WorldSkills UK
WorldSkills UK is an independent charity and a partnership between employers, education and governments. Together, we are using international best practice to raise standards in apprenticeships and technical education so more young people and employers succeed.
We are empowering young people from all backgrounds to choose high quality apprenticeships and technical education as prestigious career routes.
Explore careers
Head to our website to meet our Skills Champions, young people who have achieved excellence in technical education and apprenticeships, and explore careers
Speak to Cat – our AI careers chatbot and trained Level 7 Careers Advisor
Head to our website to meet our Skills Champions, young people who have achieved excellence in technical education and apprenticeships, and explore careers
Young person, parent, carer or teacher looking for career inspiration and resources?
Our brand new Careers Advice Toolkit is your one stop shop for technical pathway and careers inspiration. Use the free video library of content to discover the possibility of apprenticeships and technical qualifications, and discover what its like to be an engineer, accountant, cyber security analyst and more. Here you’ll find:
- Career snapshots of over 25 different roles from CAD to Beauty Therapist
- Green jobs, skills and careers videos made with leading organisations such as STEM Learning, British Airways, EDF and the IMI to name a few
- Videos spotlighting apprentices, employers and industry leaders in the digital, business, creative, engineering and technology sectors from Amazon, Autodesk, CITB and the BFI
- Teaching resources for classroom use to delivery high quality, high impact careers lessons
Register at WorldSkills UK to access all the sessions on-demand
Careers resources on the Learning Lab
Our range of e-learning ‘off the shelf’ resources on the WorldSkills UK Learning Lab supports careers leaders to inspire students to choose technical education and apprenticeships as prestigious career pathways. With our focus on STEM, future skills and priority skill areas, whether it’s general technical careers and pathway information you are looking to provide, or sector and industry specific, our resources take between 25-35 minutes to complete, are easy to use and designed to support you to meet Gatsby Benchmarks 2,4, 5 and 7.:
