Learners
This page contains details of some of our policies aimed at learners. It is currently being updated. Please refer to the Skills for Sustainable Growth strategy for the Government’s latest policy statement on skills.
Informal adult and community learning
The government recognises the profound importance of informal adult learning to people’s lives and our nation’s wellbeing.
It sets world class standards in over 40 skill categories ranging from bricklaying to restaurant services and landscape gardening to IT competitions.
WorldSkills Competitions bring together the hearts, hands and minds of young people from across the globe to compete in their skill. Over four days of tough competition, young people drawn from 50 member nations test themselves against tough international standards.
In May 2006, the UK won the bid to host the 41st WorldSkills Competition in London between 6th - 9th October, 2011. The 2011 event will be a key tool in promoting skills and up-skilling the nation.
