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With more than 90,000 visitors descending on Birmingham’s NEC over the course of

three hectic days, it is fair to say the fifth annual Skills Show was the biggest yet.An abundance of careers advice from leading employers such as Dyson and Jaguar Land Rover was on offer, as well as the chance to have a go at more than 50 different skills, and the opportunity to speak to past WorldSkills UK competitors.The finals of the national WorldSkills UK skills competitions were as ever at the heart of the show, leaving spectators in awe.

On page 3, Shane Mann, managing

director of FE Week’s publisher Lsect, sits down with WorldSkills UK chief executive Neil Bentley and its chair Carol Stott to discuss how this year compared to others.

Next, Shane joins me on tour to have a go at some of the different hands-on activities that were on offer (pictured below). You can check out what went down on pages 4 and 5 – we promise hilarious photos.

Those pages also feature an overview of what the Skills Show is, why

schools and employers get involved, and a few

words from Robert Halfon, who became the first minister in three years to attend the show.

Pages 6 and 7 then explore the

inclusive skills competitions which

were brought into the mainstream for the first time at

this year’s show.We then look at where we are on

the road to WorldSkills Abu Dhabi in October 2017, and even WorldSkills

Kazan in August 2019. Next stop, however, is Gothenburg, where EuroSkills 2016 will kick off in December. You can read more about Team UK’s journey on page 10.

A celebration on Saturday night brought the show to a triumphant close. On page 11 we include reactions from some of the medal winners, and on pages 12 to 15 you can read the full listing of winners.

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Towards the end of the biggest Skills Show yet,

FE Week’s publisher, Shane Mann, sat down with Neil

Bentley and Carol Stott, the chief executive and chair

of WorldSkills, about how the last three days have

compared with previous years, what’s in the future for

national and international skills competitions, and the

rise of inclusivity at this

year’s show.

“The show is better than ever,” Neil says, having also just completed his first full year as chief executive.

“There’s a real buzz. We have our skills champions making sure the national finals of the competitions are really prominent and that we’ve got just as many, if not more, employers engaged in the careers advice part of the show.

“A lot of the feedback we get tells us that just being able to walk up to an employer and talk to them is invaluable, because you can read about things on websites, but actually talking to them is what really gets employers going. The fact that we’ve got more than 90,000 visitors over three days is the key thing that employers want, because they want to talk to as many young people, parents and teachers as possible.”

Carol, a Skills Show veteran who has attended every year since the start, agrees with Neil: “Every year there’s something different. We keep it fresh. This year we had sign-up Saturday which was a great success with young people literally signing up to do apprenticeships and applying for jobs right here.”

Swarms of schoolchildren take over Birmingham’s NEC throughout the show’s three days – what has the feedback been like from them?

Neil explains that school engagement has “held up really well”, and that there are “lots of returners that just keep coming back again and again”.

But as many in the schools community would agree, the Skills Show is not as well known in schools as it is in FE. How can WorldSkills UK go about changing that?

“We’re working with the Careers and Enterprise Company to get our name into schools,” Neil says.

“We’re also bringing our skills champions into schools to showcase what the show is, which is a new departure for us but a critical one, as schools are thinking about the duty they will have to promote apprenticeships and technical careers.

“We know the appetite from parents is growing as well: we did a survey this week of 1,000 parents and 60 per cent said they were worried about the careers information their child is getting. They also worry that schools are advising boys to do apprenticeships and not girls. So there is a big engagement issue.”

He continued: “Teachers are under loads of pressure; we know we have got the skills and the mindset and resources to be able to help them, but we need to find partners to be able to increase our reach in the schools community.”

So what about the FE sector? Happily its engagement with the show is “on the rise”, Carol tells me.

“The advocates and the people who really get it and who understand the benefits are just as passionate, if not more so, as they see those benefits realised and the effect it has on the curriculum, the staff and the whole achievement across the sector.”

However Neil foresees a “communications challenge” within the FE sector to demonstrate that the competitions run at the show are a “means to an end in terms of sector development”, and in finding a way to “mainstream ourselves in the sector” rather than just providing “some nice competitions”.

He went on: “In order to give back to colleges and providers we have got to develop the competitions in a way which mainstreams them and helps them meet their challenges with Ofsted post area reviews, and with some of the technical routes.”

Euroskills 2016 will take place in Gothenburg in December, while WorldSkills Abu Dhabi is less than 12 months away. How is Team UK shaping up?

“I think it’s looking really promising,” Carol says. “The training’s going really well, the team development is going really well, squad development’s going really well. They’re ready to go; it will be really good preparation for Abu Dhabi.”

Neil adds: “WorldSkills 2015 in Sao Paolo created a big platform that everybody got excited about. Since I’ve come into the role, one of the things I say most is, ‘seventh in the medal tables ahead of France and Germany’, which means we’ve got to build on that.”

This year’s Skills Show brought inclusive skills competitions into the mainstream for the first time. It appears to be something WorldSkills UK is keen to build on.

“We have five finals this year, up from the pilot last year – and that’s because it was a roaring success,” Neil says.

“We are personally committed to integrating inclusive skills. Part of our plan is to make sure that it’s on the floor of the show and it’s celebrated in the same way as the mainstream competitions.

“For us it’s demonstrating that competitors and competitions are good for everyone, whatever your background, whatever your ability and that we are demonstrating by what we do that we believe in

diversity and inclusion.”The “next big challenge”, according to Neil, will be

bringing the UK’s inclusive skills competition to an international level.

“We’re having those conversations with WorldSkills International alongside the Olympics movement. For us in the UK it’s demonstrating that competitors and competitions are good for everyone, whatever your background, whatever your ability. We are demonstrating by what we do that we believe in diversity and inclusion.”

With this year’s show now over, what can visitors expect at Skills Show 2017?

“We’re looking at how do we engage older students, or maybe returners to work, people retraining, or people who are investigating apprenticeships in their late 20s early 30s,” Neil says.

“We’re looking at that time when school children are leaving in the afternoon on the coaches, when we have free time in the afternoon, to use that time to bring in other people. Or we could have teacher-only sessions, or business sessions and use all of this infrastructure here more effectively, and reach out to different demographics and different audiences.”

SKILLS SHOW 2016: THE BIG INTERVIEW

From left: Shane Mann, managing director of FE Week publisher Lsect, Carol Stott, chair of WorldSkills UK, and Neil Bentley, chief executive of WorldSkills UK

Neil Bentley and Carol Stott at the Skills Show 2016 opening ceremony



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One of the best parts of the Skills

Show is the opportunity it gives

visitors to try their hand at more

than 50 hands-on skill activities.

Colleges and employers scatter their

showcases across the NEC over the three

days to give a real-life insight into exactly

what each of the careers on show entail.

Visitors can for instance learn the

intricate skills necessary for furniture

designers, the artistic prowess it takes to

become a media make-up artist,

or the eloquent tone demanded

by broadcast journalism, among

much more.

To get the full Skills Show

experience, Shane Mann, the

managing director of FE Week’s

publisher Lsect, joined me in

Birmingham to have a go at a few of

the skills ourselves. Here’s how we

got on…

WELCOME TO THE SKILLS SHOW, WE’VE GOT FUN AND GAMES

Between the world-class young apprentices competing to show off their skills, the careers advice

provided by leading employers, the visits from ministers, and the hundreds of hands-on activities covering everything from human anatomy to the six-second Watt Bike challenge, the Skills Show has it all.

This annual event has become one of the standout dates in the calendar for young people and education providers since it launched in 2012.

It has consistently welcomed more than 75,000 visitors every time but in its fifth year, the show was bigger than ever, welcoming more than 90,000 people through the doors of the Birmingham NEC over three days between November 17 and 19.

