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Adding ‘world’ into WorldSkills UK – establishing an international focus for standards

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 Adding ‘world’ into WorldSkills UK – establishing an international focus for standardsAs he prepares to step down from his role as Chief Executive at WorldSkills UK after seven years, Neil Bentley-Gockmann reflects on how WorldSkills UK is using international benchmarking to define excellence in technical education and apprenticeships, so more young professionals, from all backgrounds, can succeed.The announcement that the UK had just won its 20 th medal at the WorldSkills 2017 Competition , was barely audible as cheers sounded out across Abu Dhabi’s Etihad Park. For me, that was my defining moment as Chief Executive. A ‘light bulb’ instant at my first international competition, when I realised that Team UK’s success was more than just a medal haul. It could be used to help better prepare more young people, educators and employers to succeed.With this in mind, I laid out a new vision for WorldSkills UK, rooted in our knowledge of how other countries use skills policy for economic development, to champion a world-class skills economy in the UK. The skills economy is a concept in which governments, employers, parents and young people recognise being highly skilled as a valuable currency for success. It also acknowledges the potential of technical skills to power economic growth.I wanted to establish an organisation where we always tried to lead from the front. I wanted us to be an ‘incubator of new ideas’ and in setting out the new vision I realised we had to focus on three key areas.LESSONS FROM GLOBAL BEST PRACTICE – CENTRE OF EXCELLENCEFirstly, we needed to create a vehicle to effectively disseminate our learnings from our international benchmarking at WorldSkills. Born out of my experience at WorldSkills Abu Dhabi in 2017 and founded on research undertaken by the University of Oxford, we launched the Centre of Excellence in 2020 at the height of the pandemic. At a time, when our day-to-day work was paused, we had the opportunity to innovate and I will always be grateful to David Gallagher of NCFE for believing and investing in the concept , during what was an uncertain time for us all.We were amazed by the level of interest from the FE sector in this new programme and to date 49 institutions are part of the Centre of Excellence, with 31 situated in the government’s levelling up priority regions. Mainstreaming best practice and world-class standards from the WorldSkills global network, the Centre is helping institutions across the UK raise standards and embed excellence across curriculums. In England, the Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education is interested in the impact of this work, and we are actively linking our insights to the development of standards in apprenticeships and other qualifications. Ofsted has also recognised the value of competition-based training in their education inspection framework in England, citing their value in demonstrating outstanding behaviours and attitudes.It is fantastic to hear that 83% of members have said that it has motivated them to make positive changes to improve their teaching and training practice. We are working with NCFE to launch the next phase of the Centre of Excellence and are inviting ITPs and Higher Education Institutes to apply to help ensure more organisations and young people across the four nations can benefit from our international benchmarking.HELPING TO MEET RAPIDLY CHANGING EMPLOYER NEEDS TO SUPPORT ECONOMIC GROWTHSecondly, we repositioned our programmes, informed by diagnostic research, to focus on the future skills needed to help power the economy, in line with priorities set by governments across the UK at a time of fast moving technological change.That’s why we are focusing more of our programmes on STEM skills at higher levels in areas such as industry 4.0, cyber security, industrial robotics, additive manufacturing and renewable energy. We have already seen international success, winning the bronze medal in industry 4.0 at last year’s W...
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