Upcoming Events

We are hosting an online Network for Innovation meeting with the theme: Further and Higher Technical Teacher Recruitment, Retention and Development. The session will feature perspectives from a range of speakers reflecting on their experience in relation to this challenge. What’s working here in the UK, what we can learn from international partners, what’s being trialled with the opportunity to explore some early findings, and there will also be the opportunity to explore the support available through the WorldSkills UK Centre of Excellence, Department for Education, and wider key stakeholders to support providers, experienced teachers, and colleagues transitioning into new careers in further and higher technical teaching and training.

Date: 17 May 2024

Time: 10:00 – 11:30

Venue: Online

We are hosting a best practice online event where further and higher education colleagues who participated in the WorldSkills UK International Skill Exchange with WorldSkills Netherlands will disseminate their learnings and discuss their key takeaways. They will focus on how they plan to action what they have learned within their own educational settings. There will also be an opportunity to hear how you can apply to join future International Exchange Visits, to include joining for the International Skills Competition in Lyon, France , 10-13 September 2024 for the ‘Skills Olympics”, or joining us on our visit to Finland in February 2025 to enable further knowledge exchange and transfer, as we mainstream international best practice to raise standards and champion future skills in the UK.

Date: 22 May 2024

Time: 10:00 – 11:30

Venue: Online

This meeting will be hosted by the Centre of Excellence’s High Performance Coach Rebena Sanghera. These are Think-tank meetings to bring together Engineering and Advanced Manufacturing education in FE and work collaboratively with Industry, educators, awarding bodies, international experts, and training partners to create a space where best practice can be shared and horizon scanning can take place to future proof the technical skills teaching space.

Date: 26 June 2024

Time: 16:15-17:45

Venue: Online