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Team Jamaica gears up for WorldSkills Lyon 2024
One of the 69 countries and regions preparing for WorldSkills Lyon 2024, WorldSkills Jamaica is in high spirits. The team is learning from its experience in WorldSkills Competition 2022 Special Edition to help its young Competitors prepare.
14 August 2024
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WorldSkills Champions Trust representative Dan McCabe shows Champions how they can use their voice
With applications now open for the next WorldSkills Champions Trust cohort, Dan McCabe, WorldSkills Champions Trust representative for Europe, encourages Champions to think about how they would use their voice to highlight issues they are passionate about.
14 August 2024
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Closing the skills gap needs conversation and cooperation: An interview with Chris Humphries
WorldSkills Conference 2024 promises to host the largest global gathering on skills this year. Chris Humphries, President of WorldSkills, explains why it is an unmissable opportunity for the skills community to transform industries and drive economic prosperity.
13 August 2024
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WorldSkills Champions Trust representative Yousra Assali invites Competitors to join her in making their mark
With recruitment underway for the next WorldSkills Champions Trust, Yousra Assali, representative for the Middle East and North Africa, shares how she has used her voice to change perceptions of skilled youth in her region.
12 August 2024
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Making Our Mark: Steven Harris
Our campaign Making Our Mark tells the stories of WorldSkills Champions who are inspiring the next generation. Steven Harris from India uses his role as Expert in Graphic Design Technology to help international students set out their own path to success, while raising the profile of skills in his own country.
9 August 2024
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Top five teams announced for the final of BeChangeMaker 2024
The final five entrepreneurial businesses have been selected and are now preparing to deliver a live pitch on 12 September at WorldSkills Conference 2024 in Lyon, France.
6 August 2024
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Make your mark with us. The search begins for the next WorldSkills Champions Trust representatives
As applications open, WorldSkills Champions from across the skills community are invited to “make their mark” and become an ambassador for skills excellence.
1 August 2024
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A perfect partnership: How one Competitor and Expert are preparing for WorldSkills Lyon 2024
Across the globe, WorldSkills Competitors and Experts are putting the finishing touches to their Competition preparations. For WorldSkills Sweden’s Wall and Floor Tiling Competitor and Expert duo, Frida Malm and Andreas Markstedt, this means not leaving anything to chance.
31 July 2024
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Session spotlight: How can we build gender equity in skills?
Find out how policymakers can break entrenched gender gaps by rethinking Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) and sectoral policies in an expert-led session at WorldSkills Conference 2024, “Breaking Stereotypes: Building gender equity in skills.”
31 July 2024
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Champions preparing for WorldSkills Lyon 2024 are already shaping our world
Across the globe, 1,400 Champions are training for the most significant Competition of their lives. One of them is Kai Baharthah-King from WorldSkills Australia, who is balancing preparations with a job as a Cyber Security Operations Centre Analyst. Find out more about the impact Kai is already having day to day.
26 July 2024