The finals of the national skills competitions were, as ever, at the heart of the show.

More than 3,000 apprentices and learners were whittled down during regional heats to just 520 who could appear at the national finals.

They competed in 61 different skill areas ranging from floristry to forensic science, with top-scoring competitors hoping their efforts would get them talent-spotted as a potential competitor to travel to WorldSkills 2019 in Kazan, Russia.

Competitions can last up to 19 hours and with nearly 100,000 spectators, competitors certainly feel the pressure.

Edward Harringman, a WorldSkills UK champion who won gold in cabinet making at WorldSkills Sao Paolo 2015, said the national finals was one of the

“toughest things I’ve ever had to do”.

“These competitions show whether the person has the

right attitude to work and competition and if they

can work under pressure,” he said. “It sets them on their

way to compete in the international finals.”Each skill category has its own hub, with

have-a-gos, spotlight stages, featured exhibitors and careers advice, all of which were visited by a sea of school children over the three days.

Rob Aldridg, a music teacher at the Reach Free School in Rickmansworth, said the show provides schools with the welcome opportunity to show pupils that academic education is “not necessarily the only route” they have to go down.

“Pupils have a real tough time finding out what is on offer and what careers, such as apprenticeships are, are available,” he told FE Week on the show floor.

“It is a massive venue here and from what I have seen it is amazing. With all of the different skills such as carpentry that we can’t teach at the school, it is nice for them to see all the hands-on careers out there.

“There are other opportunities for hands-

on careers, in the army, where they can really get stuck into,

which would be better for them. This show is great for exposing them to that.”

Jack Worton, a teacher at Ridgeway Academy in Redditch, said he brought his pupils along to get the kind of careers advice that can’t be found in school.

“Schools can’t cover all of the technical skills available so we can learn from this as teachers and report to the future pupils about what else is on offer except university,” he said.

“There are too many young people going

HAIRDRESSING

Our facial expressions tell the whole story of how we found the hairdressing showcase, which was run by Coleg Cambria. After a swift plait demonstration, Shane and I put our fingers to the test but found it rather, let’s say, confusing. It is much tougher than it looks and we’re both glad to not have to do that every day.

CYCLING

The fitness trainer showcase, run by AoC Sport, was one we felt more comfortable with, being keen cyclists ourselves. We jumped on the Watt Bike challenge and had to cycle as fast as we could for six seconds. I’m not one to brag, but I reached double the speed Shane managed (I did secretly bump up his bike’s tension but, shh, he’s still not aware of that).

BBC WEATHER PRESENTINGThe BBC bus gave visitors the chance to read the news and present the weather. While Shane excelled with his clear speaking voice, my Essex accent hindered my presentation, while my lack of geography skills were also made clear when I pointed to France instead of the Midlands.

William Campbell, carpentry gold medallist from South Eastern Regional College

Rob

Ald

ridg

, teacher at the Reach Free School


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HALFON: SKILLS SHOW IS ‘THE BEST OF BRITAIN’

The Skills Show represents “the future of our country” and will help bridge the growing skills gap with world-class apprenticeships, according to Robert Halfon, the first minister in three years to visit the show.

The apprenticeships and skills minister took a tour of the show on the Thursday with Neil Bentley, chief executive of WorldSkills UK.

Nick Clegg was the last minister to visit the show back in 2014, but Mr Halfon described the event as “one of the most important days in the skills calendar”, and insisted that its attendees are vital in the fight to address Britain’s skills deficit.

“It’s incredibly important to support days like this,” he said. “We are going to become an apprentice and skills nation – that is my dream.”

“In this hall are the best of Britain in terms of skills and apprenticeships – and this is what our country is going to become.”

After speaking with a handful of young people and employers, Mr Halfon made it clear he was impressed with what he saw.

“We’ve got hundreds of companies here, the public sector, skills competitors and people demonstrating skills. This is the best of the UK – this is the future of our country right here,” he said.

to university but not actually knowing what they want to do and ending up in jobs they hate, so if they come here and try the hands-on activities, they may find their proper calling.”

And what about employers, including the likes of Jaguar Land Rover, NHS Careers, IBM and the BBC, what do they get out of being part of the show?

David Massie, the competition manager for the Institute of the Motor Industry, an organising partner for the show’s auto tech competitions, told FE Week that for him the show provides the opportunity to “change

the stereotype” of who can work in the motor industry.

“One of the issues for us as an industry is recruiting the right young people. Quite often the motor industry has a pretty poor image, so we can show here the level of skills that you need with high-tech technology.

“Every task that these guys are doing is a high-level diagnostic task so people see all the laptops out rather than just a load of spanners. We want to change the stereotype of our industry, demonstrating that people have to be pretty smart to come and work in our sector.”

CYCLING

The fitness trainer showcase, run by AoC Sport, was one we felt more comfortable with, being keen cyclists ourselves. We jumped on the Watt Bike challenge and had to cycle as fast as we could for six seconds. I’m not one to brag, but I reached double the speed Shane managed (I did secretly bump up his bike’s tension but, shh, he’s still not aware of that).

OPERATIONS LIVE

Run by Operating Theatre Live, this showcase gave visitors the opportunity to get close and personal with the workings of a hospital operating theatre. Using real anatomical samples that feel and smell exactly like real body parts, visitors were taken through the human body piece by piece. It was a fun and educational experience – but you do need a strong stomach.

PHEASANT SHOOTINGReaseheath College provided a shooting simulator at their landscape and countryside management showcase. Visitors got to learn about game management, and were taught how to use a gun safely before firing a few rounds themselves. I can confirm that none of Shane’s fingers were harmed in the making of this photograph.

CAR AND ENGINE South & City College Birmingham’s motor vehicle experience gave visitors the chance to have a go at changing a car’s wheel, and hop into a racecar simulator. The old-school pink car was a firm favourite of ours, but I don’t think we’ll qualify for Silverstone anytime soon.

Robert Halfon (right) on a tour of The Skills Show with Neil Bentley, chief executive of WorldSkills UKAmanda Conner, a painting and

decorating competitor from Shrewsbury College of Arts & Technology



employment rate,” she said.Brandon-Lee Bradley, a vocational

access level one media learner from New College Durham, who won a bronze medal in the media inclusive skills competition, said he enjoyed the competition and hopes the personal skills he has developed will help him when looking for a job.

The “next big challenge” according to Neil Bentley is bringing the UK’s

inclusive skills competition to an international level.

“We’re having those conversations with WorldSkills International alongside the Olympics movement. For us in the UK it’s demonstrating that competitors and competitions are good for everyone, whatever your background, whatever your ability, and that we are demonstrating by what we do that we believe in diversity and inclusion.”

Inclusive skills competitions were brought into the mainstream at the Skills Show for the first time this year

with the aim of changing the perceptions that some employers have of people with a learning difficulty or disability.

The competitions were trialled at the show last year but this time around were launched in five different skill areas as an integral part of WorldSkills UK.

Regional heats were held across the country over the course of 2016, with the top-scoring competitors bagging their place at the show last week.

There were five skill areas – carpentry, catering, ICT, health and social care, and media – in which 33 students with physical or learning difficulties competed on Saturday. The results table is below.

“Watching the inclusive competitions was truly inspirational,” said Neil Bentley, the chief executive of WorldSkills UK.

“We want to continue to expand this activity to ensure more young people have the opportunity to take part and benefit from this learning and development process.”

Inclusive skills competitions were first developed through a partnership between Derwen College, a specialist college, and North Warwickshire and Hinckley College, with support from Natspec, which bills itself as

the voice of specialist further education.Working on behalf of Natspec, Derwen

College took a lead role in developing the competitions that would be held at the Skills Show this year.

