WorldSkills UK 2018

WorldSkills UK brings together apprentices and young people from across the UK to compete to be the best in their chosen skill – first in national competitions and then as Team UK in international skills competitions.

Each competition presents a series of tests, designed by industry experts, which focus on the highest UK and International standards. Apprentices from across the country register with WorldSkills UK Competitions to compete against other like-minded individuals in a skill of their choosing.

This year’s Health and Social Care Competition has been designed to assess each competitor’s knowledge, practical skills and employability attributes against a set of strict criteria. The highest scoring eight competitors will be invited to the WorldSkills UK Live Finals from 15 – 17 November at the Birmingham NEC. See you there.

The Association for Care, Training and Assessment Networks (ACTAN) is the Organising Partner for the Health and Social Care competition and Profiles4Care is a Sponsor of the 2018 event.

http://actan.org.uk/world-skills/

WorldSkills UK Health & Social Care 2018 Competition Winners

Vikki Thompson from Derwentside College in County Durham, England, has won the Gold Medal at the WorldSkills UK Health and Social Care Competition 2018. The Silver Medal went to Abiola Lugboso from The Rotherham NHS Trust and the Bronze Medal winner was Sorcha Downey from Southern Regional College. Molly Evans from Wigan and Leigh College and Hadewych de Wit from South West College also placed as ‘Highly Commended’ in the competition. Our congratulations to everyone who took part.

Gold Medal Winner Vikki Thompson of Derwentside College

Gold Medal Winner Vikki Thompson with Judith Salmon of ACTAN

Our Gold, Silver and Bronze Medal Winners with Sau Man Li and Judith Salmon of ACTAN

Presenting the WorldSKills UK 2018 Finalists

Vikki Thompson of Derwentside College

Molly Evans of Wigan and Leigh College

Abiola Lugboso of The Rotherham NHS Trust

Hadewych de Wit of South West College

Lauren Stansbie of University College Birmingham

Charlotte Heal of South Devon College

Jane Woodall of Wigan and Leigh College

Sorcha Downey of Southern Regional College

Reserve Finalist - Sinead Evans of North Somerset Enterprise and Technology College

Congratulations to all our Finalists, we hope you'll come along and cheer them on at the Birmingham NEC for WorldSkills UK Live 2018

WorldSkills UK 2018 Qualifying Heats

At the end of a remarkably busy week at the 5 Qualifying Heats we can now announce the winners of all the Heats. Congratulations to all the competitors who took part, it was a tremendous effort. Congratulations to Organising Partner ACTAN, the actors , judges and everyone at South and City College Birmingham that made the event such a huge success.

Qualifying Heat 1 - 18 June 2018

1st place Sarah Gulliford of Coleg Gwent with Mike Hopkins Principal of South and City College Birmingham (SCCB)
2nd place Dylan Duff City of Glasgow College with Mike Hopkins Principal of SCCB
3rd place Tayah Smith Coleg Gwent with Mike Hopkins Principal of SCCB

Qualifying Heat 2 - 19 June 2018

1st place Vikki Thompson of Derwentside College with Mike Hopkins Principal of SCCB
2nd place Gillian Davies of Educ8 Ltd with Mike Hopkins Principal of SCCB
3rd place Devon Jones of Coleg Llandrillo with Mike Hopkins Principal of SCCB

Qualifying Heat 3 - 20 June 2018

Ist Molly Evans of Wigan and Leigh College with Paul Morris Assistant Principal at SCCB
2nd Jane Woodall of Wigan and Leigh College with Paul Morris Assistant Principal at SCCB
3rd Sinead Evans North Somerset Enterprise and Technology College with Paul Morris Assistant Principal at SCCB

Qualifying Heat 4 - 21 June 2018

1st Hadewych de Wit from South West College with Paul Morris Assistant Principal at SCCB
2nd Abiola Lugboso of The Rotherham NHS Trust with Paul Morris Assistant Principal at SCCB
3rd Sorcha Downey of Southern Regional College with Paul Morris Assistant Principal at SCCB

Qualifying Heat 5 - 22 June 2018

1st Charlotte Heal of South Devon College with Pat Pearson of EQWIP Consultancy
2nd Paige Mcloughlin of Trafford College Birmingham with Pat Pearson of EQWIP Consultancy
3rd Lauren Stansbie of University College Birmingham with Pat Pearson of EQWIP Consultancy