News

WorldSkills UK provides strong economic return on its activities

Frontier Economics has confirmed we are delivering significant economic return across our work.

2020: a year of excellence at work

In 2020 we continued our drive to mainstream excellence in skills systems across the UK.

WorldSkills UK celebrates Scottish stars

Yesterday we held a virtual celebration, in partnership with City of Glasgow College, to recognise all those involved in our work in Scotland.

Introducing our Skills Development Hub!

We’re pleased to launch our new Skills Development Hub to help mainstream excellence in training across the UK.

Independent research highlights benefits to Scotland of participating in WorldSkills

It highlights the merits for Scotland in becoming more involved in the WorldSkills movement.

Mindset programmes

We have for the first time transferred our winning formula to developing excellence in young people in partnership with Grey Matters.

WorldSkills UK CEO appointed as Trustee of WIG

Our Chief Executive, Dr Neil Bentley-Gockmann OBE, has been appointed as Trustee of WIG (The Whitehall & Industry Group).

Joining with Gower College Swansea to demonstrate world-class skills

Students at Gower College Swansea demonstrated their world-class electronics skills in a virtual training event.

Apply to join a new Apprentice Council

The Association of Apprentices are looking to form a new Apprenticeship Council to help guide their work.

Skills leaders come together for international summit

Skills sector leaders from around the world came together for the inaugural WorldSkills UK LIVE online International Skills Summit.

Using Skills excellence to build back better

We've launched our collection of skill essays which look at what excellence in skills means for our partners in education, governments and industry.

COVID-19 five point plan update

We launched our response to COVID-19 in April, setting out how we would adapt to continue our drive to mainstream excellence in UK skills systems.