Skills for Employability Newsletter - August Update  

Book Your Place at WorldSkills 2011 with British Council

The WorldSkills Competitions are the world's largest international skills competitions with over 1,000 young people from over 50 countries competing to be the best of the best in their chosen skill from bricklaying to mobile robotics. This year the 41^st WorldSkills Competition is being hosted in London ExCel exhibition centre from 4^th to 9^th October.

British Council, in partnership with WorldSkills London 2011 and WorldSkills International, is offering the opportunity for senior international stakeholders to participate in a high level conference which will have as a central theme the importance of skills and technical education in global economic recovery.  The conference will be hosted during WorldSkills London 2011 and delegates will have the opportunity of visiting the Competitions. If you live in UK and would like to attend, please visit the WorldSkills website for further information to check the participation offers and to book your place.    

This is a unique opportunity to observe the world's best young skilled professionals competing and to participate in a world class conference on the themes of skills development, policy and practice. Visit our website.

Dreams Come True

A 21 old young man from Inner Mongolia, a less developed area in China, Ma Wenqiang, would not dream that one day he could go abroad to compete in an international skills competition. Now, he is counting down for the WorldSkills2011 in London.

Click here to read the story of Ma Wenqiang and team China.

New Curriculum Heralds a New Era in Technical Education in Pakistan

The collaboration between education and employers promoted under British Council's Skills for Employability programme is a match made in heaven in a country like Pakistan. Click to read the story of successful college partnership between Pakistan's Government College of Technology (GCT), Multan and UK's City College Brighton and Hove and how it let to a remarkable positive change in national curricula.

Embracing the Importance of Vocational Education

Montenegro is a small new country looking to develop an excellent education system which ensures that young people have the skills they need to find employment.

Find out how the Skills for Employability programme in Montenegro opened doors for new partnership opportunities between education and industry, stronger impact in the education sector and regional leadership in the area of self-assessment.