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WorldSkills UK LIVE Online

29 September 2020

WorldSkills UK LIVE launches online, our exciting new digital offering focussed on inspiring, developing and mainstreaming excellence in skills for young people across the UK.

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A step towards a world-class skills system

22 September 2020

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

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Congratulations to Denmark – hosts of EuroSkills 2024

18 September 2020

Our response to the announcement that Herning in Denmark has been chosen to host EuroSkills in 2024.

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How do we address skills needs for the technology industry?

11 September 2020

We brought together key industry people for a virtual workshop on how we can address the skills needed for the rapidly evolving technology sector.

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Team UK line up announced for EuroSkills Graz 2020!

10 September 2020

We’ve selected the UK’s best young apprentices and professionals to take on the crème de la crème of their European peers at EuroSkills Graz 2020.

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We’ve helped to inspire and develop more young people than ever before

7 September 2020

Our Annual Review for 2019-2020 shows that we helped to inspire and develop excellence in 205,000 young people, more than ever before.

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Meet our Centre of Excellence High-Performance Skills Coaches!

We’re pleased to announce four High-Performance Skills Coaches who will be leading the work of the WorldSkills UK Centre of Excellence, in partnership with NCFE.

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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.

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Taking the next steps after your BTEC results

Just received your BTEC results? Our National Competitions team explain what options you can take next to help improve your employability skills.

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Supporting young people on BTEC and A-level results day

On BTEC and A-level results day, our Deputy Chief Executive Ben Blackledge congratulates young people collecting results and explains how we're supporting them making choices.

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Higher skills standards will help deliver what the Chancellor wants

Economic consequences of Covid-19 make it more important than ever to support young people better prepare for work and enable employers to improve their productivity.

Cast your vote for the Women In Meat Awards

Voting is open for Women In Meat Industry Awards, finalists including Katy Godsell, WorldSkills UK Butchery Competition organiser and Codie-Jo Carr, 2019 Butchery Competition Finalist.

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