The world's largest, international skills competition where young people from across the globe compete to become the best of the best in their chosen skill.
WorldSkills London 2011
WorldSkills London 2011 is the world's largest, international
skills competition where young people from across the globe compete
to become the best of the best in their chosen skill. The event,
the 41st WorldSkills Competition, took place at ExCeL London from
5-8 October 2011.
Over 1000 young people from 50 nations competed in 45 skill
areas over four days of exciting competition at ExCeL attracting
over 150,000 visitors from around the world. The
UK entered a team 35 young people for 37 Skills
competitions and ranked 5th in the world, winning 5 Gold Medals, 2
Silver Medals, 6 Bronze Medals and 12 Medallions of
Excellence.
The event provided a once in a lifetime opportunity to engage young
people in vocational skills and training. We believe that hosting
WorldSkills in London provided a platform to showcase and celebrate
vocational skills.