Careers advice

Five reasons to do an apprenticeship

In National Apprenticeship Week, Kimmy Kimani, Apprentice of the Year at the BAME Apprenticeship Awards, gives her top reasons for doing an apprenticeship

Celebrating National Apprenticeship Week

Our Head of National Competitions and Careers Dee explains why showcasing apprenticeships as a prestigious career pathway is more important than ever.

Progress on our Covid-19 five-point plan

Read the latest update on our progress on our five-point plan in response to Covid-19.

Engaging young people digitally

Thomas Shirt explains how we’re building on the success of our first online careers event to host our next Spotlight Talks in March

COVID-19 five point plan update

We launched our response to COVID-19 in April, setting out how we would adapt to continue our drive to mainstream excellence in UK skills systems.

WorldSkills UK LIVE Online

WorldSkills UK LIVE launches online, our exciting new digital offering focussed on inspiring, developing and mainstreaming excellence in skills for young people across the UK.

Technical and vocational careers pathways post-GCSE

Head of National Competitions and Careers Dee Aylett-Smith explains how our careers resources and training programmes can help to inspire and develop young people.

Taking the next steps after your BTEC results

Just received your BTEC results? Our National Competitions team explain what options you can take next to help improve your employability skills.

Update on WorldSkills UK COVID-19 action plan

In April, we launched our five-point action plan in response to COVID-19, setting out how we would continue to support young people.

Teaching Tom new skills

Our Volunteer and Alumni Manager Thomas Shirt explains how new 'Teach Tom' online tutorials are helping to inspire young people to learn about different careers.

Careers Advice in the time of Corona

Vicky Parting, Education and Development Manager, explains how our popular Careers Advice Toolkit is helping young people with employability skills and information during the pandemic.

New digital resources launched to boost young people’s skill set and mindset

We’re proud to launch our new digital resources to enable more young people and educators, benefit from our insights from our international medal-winning training.