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Sultan Host International Competitors Ahead of WorldSkills Challenge

A group of elite air engineering apprentices visited HMS Sultan recently to help prepare them as they bid to be crowned champions.

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WorldSkills UK: Reporting for duty in the skills army

Education Secretary called for a skills revolution - WorldSkills UK ideally placed to make a significant contribution.

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The Skills Show from WorldSkills UK – It Can Change Your Life

It’s thrilling, it’s skilling – and has shown hundreds of thousands of young people how to ‘Go Further, Faster’ – The Skills Show is back.

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Team UK: Something we can all unite behind!

34 apprentices in Abu Dhabi to compete in the ‘Skills Olympics’ this October are all being put through their paces in preparation for the challenge.

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Adding value to apprenticeships with skills competitions activity

Find out how new apprenticeships can work with skills competitions to benefit employers and apprentices.

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Brexit and a global future for our young people

WorldSkills UK supports British Council's report’s recommendation for young Britons being supported to develop ‘global awareness’.

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Team UK: social mobility in action!

The recently published Social Mobility Barometer unquestionably makes for challenging reading for all of us interested in seeing our young people succeed.

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Young people changed the election result; they’re changing lives too

British Council’s survey of young people's perceptions of the UK post-Brexit showed that Brexit has not drastically altered the way we are seen.

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Skills and apprenticeships Minister congratulates Team UK

Skills and Apprenticeships Minister Robert Halfon said: “It is an absolute delight to have a great WorldSkills Team UK heading out to Abu Dhabi."

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Team UK goes for global glory

The nation’s elite young skilled women and men have been selected to go for gold against the rest of the World.

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Our Abu Dhabi countdown begins!

We have announced Team UK, and the preparations for WorldSkills Abu Dhabi 2017 begin in earnest.

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New Apprenticeship Standard for Floristry

The Department of Education has announced that it has given approval to the Floristry Trailblazer Group to develop an all-new apprenticeship standard for floristry.

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