Louise Keevil, the inclusive skills manager at both Derwen and Natspec, said: “Everybody that is in learning should have the opportunity to be the best that they can be. All of those reasons why national competitions are good for mainstream young people, apply to everybody, including people with a learning difficulty or disability.

“For mainstream people it is about upping the economy with skills. However, inclusive skills are also our opportunity to show employers that these people are good workers.

“The employment rate for people with learning difficulties at the moment is incredibly low at around seven per cent.

People with learning difficulties do have really good skills but

employers don’t realise that or know how to

support them.”With inclusive

skills now reaching the mainstream at the Skills Show,

she reckons there’s a “fantastic opportunity”

to show employers “exactly what their skills look like and

give them some idea of how they can be useful”.

“These competitions will change perceptions; we need to increase that

INCLUSIVE SKILLS HIT THE BIG TIME AT THIS YEAR’S SKILLS SHOW

From left above : Keira Byland, Team GB special Olympian in cycling, Ben Blackledge, director of education and skills competitions at WorldSkills UK, and inclusive ICT skills competitor Jason Williams from Coleg Cambria

From left: media team members from New College Durham Brandon-Lee Bradley, Connor Douglas, Michael Carman, and ICT inclusive skills competitor Phillip Johnston, also from New College Durham, at The Skills Show closing ceremony

From left: inclusive health and social care competitor Jackson Ofori–Larbi and inclusive ICT competitor Nicholas Ziegers, both from South Thames College, dab at The Skills Show closing ceremony



COMPETITION FORENAME SURNAME ORGANISATION/COLLEGE MEDAL

CARPENTRY JASON KNAPP COLEG GWENT GOLD

CARPENTRY BILLY MILLER PEMBROKESHIRE COLLEGE BRONZE

CARPENTRY JOINT JOSHUA KERR COLEG SIR GAR SILVER

CARPENTRY JOINT JOHN BROSMAN COLEG GWENT SILVER

CATERING ISSAC LA PORTE HUNTINGDONSHIRE REGIONAL COLLEGE GOLD

CATERING IAIN HANNA CITY OF GLASGOW COLLEGE SILVER

CATERING JOSEPH CLARKE HUNTINGDONSHIRE REGIONAL COLLEGE BRONZE

HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE JADIE HARRISON NORTH WARWICKSHIRE & SOUTH LEICESTERSHIRE COLLEGE GOLD

HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE EBONY EVANS COLEG SIR GAR SILVER

HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE JACKSON OFORI - LARBI SOUTH THAMES COLLEGE BRONZE

ICT JASON WILLIAMS COLEG CAMBRIA GOLD

ICT PAIGE BEDFORD COLEG CAMBRIA SILVER

ICT PHILLIP JOHNSTON NEW COLLEGE DURHAM BRONZE

MEDIA CALUM HILL REGISTERED INDEPENDENTLY GOLD

MEDIA LUKE MAINS REGISTERED INDEPENDENTLY GOLD

MEDIA ALEX HUNT REGISTERED INDEPENDENTLY SILVER

MEDIA MICHAEL CARMAN REGISTERED INDEPENDENTLY BRONZE

MEDIA CONNOR DOUGLAS REGISTERED INDEPENDENTLY BRONZE

MEDIA - TEAM LEWIS COLLYER NORTH WARWICKSHIRE & SOUTH LEICESTERSHIRE COLLEGE GOLD

MEDIA - TEAM HEATHER HOLLINGSWORTH NORTH WARWICKSHIRE & SOUTH LEICESTERSHIRE COLLEGE SILVER

MEDIA- TEAM BRANDON LEE - BRADLEY NEW COLLEGE DURHAM BRONZE

INCLUSIVE SKILLS HIT THE BIG TIME AT THIS YEAR’S SKILLS SHOW

Inclusive media level one competitors Heather Hollingsworth and Alex Hunt , both from South Leicestershire College

Inclusive catering entry level two competitor Charlie Amey, from Derwen College, cooks up a storm while being judged by Karen Dale (right), operations manager at Premier Inn Chester South East, and judge Julie Rudkin, field sales manager from Bidvest

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LOOKING AHEAD: THE ROAD TO WORLD SKILLS 2019 BEGINS

ALL EYES ON GOTHENBURG AS WE GEAR UP FOR EUROSKILLS 2016

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Team UK selectionOne competitor per skill will

be called up to join Team UK

for WorldSkills Abu Dhabi in

October.

WorldSkills Abu DhabiMore than 1,200 competitors

from 75 countries are expected

to take part in competitions in

50 different skill areas.

Selection of the UK squad for WorldSkills Kazan (2019).

Around 150 members will

be selected for Squad UK,

chosen from the 2016 and 2017

WorldSkills UK skills competitors.

Team UK selected for WorldSkills KazanOne competitor per skill

selected to join Team UK in

Russia.

EuroSkills in Budapest, HungaryAround 20 competitors will

fly to Budapest to represent

Team UK at EuroSkills betwen

September 26 and 28.

AUGUST 2019August 2019WorldSkills KazanAround 1,200 competitors

from around 75 countries will

descend on Russia to compete

at WorldSkills 2019 in Kazan.

Now the Skills Show is over for

another year, all eyes are now

turning towards Gothenburg, where

22 of the country’s top apprentices

will be going for gold at EuroSkills

2016.

They will compete against the

best of the rest of Europe in more

than 35 different skill areas, as the

most talented young people from

more than 30 countries descend on

Sweden between December 1 and 3.

The team, which was selected from

standout competitors in the national

finals at last year’s Skills Show, has

taken part in an intensive training

programme, supported by their

trainers, employers and training

providers over the last 12 months.

Daniel Martins, 19, who will

compete in plumbing at EuroSkills,

said it has been a tough process but

one that he is hoping will pay off.

“I’ve practiced hard to finesse my

skills over the last year to prepare for

Gothenburg,” he told FE Week. “It has

been a demanding process but one

that could result in gold.

“I’m a bit nervous but really looking

forward to it, and hoping to do well

when I’m out there. It’ll be a great

experience competing in a different

country.”

The team is looking to better the

haul of three golds, six silvers and

three medallions for excellence it

picked up at EuroSkills 2014 in Lille.

But competitors can expect a step

up in class when they take to the

stage in Gothenburg, as while the

UK finals operate at a level three

standard, WorldSkills operates a level

six, and EuroSkills is “somewhere in

between”.

Christian Notley, a WorldSkills

UK cabinet-making expert who

lectures at Chichester College and

has mentored two international

gold medallists in his skill area, said

the environment of a European

competition will be more intense

than the national finals, but offered

competitors some sage advice.

“Gothenburg will be a higher-

profile event than this one, and the

competition will be strong, but

they should forget about the

competition – it is all about you,”

he said.

“Competitors are not competing

against others, they are competing

against their brief and completing

their project.

“You walk on stage, do your project,

walk off,” he said. “Do not look at

anybody else; all it will do is play

with your mind.”

After the Euros, the competitors

will go on to compete for a place at

WorldSkills Abu Dhabi 2017.

Last year, the UK team took

home three gold medals, as well as

four silver and two bronze, from

WorldSkills in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

We are less than 12 months

away from the start of

WorldSkills Abu Dhabi –

but some apprentices have already

taken their first steps on the road to

Kazan 2019.

One of the key events of last year’s

Skills Show was the selection of the

long squad for the 44th WorldSkills in

Abu Dhabi 2017.

Since then, the squad has been

reduced from its initial 150 members

to around 80 young people, with

22 of those going on to compete in

Gothenburg at EuroSkills 2016 in

December.

