Category Archives: WorldSkills
Talented web developer encourages others to compete in WorldSkills UK
The Welsh Government is encouraging apprentices, learners and employees from Wales to compete in the UK’s largest national vocational skills competition, WorldSkills UK 2016. An initiative to recruit entrants from across Wales to compete against the most talented youngsters in … Read more
Posted in WorldSkills |WorldSkills UK Success For Welsh Brother and Sister
Ten young people from across Wales – including a brother and sister from Llanelli – have been named the ‘best in the UK’ at the national final of a major skills competition. Bruno Forkuoh, 23, and Elizabeth Forkuoh, 19, from … Read more
Posted in WorldSkills |Three Welsh apprentices honoured at WorldSkills final in Brazil
Three talented Welsh apprentices have returned from the WorldSkills competition final in Brazil with honours after representing Team UK. Elijah Sumner, an automobile technician from Cardiff Bay, Owain Jones, a carpenter from Blaenau Ffestiniog and Eleni Constantinou, a hairdresser from … Read more
Posted in WorldSkills |Opportunity for butchers to compete in WorldSkills UK for the first time
Talented butchers across the UK are to be given a chance to showcase their skills in the Butchery WorldSkills UK National Competition for the first time this year. Award-winning training provider Cambrian Training Company, based in Welshpool, has been appointed … Read more
Posted in WorldSkills |Welsh youngsters ‘punching above their weight’ for WorldSkills São Paulo 2015
More than 10% of the UK team are Welsh 10 of Wales’ most talented apprentices and learners have been selected to join WorldSkills Squad UK and compete for a place in the team which will be representing the UK at … Read more
Posted in WorldSkills |Welsh talent on show as WorldSkills UK Competition winners crowned at The Skills Show
Wales’ most skilled young people have been honoured at a glittering awards ceremony at The Skills Show, which took place from 14 – 16 November at the NEC Birmingham. There were 15 medallists from across Wales in the WorldSkills UK … Read more
Posted in WorldSkills |Golden Performance from Team Wales at top UK skills show
Students and apprentices from Wales collected no fewer than 16 medals – five of them Gold – at the new flagship ‘Skills Show’ held at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham. (November 15–17). The winners were among scores of Welsh … Read more
Posted in WorldSkills |Students and apprentices fly the flag for Team Wales at top UK skills show
Scores of students and apprentices are this week demonstrating the quality of Welsh vocational learning to tens of thousands of people from across the UK at the new flagship ‘Skills Show’ being held in Birmingham. (November 15–17). Many of the … Read more
Posted in WorldSkills |Deputy Minister congratulates Ammanford skills champion
The Deputy Minister for Skills, Jeff Cuthbert, has congratulated an Ammanford apprentice for striking gold at this year’s EuroSkills competition in Belgium. 19 year-old Gareth Jones, from Garnant in Ammanford, won the gold medal for the UK in the carpentry … Read more
Posted in WorldSkills |WorldSkills London 2011
Jeff Cuthbert, AM Deputy Minister for Skills I have spoken before of the importance of raising the profile of vocational education and training, and ensuring they are held in the same esteem as their more traditional academic counterparts. So it … Read more
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