Vocational skills competitions are a useful way in which we can connect with the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games as there are so many parallels....the celebration of excellence and fair play; the spirit of competition; the hours of training that ultimately might lead to a gold, silver or bronze medal; the buzz of being amongst the best in the world in your chosen field of expertise.
Yorkshire Competitors Needed for WorldSkills UK 2009/10 Competitions
UK Skills (the not for profit organisation that manages the delivery of innovative, high profile skills competitions and awards) is on the hunt for talented individuals to take part in this year’s series of WorldSkills UK competitions where the top skilled people in the country will battle it out against each other to be crowned the UK’s best.
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What are we doing in Yorkshire?
A small working group has been formed to develop an action plan for 2009 and 2010 maximising the way in which we can use London 2012 and WorldSkills 2011 to raise awareness of the value of vocational skills excellence and competitions in our region. The action plan will explore opportunities such as:
- Publicising the stories about our ‘skills heroes’ and the way in which they can act as role models to other young learners in our region
- skills competitors and training managers that will be involved in
WorldSkills 2009 in Calgary and WorldSkills 2011 in London - Looking at whether we need any new skills competitions in our region to celebrate excellence
- Looking at ways in which we can help develop the skills not only of competitors but the tutors and teachers who coach them for competitions
The action plan is provided below. We will be excited to hear from you if you have ideas for how to take this forward, particularly if you think your organisation can help deliver exciting activity in your local area.
Download the WorldSkills Action Plan (doc, 84KB)
In a recent SEE for the 2012 Games briefing Nicola Parr, chair of this working group for the SEE for the 2012 Games Network gave a presentation about plans for developing activity in our region inspired by WorldSkills.
View the slideshow (ppt, 100KB)
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Members of this working group are:
- Nicola Parr (Chair), Young People’s Enterprise Forum
- Geraldine Barker, Learning and Skills Council
- Steve Housden, Construction Skills
- Gordon Sibbald, Leeds City College (Thomas Danby Campus)
- Patrick Gormley, UK Skills Regional Partnerships Manager
- Caroline Rowley, Association of Colleges
- Roger Holt, Lifelong Learning UK
- Joanna Spilman, Yorkshire Forward
- Ian Billyard, Leeds College of Building
- Daniel Khan, The Grimsby Institute of Further and Higher Education
- Alan Graver, SEE for the 2012 Games Network (Secretariat)
SEE for the 2012 Games Network members wishing to get involved in the areas of activity outlined in this plan should contact Alan Graver please in the first instance
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Useful Websites
About UK Skills www.ukskills.org.uk
About WorldSkills - www.worldskills.org
About WorldSkills Calgary - www.worldskills2009.com
About Edge - www.edge.co.uk
About Brathay - www.brathay.org
About City & Guilds - www.cityandguilds.com
About WorldSkills - www.worldskillslondon2011.com