After that’s done and dusted, the

80-strong Team UK will in March

be cut down again to a final team

of roughly 25 competitors, who will

travel to Abu Dhabi in October.

The UK squad for WorldSkills 2019,

which will be held in Russia, was not

selected at this year’s Skills Show,

but those competitors with the

highest scores can be brought back to

compete at next year’s national finals.

Ben Blackledge, WorldSkills UK

director of skills competitions,

explained: “We don’t unveil squad for

Russia until next year but competitors

can be asked to come back next year

to try and get in.

“This year’s competitors who

are age-eligible will then be given

the opportunity to come back and

compete next year to be part of

the squad. We will announce in

December who those people are who

are invited back.”

WorldSkills Abu Dhabi will be

the first time that a Middle Eastern

country has hosted WorldSkills,

which will be held in the Adnec,

the Abu Dhabi National Exhibition

Centre.

The event will take place between

October 14 and 19, 2017.

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EuroSkills in Gothenburg, SwedenTwenty two competitors from

Team UK will battle against

teams from 30 European

countries in for EuroSkills glory

between December 1 and 3.



Around 200 of the UK’s top vocational learners were rewarded with gold, silver and

bronze medals at the closing ceremony of the Skills Show on November 19.

Medals were awarded to the best entrants in 61 different skill areas, with a further 29 young people highly commended for their efforts.

It was colleges from Scotland and Wales which emerged as the big winners of the night, with the two countries claiming the top three places on the official medal table.

New College Lanarkshire took the top spot with 32 points, bagging the most medals with an impressive haul of four gold, two silver, four bronze and two highly commended.

City of Glasgow College, which was best overall in 2015, came second, followed by Coleg Sir Gar in third.

The winners were presented with their awards at a special evening event attended by around 1,000 people, which featured an opening speech by Carol Stott, the chair of organisers for WorldSkills UK, and which was hosted by TV presenter Will Best.

Daniel Pickering, 17, from UTC Sheffield, won a gold medal in mechatronics.

His college finished in joint-fifth position with 12 points, taking home four medals: one gold, two silver and one bronze.

Daniel said that winning the competition was one of his “greatest ever” achievements.

“The competition was very challenging and such a different experience to anything I have done before,” he said. “I really had to draw on all of my problem-solving skills. I am so proud to be recognised as one of the best in the UK.”

Abigail Buckingham, an apprentice at the Goldsmiths’ Centre, won gold in fine jewellery-making. She said: “It’s been a great competition, an amazing opportunity, and a totally different experience. You find out for yourself what you like about the trade, and this will help you in your future career.”

Danny Lane, from North Warwickshire and Hinckley College, won gold in culinary arts. He said he was “very proud” and that the competition has given him the drive to “carry on, work hard and get as far as I can”.

Christopher green, who won gold as a network infrastructure technician from North East Surrey College of Technology,

said: “It’s amazing, I didn’t expect it. I’m happy to get the experience and it has shown me if you want to do it you can.”

Isabel Pye, part of the gold-winning team from Kendal College for video moving image, said: “We are in shock. We are a little college in Cumbria – it’s amazing. I would say to those thinking about competitions to just do it. It’s worth it even if you don’t win it’s a great experience.”

More than 500 talented young people took part in competitions covering anything from bricklaying to web design. After two days of intense competition independent judges assessed the work of competitors.

Robert Halfon, the skills and apprenticeships minister, congratulated the competitors after the show.

“The Skills Show is the future of Britain,” he told FE Week. “It is the competitors that make the show so special and important.

“I congratulate every one of them and wish them every success, especially in their future jobs as examples of all that is best that skills can offer.”

Speaking after the medal presentation, Neil Bentley, the chief executive of WorldSkills UK, said: “It has been an incredible, inspiring and hugely successful Skills Show, culminating in a ceremony to honour the very best young talent Britain has to offer. I would like to congratulate all the gold medal winners – indeed everyone who made it into the national finals.

“Over the three days of the event they have showcased their skills to tens of thousands of visitors from construction to engineering to hospitality and services.

“We are proud to have the support of so many companies in so many sectors and of the competition organisers which make the Skills Show the UK’s most innovative skills event.

“The medal-winners will be rightly celebrated by their family, friends and colleagues, but also by all of us – they are our future and role models to inspire the next generation of talent into fulfilling careers with skills at their heart.”

NEARLY 200 COMPETITORS HONOURED AT CLOSING CEREMONY

Popular music performance gold medallists Troubled Heritage, from Mid Kent College, performing at The Skills Show closing ceremony

Will Best hosting The Skills Show closing ceremony

Video moving image gold medallists from Kendal College: Matthew Tucker, Catriona Fish, Isobel Pye, and Caitlin Rigney



