Insights and research

WorldSkills UK provides strong economic return on its activities

Frontier Economics has confirmed we are delivering significant economic return across our work.

Independent research highlights benefits to Scotland of participating in WorldSkills

It highlights the merits for Scotland in becoming more involved in the WorldSkills movement.

Skills leaders come together for international summit

Skills sector leaders from around the world came together for the inaugural WorldSkills UK LIVE online International Skills Summit.

Using Skills Excellence to build back better

We've launched our collection of skill essays which look at what excellence in skills means for our partners in education, governments and industry.

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.

New survey calls for Government investment in high-quality skills for young people

Almost three-quarters of people want Prime Minister Boris Johnson to invest in high-quality skills, apprenticeships and vocational education for young people.

We believe in a skills led recovery – do you?

Our Head of Corporate Partnerships Gavin Miller explains how partnerships make it possible for us to inspire, develop and mainstream excellence in technical education.

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.

The first colleges to be a part of our Centre of Excellence are revealed!

The 20 colleges to be a part of the project were announced.

How do we address skills needs for the technology industry?

We brought together key industry people for a virtual workshop on how we can address the skills needed for the rapidly evolving technology sector.

We’ve helped to inspire and develop more young people than ever before

Our Annual Review for 2019-2020 shows that we helped to inspire and develop excellence in 205,000 young people, more than ever before.

The resilience of our competitors during the pandemic

On World Youth Skills Day, our Impact and Evaluation Manager John Lee explains what our recent survey shows about how young people are coping.