Welcome to the Communities of Practice

The global community for thought leadership brings together sector leaders, employers and government to network, contribute to research, learn from international insights and champion the demand for UK skills excellence.

Our research reports analyse global trends and provide a unique benchmark with leading nations in skills development, delivery and design.

Our conferences, roundtables, and flagship annual International Skills Summit make use of our global network to debate and discuss skills policy, provide innovative solutions to shared challenges, and identify opportunities to embed excellence across the skills sector.

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The Digital Community of Practice brings together educators, employers and key stakeholders to share and exchange ideas, providing ‘Think Tank’’ opportunities, to enable experimentation with innovative approaches to support excellence in further and higher technical education and training.

Community members benefits from:

• Keynote speakers sharing vision and strategy, insights and effective practice
• Resource shares to support educators and learners
• Opportunities to network with peers and update on the latest initiatives and research
• Coaching and mentoring- individual and/or group
• Opportunities to attend International Educator Exchange Visits to support mainstreaming of international best practice

The Advanced Manufacturing Community of Practice brings together educators, employers and key stakeholders to share and exchange ideas, providing ‘Think Tank’’ opportunities, to enable experimentation with innovative approaches to support excellence in further and higher technical education and training.

Community members benefits from:

• Keynote speakers sharing vision and strategy, insights and effective practice
• Resource shares to support educators and learners
• Opportunities to network with peers and update on the latest initiatives and research
• Coaching and mentoring- individual and/or group
• Opportunities to attend International Educator Exchange Visits to support mainstreaming of international best practice

We provide members of the Centre of Excellence members with the opportunity to make an application for teachers and trainers to participate in international exchange visits, to gather insights from our multinational partners, that are part of the WorldSkills Global Network.

The visits enable educators to engage in action learning and active experimentation with new and innovative approaches to teaching, learning and assessment to raise standards, drive quality improvement, and develop further and higher technical teaching and training excellence.

Educators who are attend the International Exchange Visits share their learning widely through the Centre of Excellence.