3D DIGITAL GAME ART ADVANCED ROSS GARRARD NEW COLLEGE LANARKSHIRE SCOTLAND GOLD3D DIGITAL GAME ART ADVANCED AVALON DO WESTMINSTER KINGSWAY COLLEGE LONDON SILVER3D DIGITAL GAME ART ADVANCED PATRICK BUCKLEY WEST CHESHIRE COLLEGE NORTH WEST BRONZEAERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING: AVIONIC ADVANCED DAVID FIRTH MARSHALL AEROSPACE AND DEFENCE GROUP EAST OF ENGLAND GOLDAERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING: AVIONIC ADVANCED JACK PRINCE QINETIQ SOUTH WEST SILVERAERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING: AVIONIC ADVANCED RYAN PATTISON ROYAL NAVY SOUTH EAST BRONZEAERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING: MECHANICAL ADVANCED BEN HIGGINS QINETIQ SOUTH WEST GOLDAERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING: MECHANICAL ADVANCED BALAZS SPARING COLEG CAMBRIA WALES SILVERAERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING: MECHANICAL ADVANCED THOMAS ROBERTS MPI LTD EAST OF ENGLAND BRONZEAUTOMOTIVE BODY REPAIR ADVANCED SHAWN DYSON CHESTERFIELD COLLEGE EAST MIDLANDS GOLDAUTOMOTIVE BODY REPAIR ADVANCED LEWIS OWERS NATIONWIDE CRASH REPAIR CENTRE EAST OF ENGLAND SILVERAUTOMOTIVE BODY REPAIR ADVANCED JUSTIN MAHON SOUTHERN REGIONAL COLLEGE NORTHERN IRELAND BRONZEAUTOMOTIVE REFINISHING ADVANCED MICHAEL MASSEY CHESTERFIELD COLLEGE EAST MIDLANDS GOLDAUTOMOTIVE REFINISHING ADVANCED CHRISTOPHER JONES CARDIFF AND VALE COLLEGE WALES SILVERAUTOMOTIVE REFINISHING ADVANCED THEODOROS TSOUKNIDAS CARDIFF AND VALE COLLEGE WALES BRONZEAUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED HARRY GARRAWAY VOLKSWAGEN GROUP APPRENTICE PROGRAMME SOUTH EAST GOLDAUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED BRETT GIBSON JAGUAR LAND ROVER ACADEMY WEST MIDLANDS SILVERAUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY ADVANCED EOIN MCCLOSKEY NORTH WEST REGIONAL COLLEGE NORTHERN IRELAND BRONZEBEAUTY THERAPY: BODY OPEN REBECCA WEST SUSSEX DOWNS COLLEGE SOUTH EAST GOLDBEAUTY THERAPY: BODY OPEN CHANEL RODERICKSON CITY OF GLASGOW COLLEGE SCOTLAND SILVERBEAUTY THERAPY: BODY OPEN SHANNON POTTER YEOVIL COLLEGE SOUTH WEST BRONZEBEAUTY THERAPY: HANDS AND FACE OPEN HOLLY MAE COTTERELL REDS HAIR COMPANY WEST MIDLANDS GOLDBEAUTY THERAPY: HANDS AND FACE OPEN JESSIKAH FALSHAW COLEG CAMBRIA WALES SILVERBEAUTY THERAPY: HANDS AND FACE OPEN CAITLIN FAIRBROTHER RIVERSIDE COLLEGE NORTH WEST BRONZEBRICKLAYING ADVANCED JEMUEL CHAMOS SOUTH EASTERN REGIONAL COLLEGE NORTHERN IRELAND GOLDBRICKLAYING ADVANCED JORDAN RICHARDS DERBY COLLEGE EAST MIDLANDS SILVERBRICKLAYING ADVANCED JACK BROADBENT HEART OF WORCESTERSHIRE COLLEGE WEST MIDLANDS BRONZEBUTCHERY OPEN PETER RUSHFORTH CAMBRIAN TRAINING WALES GOLDBUTCHERY OPEN DYLAN GILLESPIE CLOGHER VALLEY MEATS NORTHERN IRELAND SILVERBUTCHERY OPEN DANIEL TURLEY AUBREY ALLEN LTD WEST MIDLANDS BRONZECABINET MAKING ADVANCED CHRIS CLARKE CHICHESTER COLLEGE SOUTH EAST GOLDCABINET MAKING ADVANCED TOM PENNICOTT CHICHESTER COLLEGE SOUTH EAST SILVERCABINET MAKING ADVANCED IAN TOWERS EAST MIDLANDS BRONZECARPENTRY ADVANCED WILLIAM CAMPBELL SOUTH EASTERN REGIONAL COLLEGE NORTHERN IRELAND GOLDCARPENTRY ADVANCED TOM O’BYRNE EALING, HAMMERSMITH AND WEST LONDON COLLEGE LONDON SILVERCARPENTRY ADVANCED RICKY COLLYER SOUTH DEVON COLLEGE SOUTH WEST BRONZECNC MILLING ADVANCED LEIGH CLARKE ELECTROIMPACT UK LTD WALES GOLDCNC MILLING ADVANCED RYAN DEXTER ELECTROIMPACT UK LTD WALES SILVERCNC MILLING ADVANCED JOE HARRISON COLEG CAMBRIA WALES BRONZECNC TURNING ADVANCED KATIE GOODWILL ROLLS-ROYCE PLC EAST MIDLANDS GOLDCNC TURNING ADVANCED SAM SIBERT CHESTERFIELD COLLEGE EAST MIDLANDS SILVERCNC TURNING ADVANCED OLIVER HYDE TRAINING 2000 LIMITED NORTH WEST BRONZECONFECTIONERY ADVANCED WENDY LO SCOTLAND GOLDCONFECTIONERY ADVANCED ALYSON BURNS CITY OF GLASGOW COLLEGE SCOTLAND SILVERCONFECTIONERY ADVANCED ERIN MACDONALD CITY OF GLASGOW COLLEGE SCOTLAND BRONZECONSTRUCTION METALWORK ADVANCED CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR TRAINING 2000 LIMITED NORTH WEST GOLDCONSTRUCTION METALWORK ADVANCED BENJI DAEMS GRIMSBY INSTITUTE OF FURTHER AND HIGHER ED YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE SILVERCONSTRUCTION METALWORK ADVANCED JONATHAN HOLDING BURNLEY COLLEGE NORTH WEST BRONZECULINARY ARTS OPEN DANNY LANE NORTH WARWICKSHIRE AND HINCKLEY COLLEGE WEST MIDLANDS GOLDCULINARY ARTS OPEN EDEN ALLSWORTH EAST KENT COLLEGE SOUTH EAST SILVERCULINARY ARTS OPEN SAM EVERTON PEMBROKESHIRE COLLEGE WALES BRONZEELECTRICAL INSTALLATION ADVANCED STUART GRAHAM SOUTH WEST COLLEGE NORTHERN IRELAND GOLDELECTRICAL INSTALLATION ADVANCED PATRICK CARR NEW COLLEGE LANARKSHIRE SCOTLAND SILVERELECTRICAL INSTALLATION ADVANCED STEVEN HARPER DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY COLLEGE SCOTLAND BRONZEENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ADVANCED STEPHEN HUGHES COLEG SIR GAR WALES GOLDENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ADVANCED OWEN WASTELL COLEG SIR GAR WALES GOLDENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ADVANCED JOSH FOSTER FURNESS COLLEGE NORTH WEST SILVERENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ADVANCED CHLOE OWENS FURNESS COLLEGE NORTH WEST SILVERENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ADVANCED TAMAR LEWIS COLEG SIR GAR WALES BRONZEENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE ADVANCED JAMES MC MILLAN COLEG SIR GAR WALES BRONZEFASHION AND PHOTOGRAPHIC MAKE-UP OPEN EMMA PORTER NEW COLLEGE LANARKSHIRE SCOTLAND GOLDFASHION AND PHOTOGRAPHIC MAKE-UP OPEN VANESSA DAWSON ROTHERHAM COLLEGE OF ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE SILVERFASHION AND PHOTOGRAPHIC MAKE-UP OPEN DARCI WARDROPE NEW COLLEGE LANARKSHIRE SCOTLAND BRONZEFINE JEWELLERY MAKING OPEN ABIGAIL BUCKINGHAM THE GOLDSMITHS’ CENTRE LONDON GOLDFINE JEWELLERY MAKING OPEN ANDREW COWLEY BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY WEST MIDLANDS SILVERFINE JEWELLERY MAKING OPEN LUKE BLACKIE THE GOLDSMITHS’ CENTRE LONDON BRONZEFITNESS TRAINER: GYM INSTRUCTOR OPEN KAJA CHOMA BELFAST METROPOLITAN COLLEGE NORTHERN IRELAND GOLDFITNESS TRAINER: GYM INSTRUCTOR OPEN ROSIE ROTHERAM TRURO AND PENWITH COLLEGE SOUTH WEST SILVERFITNESS TRAINER: GYM INSTRUCTOR OPEN SAMANTHA LAIRD CITY OF GLASGOW COLLEGE SCOTLAND BRONZEFITNESS TRAINER: PERSONAL TRAINING ADVANCED TERRI MUSSON LOUGHBOROUGH COLLEGE EAST MIDLANDS GOLDFITNESS TRAINER: PERSONAL TRAINING ADVANCED MIYAZIM IBRYAMOV COLEG GWENT WALES SILVERFITNESS TRAINER: PERSONAL TRAINING ADVANCED JACK BURBANK LOUGHBOROUGH COLLEGE EAST MIDLANDS BRONZEFLORISTRY OPEN DEAN SHARPE WARWICKSHIRE COLLEGE WEST MIDLANDS GOLDFLORISTRY OPEN ZOE SIMMONS WARWICKSHIRE COLLEGE WEST MIDLANDS SILVERFLORISTRY OPEN JEONG HYUN KIM WRITTLE COLLEGE EAST OF ENGLAND BRONZEFORENSIC SCIENCE OPEN NIA DAVIES-SHELDON UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE NORTH WEST GOLDFORENSIC SCIENCE OPEN JESSICA RAMM UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE NORTH WEST SILVERFORENSIC SCIENCE OPEN LAURA MACKAY EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY SCOTLAND BRONZEGRAPHIC DESIGN ADVANCED JESS EDWARDS MID-KENT COLLEGE SOUTH EAST GOLD

