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Progress on our Covid-19 five-point plan

29 January 2021

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

Celebrating our Diversity and Inclusion Heroes!

28 January 2021

Today we celebrated those making a positive difference in the skills system as we revealed the winners of our Diversity and Inclusion Heroes Awards.

Spotlight Talks

Engaging young people digitally

25 January 2021

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

Join us in celebrating our Award nominees!

22 January 2021

Our Diversity and Inclusion Project Manager Kate Tymms explains why celebrating diversity and inclusion is so important to WorldSkills UK.

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Response to the Skills for Jobs White Paper for England

21 January 2021

Read our response to the Skills for Jobs White Paper

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Mainstreaming Excellence Through Networks

19 January 2021

Our Deputy Chief Executive Ben Blackledge explains how our new Innovation Network will help us to mainstream excellence in skills development across the UK.

Congratulations to all our Award nominees!

11 January 2021

The nominees for this year’s Diversity and Inclusion Heroes Awards, hosted in partnership with Coca-Cola European Partners have been revealed.

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WorldSkills UK provides strong economic return on its activities

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

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Congratulations to those recognised in the Queen’s New Year honours

30 December 2020

Our former Chair Carole Stott and Sue Husband, the former Official Delegate for WorldSkills have been awarded OBEs in the Queen’s New Year honours list.

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Sharing good practice with China

30 December 2020

Our International Competitions Manager Zoe Cookson explains how we hosted a virtual event with China to share good practice.

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2020: a year of excellence at work

23 December 2020

In 2020 we continued our drive to mainstream excellence in skills systems across the UK.

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WorldSkills UK celebrates Scottish stars

4 December 2020

Yesterday we held a virtual celebration, in partnership with City of Glasgow College, to recognise all those involved in our work in Scotland.

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