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Thoughts from Kazan – Mark Dawe

The absolute privilege to be able to watch young people from around the world compete and demonstrate such an amazing array of skills.

Learning from the world’s best: How being a bit more Chinese and Brazilian could up the UK’s skills game

Being globally connected is fundamental to a major nation’s development and outlook.

Thoughts from Kazan – Dr Neil Bentley-Gockmann

Skills Olympics took place in Kazan, Russia - a spectacular global celebration of young people and skills that will live long in all attendees' memories.

Thoughts from Kazan – Ash Terron

I visited WorldSkills Kazan as part of the UK team to present our live daily update show from the studio on the competition floor.

Thoughts from Kazan – Marion Plant

My participation in the global conference challenged my thinking on how to prepare my teacher workforce for a future where technologies play a greater role.

Thoughts from Kazan – Alison Gowman

The WorldSkills competitions need more publicity so that we can celebrate the talent of the young people and appreciate the training and professionalism.

Thoughts from Kazan – Martin McGuire

Martin McGuire shares his experience of travelling to Kazan for the WorldSkills competition 2019, and engaging in discussions with international skills practitioners.

The GCSE students of today are the Team UK of tomorrow!

From 2,000 miles away in Kazan, Russia, congratulations to all students receiving GCSE results.

The Kazan countdown is on: the transformative potential of our Russian skills journey

The waiting is almost over: we are now only days away from the skills Olympics!

Welcome Boris! Now let’s give the UK the world-class skills upgrade our young people deserve

I agree with the PM: The UK needs a skills upgrade and at WorldSkills UK our work is all about benchmarking and mainstreaming world-class know-how.

The WorldSkills UK way can help mainstream excellence for more young people

Team UK kicked off the final month of preparation for this summer’s Skills Olympics in Russia with a reception at the House of Commons.

Investors underline need for higher skills to create jobs for the future

Two reports published this week underline the centrality of skills for the future health of the UK economy.