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Photo of Thomas finishing competing internationally in the Plumbing and Heating competition

Team UK competitors announced for EuroSkills Gdańsk 2023

We’ve selected the UK’s best young apprentices and professionals to take on the crème de la crème of their European peers at EuroSkills Gdańsk 2023.

Budget latest – high-quality skills are vital to delivering on ambitions

In today’s Budget, the Chancellor’s ambition for the UK to become a “science and tech superpower”, as well as his plans for growth and securing

Registrations open for WorldSkills UK’s National Competitions

Students and apprentices have until 24 March to apply to compete in over 50 different skill disciplines where they will battle it out against the

WorldSkills UK EDI Heroes Awards 2023 winners announced!

Find out who won in each category of the 2023 WorldSkills UK EDI Heroes Awards

Squad UK announced!

94 young people across 27 different skills will begin an 18-month intensive training programme to try and prove they have what it takes to compete

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Dr Neil Bentley-Gockmann OBE stepping down as CEO of WorldSkills UK

Dr Neil Bentley-Gockmann OBE is stepping down as CEO of WorldSkills UK in May, after more than seven successful years leading the organisation.

Welcome back victorious Team UK!

Medal winning performances by Team UK, including gold medals in Aircraft Maintenance, Cabinet Making and bronze medals in Industry 4.0, Jewellery and Car Painting, saw

UK places tenth in the world at the WorldSkills 2022 Special Edition Competition

Medal winning performances by Team UK, including gold medals in Aircraft Maintenance, Cabinet Making and bronze medals in Industry 4.0, Jewellery and Car Painting, saw

Congratulations to 2022’s finalists and medallists

More than 500 young students and apprentices took part in finals in over 60 disciplines held at seven venues across the UK earlier this month.

The Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Heroes Awards 2023 are open for nominations!

We need your nominations to show those making a difference just how important their work is, and to give them the recognition they deserve!

Team UK’s Ewan Payne flying high after gold medal win in WorldSkills 2022 Aircraft Maintenance competition

RAF aircraft engineer, Ewan Payne, from Oxfordshire is on cloud nine after being crowned the world’s best at the WorldSkills 2022 Special Edition competition Aircraft

Photo of Owen competing internationally in the cabinet making competition

Our response to Lord Blunkett urging Labour to prepare a skills ‘revolution’

Commenting on the Council of Skills Advisers’ report to the Labour Party on learning and skills, WorldSkills UK said that investing in skills and empowering

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