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Welcome back victorious Team UK!

Medal winning performances by Team UK, including gold medals in Aircraft Maintenance, Cabinet Making and bronze medals in Industry 4.0, Jewellery and Car Painting, saw

UK places tenth in the world at the WorldSkills 2022 Special Edition Competition

Medal winning performances by Team UK, including gold medals in Aircraft Maintenance, Cabinet Making and bronze medals in Industry 4.0, Jewellery and Car Painting, saw

Congratulations to 2022’s finalists and medallists

More than 500 young students and apprentices took part in finals in over 60 disciplines held at seven venues across the UK earlier this month.

The Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Heroes Awards 2023 are open for nominations!

We need your nominations to show those making a difference just how important their work is, and to give them the recognition they deserve!

Team UK’s Ewan Payne flying high after gold medal win in WorldSkills 2022 Aircraft Maintenance competition

RAF aircraft engineer, Ewan Payne, from Oxfordshire is on cloud nine after being crowned the world’s best at the WorldSkills 2022 Special Edition competition Aircraft

Photo of Owen competing internationally in the cabinet making competition

Our response to Lord Blunkett urging Labour to prepare a skills ‘revolution’

Commenting on the Council of Skills Advisers’ report to the Labour Party on learning and skills, WorldSkills UK said that investing in skills and empowering

More medals for Team UK at the WorldSkills 2022 Special Edition competition

We’re overjoyed to announce that James Boyes has taken home Team UK's first gold in the cabinet making competition in Basel, Switzerland, and George Schembri

UK and Kenya sign international training partnership

The UK will work much closer with Kenya to exchange knowledge, ideas and best practice following the signing of international skills partnership that aims to

National Competition 2022 finalists announced!

We’re delighted to reveal the incredible competitors who have made it through to the national finals of this year’s WorldSkills UK competition-based development programme!

UK to miss net zero target without improved green career advice

A new report shows that young people who want careers that help the planet lack knowledge and understanding of which skills businesses actually need

Poland chosen to host EuroSkills 2023, whilst Germany and Luxembourg set to host EuroSkills 2027

An alternative location has been secured for Europe’s largest vocational education and skills event which will relocate from Russia to Poland.

UK and Netherlands skills partnership set to push apprentices further

WorldSkills UK and WorldSkills Netherlands will work together to build relationships between industry and education. Through the exchange of knowledge and ideas they aim to

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