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Global Skills Wire — Issue 29, 2026 (opens the original)
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Welcome to Issue 29 of the Wire. This week, I’m interested in what happens after the leaders’ speeches, certificates of excellence, and podium medals are handed out: can people keep learning, find work, and move forward? In this issue, we take you through Shanghai, South Korea, Chile, Nigeria, New Zealand, the UK, and Germany, with practical ideas worth borrowing and a few claims worth testing. Tom Bewick, Editor-in-Chief <a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com
Shanghai was a recovery. Britain should be aiming higher. (opens the original)
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Global Skills Wire — Issue 28, 2026 (opens the original)
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Shanghai is the global skills community's epicentre this week. The 48th WorldSkills Competition brought 1,385 young competitors from 68 countries to the National Exhibition and Convention Centre, and Sunday's closing ceremony will show which nations are actually walking the talk on skills performance and investment. Elsewhere, India has fielded its larg… Read more
AI, jobs and the missing first step (opens the original)
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Global Skills Wire — Issue 27, 2026 (opens the original)
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A wide-ranging edition to keep the autumn cycle moving. Australia has hit its highest trade apprentice completion rate in a decade, and Canada has punched back with a $6 billion, 100,000-worker Team Canada Strong plan. Cedefop has launched a real-time labour-shortage indicator that every EU skills-policy team will want to use. At the same time, Skills England is pressing ahead, defunding 16 apprenticeship standards since the start of the month — including Team Leader, Operations Manager and Char
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