COMPETITION LEVEL FORENAME SURNAME ORGANISATION REGION MEDAL

RESULTSGOLD, SILVER, BRONZE - WORLDSKILLS UK FINALS 2016



GRAPHIC DESIGN ADVANCED LEWIS WEBSTER KNOWSLEY COMMUNITY COLLEGE NORTH WEST SILVERGRAPHIC DESIGN ADVANCED JOSEF RUSSELL MID-KENT COLLEGE SOUTH EAST BRONZEHAIRDRESSING OPEN KATHLEEN-ANNE FANNAN NEW COLLEGE LANARKSHIRE SCOTLAND GOLDHAIRDRESSING OPEN ALYSHA HILL BE BEAUTIFUL NORTH WEST TRAINING ACADEMY NORTH WEST SILVERHAIRDRESSING OPEN RUTH ELEN LLOYD COLEG MENAI WALES BRONZEHEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ADVANCED RHIANNA BERRY BOSTON COLLEGE EAST OF ENGLAND GOLDHEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ADVANCED WILLIAM MALCHER SOUTH DEVON COLLEGE SOUTH WEST SILVERHEALTH AND SOCIAL CARE ADVANCED SHANEY SLOAN THE COLLEGE OF WEST ANGLIA EAST OF ENGLAND BRONZEHEAVY VEHICLE ENGINEERING ADVANCED SHAUN RICHARDS LONDON GOLDHEAVY VEHICLE ENGINEERING ADVANCED DEAN CARTER-PILGRIM SOUTH WEST SILVERHEAVY VEHICLE ENGINEERING ADVANCED SHAUN COUSINS DAF TRUCKS UK SOUTH EAST BRONZEINDUSTRIAL CONTROL ADVANCED DANIEL PICKERING UTC SHEFFIELD YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE GOLDINDUSTRIAL CONTROL ADVANCED JAKE STUCHBURY-WASS UTC SHEFFIELD YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE GOLDINDUSTRIAL CONTROL ADVANCED MICHAL KROL UTC SHEFFIELD YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE SILVERINDUSTRIAL CONTROL ADVANCED OWEN SCHOFIELD UTC SHEFFIELD YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE SILVERINDUSTRIAL CONTROL ADVANCED OLIVER DAVIES INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION & CONTROL LTD WALES BRONZEINDUSTRIAL CONTROL ADVANCED SAM SCOTT INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION & CONTROL LTD WALES BRONZEINDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS ADVANCED CHRISTINE MCDOWELL BELFAST METROPOLITAN COLLEGE NORTHERN IRELAND GOLDINDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS ADVANCED DANIEL SKINNER BAE SYSTEMS SOUTH EAST SILVERINDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS ADVANCED NICOLE CATNEY BELFAST METROPOLITAN COLLEGE NORTHERN IRELAND BRONZEIT SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS OPEN CHRISTOPHER EVANS COLEG SIR GAR WALES GOLDIT SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS OPEN DANIEL SCOTT WESTON COLLEGE SOUTH WEST SILVERIT SOFTWARE SOLUTIONS FOR BUSINESS OPEN ADAM BLACK SCOTLAND BRONZEIT SUPPORT TECHNICIAN ADVANCED ELLIS MEADES-WOOLLEY HIGHBURY COLLEGE, PORTSMOUTH SOUTH EAST GOLDIT SUPPORT TECHNICIAN ADVANCED MATTHEW ASHTON-JONES FIFE COLLEGE SCOTLAND SILVERIT SUPPORT TECHNICIAN ADVANCED CHRISTOPHER TAYLOR HIGHBURY COLLEGE, PORTSMOUTH SOUTH EAST BRONZEJOINERY ADVANCED LIAM MARTIN DIDAC LTD SOUTH WEST GOLDJOINERY ADVANCED CHRISTOPHER CAINE PEMBROKESHIRE COLLEGE WALES SILVERJOINERY ADVANCED GARETH ELLIOTT SOUTH WEST COLLEGE NORTHERN IRELAND BRONZELANDSCAPING OPEN JACOB BOTTING MYERSCOUGH COLLEGE NORTH WEST GOLDLANDSCAPING OPEN ROSS CONQUEST CONQUEST HARD LANDSCAPING LTD SOUTH EAST SILVERLANDSCAPING OPEN AARON BYRNE REASEHEATH COLLEGE NORTH WEST BRONZEMANUFACTURING TEAM CHALLENGE OPEN ANDREW JOYCE CARNAUDMETALBOX YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE GOLDMANUFACTURING TEAM CHALLENGE OPEN MARK SMITH CARNAUDMETALBOX YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE GOLDMANUFACTURING TEAM CHALLENGE OPEN JAMES THOMASON CARNAUDMETALBOX YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE GOLDMANUFACTURING TEAM CHALLENGE OPEN EWAN HOLLEY MAGELLAN AEROSPACE (UK) LTD. WALES SILVERMANUFACTURING TEAM CHALLENGE OPEN LIAM HUTCHINSON MAGELLAN AEROSPACE (UK) LTD. WALES SILVERMANUFACTURING TEAM CHALLENGE OPEN GARETH VALE MAGELLAN AEROSPACE (UK) LTD. WALES SILVERMANUFACTURING TEAM CHALLENGE OPEN DYLAN EDWARDS JCB TRANSMISSIONS WALES BRONZEMANUFACTURING TEAM CHALLENGE OPEN KENDAL IRVINE JCB TRANSMISSIONS WALES BRONZEMANUFACTURING TEAM CHALLENGE OPEN GEORGE WALKER JCB TRANSMISSIONS WALES BRONZEMECHANICAL ENGINEERING: CAD OPEN ROSS MEGAHY NEW COLLEGE LANARKSHIRE SCOTLAND GOLDMECHANICAL ENGINEERING: CAD OPEN ANDREW MILL NEW COLLEGE LANARKSHIRE SCOTLAND SILVERMECHANICAL ENGINEERING: CAD OPEN ALEX CORCORAN TRAINING 2000 LIMITED NORTH WEST BRONZEMECHATRONICS ADVANCED TOM COOTE BMW UK MANUFACTURING SOUTH EAST GOLDMECHATRONICS ADVANCED MATTHEW WEBB BMW UK MANUFACTURING SOUTH EAST GOLDMECHATRONICS ADVANCED HANNAH FROST UTC SHEFFIELD YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE SILVERMECHATRONICS ADVANCED TOM SPIRES UTC SHEFFIELD YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE SILVERMECHATRONICS ADVANCED BRANAGH ARDEN-HOWARD BMW UK MANUFACTURING SOUTH EAST BRONZEMECHATRONICS ADVANCED JAI ROBINSON BMW UK MANUFACTURING SOUTH EAST BRONZEMECHATRONICS HIGHER ALEX BUFTON TOYOTA MANUFACTURING LTD EAST MIDLANDS GOLDMECHATRONICS HIGHER JAMIE MANN TOYOTA MANUFACTURING LTD EAST MIDLANDS GOLDMECHATRONICS HIGHER ANDREJ LIESKOVSKY MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY LONDON SILVERMECHATRONICS HIGHER PIOTR NOWICKI MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY LONDON SILVERMECHATRONICS HIGHER WILL DAVIS UTC SHEFFIELD YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE BRONZEMECHATRONICS HIGHER KAMIL ZMICH UTC SHEFFIELD YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE BRONZEMEDIA MAKE UP: BODY OPEN JOSHUA LANGFORD NORTH WARWICKSHIRE AND HINCKLEY COLLEGE WEST MIDLANDS GOLDMEDIA MAKE UP: BODY OPEN EMILY SMITH ROTHERHAM COLLEGE OF ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE GOLDMEDIA MAKE UP: BODY OPEN LAUREN MCMAHON SOUTHERN REGIONAL COLLEGE NORTHERN IRELAND SILVERMEDIA MAKE UP: BODY OPEN GINA MORRIS COLEG GWENT WALES BRONZENAIL ART ADVANCED JADE ANDERSON-TAYLOR STOKE-ON-TRENT COLLEGE WEST MIDLANDS GOLDNAIL ART ADVANCED HELEN CATHERALL TRURO AND PENWITH COLLEGE SOUTH WEST SILVERNAIL ART ADVANCED JENNA STANLEY COLEG LLANDRILLO CYMRU WALES SILVERNAIL ART ADVANCED GEMMA LEWIS ROTHERHAM COLLEGE OF ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE BRONZENAIL ENHANCEMENTS ADVANCED KIRSTY HUGHES THE MANCHESTER COLLEGE NORTH WEST GOLDNAIL ENHANCEMENTS ADVANCED HANNAH JAMIESON WEST COLLEGE SCOTLAND SCOTLAND SILVERNAIL ENHANCEMENTS ADVANCED NICOLE HENRY HULL COLLEGE YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE BRONZENAIL SERVICES OPEN OLIVIA CRABTREE COLEG CAMBRIA WALES GOLDNAIL SERVICES OPEN STEPHANIE BLOWER WALSALL COLLEGE WEST MIDLANDS SILVERNAIL SERVICES OPEN JESSICA MITCHELL WEST CHESHIRE COLLEGE NORTH WEST BRONZENETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNICIAN ADVANCED CHRIS GREEN NORTH EAST SURREY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY SOUTH EAST GOLDNETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNICIAN ADVANCED DARIO MOHADDES KHORASSANI EDINBURGH COLLEGE SCOTLAND SILVERNETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNICIAN ADVANCED THOMAS RUSSELL HIGHBURY COLLEGE, PORTSMOUTH SOUTH EAST BRONZENETWORK SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR ADVANCED ADAM KOLBUSZ CITY OF GLASGOW COLLEGE SCOTLAND GOLDNETWORK SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR ADVANCED ANDREW MATTHEWS HIGHBURY COLLEGE, PORTSMOUTH SOUTH EAST SILVERNETWORK SYSTEMS ADMINISTRATOR ADVANCED STUART LIVINGSTON NEW COLLEGE LANARKSHIRE SCOTLAND BRONZEPAINTING AND DECORATING ADVANCED AYLA FOULIS FIFE COLLEGE SCOTLAND GOLDPAINTING AND DECORATING ADVANCED STEFAN HUBBLE WEST NOTTINGHAMSHIRE COLLEGE GROUP EAST MIDLANDS SILVERPAINTING AND DECORATING ADVANCED RYAN CHAMBERLAIN NEW COLLEGE, DURHAM NORTH EAST BRONZE

