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Five reasons to do an apprenticeship

In National Apprenticeship Week, Kimmy Kimani, Apprentice of the Year at the BAME Apprenticeship Awards, gives her top reasons for doing an apprenticeship

Celebrating National Apprenticeship Week

Our Head of National Competitions and Careers Dee explains why showcasing apprenticeships as a prestigious career pathway is more important than ever.

We need a “skills economy” to drive the recovery

Our CEO Dr Neil Bentley-Gockmann OBE explains how international benchmarking can support the development of world-class skills in the UK.

Engaging young people digitally

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!

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

Mainstreaming Excellence Through Networks

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

Sharing good practice with China

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

Autodesk Digital Construction Challenge 2020

Read how New College Lanarkshire worked together with Autodesk to run a virtual digital construction competition.

Making the switch: from physical to online training

Competition Data Analyst Ed Chapman caught up with AoC Sport, one of our Competition Organising Partners, to find out how they moved online.

We believe in a skills led recovery – do you?

Our Head of Corporate Partnerships Gavin Miller explains how partnerships make it possible for us to inspire, develop and mainstream excellence in technical education.

A step towards a world-class skills system

Parisa Shirazi, Head of Skills Development and International Competition, explains how our WorldSkills UK Centre of Excellence, will develop a world-class skills system.

Technical and vocational careers pathways post-GCSE

Head of National Competitions and Careers Dee Aylett-Smith explains how our careers resources and training programmes can help to inspire and develop young people.