahuila and the state of Mexico8. The dual system of training and its local enactments: A view from ITIs in IndiaEditor Conclusion: Rethinking the existing transfer of dual training practices critically and with a new future perspective