SECTOR COMPETITION LEVEL FORENAME SURNAME ORGANISATION REGION MEDAL

RESULTSGOLD, SILVER, BRONZE - WORLDSKILLS UK FINALS 2016



RESULTS

PLASTERING ADVANCED AMEHA SHEWAYE BANTIWERED LEEDS COLLEGE OF BUILDING YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE GOLDPLASTERING ADVANCED WILLIAM JOHNSON MIDDLESBROUGH COLLEGE NORTH EAST SILVERPLASTERING ADVANCED HANNAH MEALEY WEST MIDLANDS BRONZEPLASTERING AND DRYWALL SYSTEMS ADVANCED JACK SYDDALL BARNSLEY COLLEGE YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE GOLDPLASTERING AND DRYWALL SYSTEMS ADVANCED MARK DAVISON TYNE METROPOLITAN COLLEGE NORTH EAST SILVERPLASTERING AND DRYWALL SYSTEMS ADVANCED DANIEL MCATEER SOUTH WEST COLLEGE NORTHERN IRELAND BRONZEPLUMBING ADVANCED GARETH JONES HYFFORDDIANT CEREDIGION TRAINING WEST MIDLANDS GOLDPLUMBING ADVANCED BEN RANDOLL BRIDGWATER COLLEGE SOUTH WEST SILVERPLUMBING ADVANCED DAVID BLEWETT MORAY COLLEGE UHI SCOTLAND BRONZEPOPULAR MUSIC PERFORMANCE ADVANCED REECE BLACKMORE MID-KENT COLLEGE SOUTH EAST GOLDPOPULAR MUSIC PERFORMANCE ADVANCED OLIVER PARKES MID-KENT COLLEGE SOUTH EAST GOLDPOPULAR MUSIC PERFORMANCE ADVANCED LIAM PONDER MID-KENT COLLEGE SOUTH EAST GOLDPOPULAR MUSIC PERFORMANCE ADVANCED GIANNI SCALERA MID-KENT COLLEGE SOUTH EAST GOLDPOPULAR MUSIC PERFORMANCE ADVANCED BEN GRAHAM NORTH WEST REGIONAL COLLEGE NORTHERN IRELAND SILVERPOPULAR MUSIC PERFORMANCE ADVANCED ERIN LAVERTY NORTH WEST REGIONAL COLLEGE NORTHERN IRELAND SILVERPOPULAR MUSIC PERFORMANCE ADVANCED SEANIN MCGEE NORTH WEST REGIONAL COLLEGE NORTHERN IRELAND SILVERPOPULAR MUSIC PERFORMANCE ADVANCED JACK MCHALE NORTH WEST REGIONAL COLLEGE NORTHERN IRELAND SILVERPOPULAR MUSIC PERFORMANCE ADVANCED BILLY PUTT NORTH WEST REGIONAL COLLEGE NORTHERN IRELAND SILVERPOPULAR MUSIC PERFORMANCE ADVANCED DOMINICK SWEENEY NORTH WEST REGIONAL COLLEGE NORTHERN IRELAND SILVERPOPULAR MUSIC PERFORMANCE ADVANCED REECE DODDS NEW COLLEGE LANARKSHIRE SCOTLAND BRONZEPOPULAR MUSIC PERFORMANCE ADVANCED NICOLE LYNCH NEW COLLEGE LANARKSHIRE SCOTLAND BRONZEPOPULAR MUSIC PERFORMANCE ADVANCED ROSS LYNCH NEW COLLEGE LANARKSHIRE SCOTLAND BRONZEPOPULAR MUSIC PERFORMANCE ADVANCED GORDON ROBERTSON NEW COLLEGE LANARKSHIRE SCOTLAND BRONZEPOPULAR MUSIC PERFORMANCE ADVANCED KEVIN SUTHERLAND NEW COLLEGE LANARKSHIRE SCOTLAND BRONZEREFRIGERATION ADVANCED LUKE COURTNEY SOUTH EASTERN REGIONAL COLLEGE NORTHERN IRELAND GOLDREFRIGERATION ADVANCED CHRIS HOY SOUTH EASTERN REGIONAL COLLEGE NORTHERN IRELAND SILVERREFRIGERATION ADVANCED JOHN THOMPSON GLASGOW KELVIN COLLEGE SCOTLAND BRONZERESTAURANT SERVICE OPEN KATE LOUISE EVANS COLEG SIR GAR WALES GOLDRESTAURANT SERVICE OPEN SCOTT MEARS GOWER COLLEGE SWANSEA WALES SILVERRESTAURANT SERVICE OPEN DAWN ELAINE CUMMING NEW COLLEGE LANARKSHIRE SCOTLAND BRONZEROBOTICS OPEN KAI BRYANT THE JOHN WARNER SCHOOL LONDON GOLDROBOTICS OPEN BROOKLYN PEDLEY THE JOHN WARNER SCHOOL LONDON GOLDROBOTICS OPEN EVA BLESSING ONYEULO MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY LONDON SILVERROBOTICS OPEN RAHUL VEKARIA MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY LONDON SILVERROBOTICS OPEN ROBERT COCKERILL THE JOHN WARNER SCHOOL LONDON BRONZEROBOTICS OPEN CALLUM JOY THE JOHN WARNER SCHOOL LONDON BRONZEROOFING: SLATING AND TILING ADVANCED WILLIAM EMERTON LEEDS COLLEGE OF BUILDING YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE GOLDROOFING: SLATING AND TILING ADVANCED SAM BLOUNT CORNWALL COLLEGE SOUTH WEST SILVERROOFING: SLATING AND TILING ADVANCED ANDREW EMERTON LEEDS COLLEGE OF BUILDING YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE BRONZESHEET METALWORK TECHNOLOGY OPEN JOHN-ROBBIE SANDERSON TRAINING 2000 LIMITED NORTH WEST GOLDSHEET METALWORK TECHNOLOGY OPEN GARETH PHILLIPS COLEG CAMBRIA WALES SILVERSHEET METALWORK TECHNOLOGY OPEN ANDREW PARSONS CITY OF WOLVERHAMPTON COLLEGE WEST MIDLANDS BRONZESTONEMASONRY ADVANCED GERGOR