The Network for Innovation is a high-value third space that connects education leaders, teaching practitioners, industry, key stakeholders, and international partners. Sharing international and national best practice from education and industry to leading research, to facilitate collaboration and exchange, to foster innovation and development in teaching excellence.
The Network for Innovation offers a diverse range of high-quality workforce development for Centre of Excellence members with a central focus on convening industry, education, and global networks, to inform and meet current and future education and workforce development needs. To benefit from the WorldSkills UK Centre of Excellence programme, institutions must enrol to gain free membership.
Click on the images below to explore the Network of Innovation continuing professional development offers available to you:
Members can attend a programme of online forums exploring topical issues affecting further and higher technical education providers and have the opportunity to discuss leading research by WorldSkills UK and partners with sector colleagues and technical experts, international partners and key stakeholders, sharing valuable insights, personal experiences and effective practices, to gain insight and inspiration.
In collaboration with education providers, we offer one-day immersive learning visits across the UK. These visits provide an opportunity to explore effective teaching practices and strategies implemented in various institutions.
Hosting organisations will share their approaches and insights to raising standards and improving the quality of education by embedding WorldSkills UK practices into teaching, learning and assessment to motivate their workforce and inspire learning and achievement by making world-class skills development accessible to all and supporting the success of every learner.
In collaboration with education and industry partners professional exchanges provide opportunities for members to work closely with technical experts, industry, employer partners and key stakeholders, to explore the constantly evolving UK further and higher technical education landscape, resulting from technological advancements that are shaping working practices, learning and life. The importance of people and place are considered, and how LMI, and effective partnership working, can inform curriculum planning, design and delivery to raise standards, champion future skills and meet the needs of our world-class skills economy.
We are supporting Centre of Excellence members with investment to enable active experimentation with new and innovative approaches to teaching, learning and assessment to include international insights, national and international benchmarking and standardisation, to raise standards, drive quality improvement, and develop further and higher technical teaching and training excellence.
Find out more about the current Skill Innovation Projects and event in November 2024 to learn more.
The video above shares highlights from the WorldSkills UK Technical Leadership Learning Visit hosted at Hull College. A fantastic CPD day, with rich takeaways, for technical leaders throughout the UK’s Four Nations.
The visits are one-day immersive experiences, where colleagues can gather insights, share experiences and resources, and discuss challenges and opportunities to support raising standards, innovation, and growth.
The hosting organisation, as a Centre of Excellence member, on this occasion, Hull College, share how they have accessed and worked effectively to embed WorldSkills UK methodologies and approaches, to support raising of standards and the development of skills excellence. This video amplifies the message that Hull College share – Context is a challenge, and not an excuse!
“Thank you WorldSkills UK Network for Innovation for organising the Technical Leadership Learning Visit at Oldham College. What an inspiring day, so many things to take away. Looking forward to sharing the best practice with the wider leadership team.”
“Just returned from an inspiring learning visit at Oldham College. The visit provided excellent insight into how Oldham College integrates competition into their curriculum. Incorporating WorldSkills philosophies through CPD and comprehensive staff and student inductions, ensures everyone is aligned with core values and practices promoted by WorldSkills UK . Thanks for giving me a much-needed boost near the end of the academic year. I am eager to plan how we can improve our CPD and embed competition throughout the curriculum!”
It is very clear that WorldSkills UK and the Further and Higher Education community are extremely passionate about advancing education standards. I was impressed by the passion and expertise of everyone who spoke.
Excellent, I look forward to more events like this.
Register to attend our WorldSkills UK Centre of Excellence workforce development: World Class Teacher Training including Technical Masterclasses, Network for Innovation, and our Communities, at no charge.
