WorldSkills UK

EuroSkills Herning 2025

From 9-13 September 2025, our WorldSkills UK Team members competed at EuroSkills 2025 in Herning, Denmark, successfully medalling in a number of skills. Read the full list of Medallists here.

The young competitors, trained by WorldSkills UK with Pearson’s support, took on 600 competitors in 17 different skills, with Team UK showcasing excellence across a range of skills from plumbing and hairdressing to Industry 4.0.

Leaders praised their talent and resilience, highlighting EuroSkills as vital preparation for competing on the global stage at the 2026 ‘skills olympics’ in Shanghai.

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What we do

Raising standards

Through international benchmarking and professional development.

Championing future skills

Through analysis of rapidly changing economic demand.

Empowering young people

From all backgrounds, through competitions-based training and careers advocacy.

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These communities have the purpose of bringing together technical education in FE to work collaboratively with industry, awarding bodies, international experts and training partners.

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The WorldSkills UK Learning Lab is powered by international best practice. This virtual learning centre provides on-demand teaching and assessment resources, and on-demand teacher training tools to embed world-class skills in technical education and apprenticeships.

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WorldSkills is the global hub for skills excellence and development and we use the knowledge gained from our participation and engagement to drive the greatest skills education from across the world into UK practice.

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Celebrating those who are championing diversity and inclusion within their organisations and the technical education sector.

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Spotlight is a video series shining the light on technical routes, apprenticeships, and careers. On the Learning Lab and on our on-demand platform, you will find videos between 30 and 45 minutes.

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Our Competition Development Programme helps students and apprentices benchmark and develop their skills by completing online assessments based on our national competitions.

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