ALCORN INVERNESS COLLEGE UHI SCOTLAND GOLDSTONEMASONRY ADVANCED WILLIAM LOVELL WEYMOUTH COLLEGE SOUTH WEST SILVERSTONEMASONRY ADVANCED ROSS KENNEDY INVERNESS COLLEGE UHI SCOTLAND BRONZEVIDEO MOVING IMAGE ADVANCED CATRIONA FISH KENDAL COLLEGE NORTH WEST GOLDVIDEO MOVING IMAGE ADVANCED ISOBEL PYE KENDAL COLLEGE NORTH WEST GOLDVIDEO MOVING IMAGE ADVANCED CAITLIN RIGNEY KENDAL COLLEGE NORTH WEST GOLDVIDEO MOVING IMAGE ADVANCED MATTHEW TUCKER KENDAL COLLEGE NORTH WEST GOLDVIDEO MOVING IMAGE ADVANCED TYNE DAVEY NORTH EAST SURREY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY SOUTH EAST SILVERVIDEO MOVING IMAGE ADVANCED JAMIE HARVEY-CASSERLY NORTH EAST SURREY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY SOUTH EAST SILVERVIDEO MOVING IMAGE ADVANCED ALEX MARSHALL NORTH EAST SURREY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY SOUTH EAST SILVERVIDEO MOVING IMAGE ADVANCED TAHKEISHON SMITH NORTH EAST SURREY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY SOUTH EAST SILVERVIDEO MOVING IMAGE ADVANCED JAMIE COLLINS THE COLLEGE OF WEST ANGLIA EAST OF ENGLAND BRONZEVIDEO MOVING IMAGE ADVANCED CALLUM HEFFORD THE COLLEGE OF WEST ANGLIA EAST OF ENGLAND BRONZEVIDEO MOVING IMAGE ADVANCED JAMES VEAL THE COLLEGE OF WEST ANGLIA EAST OF ENGLAND BRONZEVIDEO MOVING IMAGE ADVANCED KITTI WELLS THE COLLEGE OF WEST ANGLIA EAST OF ENGLAND BRONZEVISUAL MERCHANDISING ADVANCED CHARLOTTE BUNNELL UNIVERSITY OF THE ARTS, LONDON LONDON GOLDVISUAL MERCHANDISING ADVANCED ELLIE HANLEY COLEG SIR GAR WALES SILVERVISUAL MERCHANDISING ADVANCED RACHELLE HAWES EAST BERKSHIRE COLLEGE SOUTH EAST BRONZEWALL AND FLOOR TILING ADVANCED GORDON COOK CITY OF GLASGOW COLLEGE SCOTLAND GOLDWALL AND FLOOR TILING ADVANCED JORDAN SMITH CITY OF GLASGOW COLLEGE SCOTLAND SILVERWALL AND FLOOR TILING ADVANCED KEIRAN MILNES LEEDS COLLEGE OF BUILDING YORKSHIRE AND HUMBERSIDE BRONZEWEB DESIGN ADVANCED CHRISTOPHER NORTHFIELD CARDIFF AND VALE COLLEGE WALES GOLDWEB DESIGN ADVANCED ROBERT MACFARLANE GLASGOW CLYDE COLLEGE SCOTLAND SILVERWEB DESIGN ADVANCED TOMMY BEATON WESTON COLLEGE SOUTH WEST BRONZEWELDING ADVANCED JAMES LEIGH ELLIOTT ALSTOM POWER WEST MIDLANDS GOLDWELDING ADVANCED CONOR ALEXANDER LAKES COLLEGE, WEST CUMBRIA NORTH WEST SILVERWELDING ADVANCED SAM MEAGAN LAKES COLLEGE, WEST CUMBRIA NORTH WEST BRONZE

SECTOR COMPETITION LEVEL FORENAME SURNAME ORGANISATION REGION MEDAL

GOLD, SILVER, BRONZE - WORLDSKILLS UK FINALS 2016



RESULTS

RANK POINTS ORGANISATION TYPE ORGANISATION GOLD SILVER BRONZE HIGHLY COMMENDED

1 32 FE COLLEGE NEW COLLEGE LANARKSHIRE 4 2 4 22 23 FE COLLEGE CITY OF GLASGOW COLLEGE 2 3 2 23 17 FE COLLEGE COLEG SIR GAR 3 1 1 03 17 FE COLLEGE COLEG CAMBRIA 1 3 1 24 15 FE COLLEGE SOUTH EASTERN REGIONAL COLLEGE 3 1 0 05 12 SPECIALIST COLLEGE LEEDS COLLEGE OF BUILDING 2 0 2 05 12 TRAINING PROVIDER TRAINING 2000 LIMITED 2 0 2 05 12 UNIVERSITY TECHNICAL COLLEGE UTC SHEFFIELD 1 2 1 06 11 FE COLLEGE CHESTERFIELD COLLEGE 2 1 0 06 11 FE COLLEGE HIGHBURY COLLEGE, PORTSMOUTH 1 1 2 07 10 FE COLLEGE BELFAST METROPOLITAN COLLEGE 2 0 1 07 10 FE COLLEGE MID-KENT COLLEGE 2 0 1 08 9 FE COLLEGE CARDIFF AND VALE COLLEGE 1 1 1 08 9 FE COLLEGE ROTHERHAM COLLEGE OF ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY 1 1 1 08 9 FE COLLEGE SOUTH WEST COLLEGE 1 0 2 19 8 FE COLLEGE NORTH WARWICKSHIRE AND HINCKLEY COLLEGE 2 0 0 09 8 FE COLLEGE SOUTHERN REGIONAL COLLEGE 0 1 1 310 7 FE COLLEGE FIFE COLLEGE 1 1 0 010 7 FE COLLEGE CHICHESTER COLLEGE 1 1 0 010 7 EMPLOYER ELECTROIMPACT UK LTD 1 1 0 010 7 EMPLOYER QINETIQ 1 1 0 010 7 FE COLLEGE WARWICKSHIRE COLLEGE 1 1 0 010 7 HIGHER EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE 1 1 0 010 7 FE COLLEGE NORTH EAST SURREY COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY 1 1 0 010 7 TRAINING PROVIDER THE GOLDSMITHS’ CENTRE 1 0 1 1

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