The Skills Builder Partnership

We are excited to announce that we have been selected as a 2022 finalist by World Innovation Summit for Education (WISE)!

The recognize and promote innovative and impactful education projects from across the world.

This year, we are among the 15 finalists from 11 different countries selected for our unique approach to tackling global educational challenges.

Meet the rest of the 2022 finalists: bit.ly/WISEAwardsFinalists

Read the latest blog on the announcement: https://lnkd.in/e8E_G3G7

The 2022 WISE Awards Finalists Skills Builder Partnership is among the 15 finalists for the 2022 WISE Awards, announced today, all of which host projects – hailing from ten countries – that tackle urgent global educational challenges.

We welcome the Queen's Speech 2022 - but more needs to be done on essential skills in order to tackle inequality and rising poverty, and achieve the levelling up agenda.

Read our latest statement now:

Queen’s Speech 2022: More work is needed on essential skills to tackle inequality and rising poverty This year’s Queen’s Speech was a missed opportunity to unveil plans that will effectively improve the UK public’s essential skills, such as listening and problem solving, and therefore level up those that have fallen furthest behind.

We sat down with the Founder of a brilliant partner organisation, D&H Trailblazers - a leading provider for Deaf and hearing people.

Find out about the work they're doing to support learners to develop their essential skills as part of our '10 questions' partner case study series.

10 questions with Deaf & Hearing Trailblazers The Skills Builder Partnership is only made possible by the diverse contributions of all its partners. In this '10 questions' spotlight, we sat down with Stuart, the Founder of Deaf & Hearing Trailblazers, to learn more about their work on inclusion and skills with Deaf and hearing people. Read on t...

Are you a member of Skills Builder Partnership?

Then don't miss out: make sure you're signed up to attend our annual Partnership Day on May 18.

Find all the details at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/288562406927.

Are you a member of Skills Builder Partnership?

Then don't miss out: make sure you're signed up to attend our annual Partnership Day on May 18.

Find all the details at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/288562406927.

Skills Builder Partnership Day 2022 Join us and leaders from the worlds of education, employment, and impact organisations for our annual Partnership Day on May 18.

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Today, we encourage you to take part in as many book-focused activities to build your essential skills.

Want some ideas?

Teachers can use skills to read to students, improving their .

Over on our Hub, we also have free Skills Stories - great for EYFS, KS1, and SEND students! https://hub.skillsbuilder.org/resources/browse/skill-story/?q=skill+story

Over on our free-to-use platform Homezone, we have a fun activity for (see picture).

Homezone also gives parents/carers the option to read with their child to build skills (with a suggested reading list). Check it out: skillsbuilder.org/homezone

We have now launched the inaugural Essential Skills Tracker.

Huge thanks to our panelists Maddie Dinwoodie, Paul Drechsler, and Tom Ravenscroft for their insights, and the Tracker's authors Robert Craig and Will Seymour for their rigorous analysis.

More than 300 of you joined the discussion, from the worlds of education, employment, impact organisations, and beyond.

In case you missed it, we have a blog containing a recording of the event and the headline findings: https://www.skillsbuilder.org/blog/the-essential-skills-tracker-2022

We'll also share these compelling findings on here over the next few weeks.

To download the report and explore the interactive dashboard, go to skillsbuilder.org/tracker-2022.

Essential Skills Tracker 2022 The inaugural Essential Skills Tracker is now live. You can watch the recording of our launch event above, and find the report and interactive data here.

Our 2025 Strategy is now finalised, and will take us in exciting new directions.

But what big milestones are coming up in 2022 alone?

Read the latest blog from our Founder and CEO, Tom Ravenscroft, to find out...

2022: The year ahead It’s set to be another big year for the Skills Builder Partnership. With real momentum behind our collective approach, we’ve been looking further to the horizon, and our 2025 strategy is the result.

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As we look to the future, essential skills teaching will be crucial to transforming education and ensuring sustainable learning opportunities for all.

For more info, see UNESCO's commemoration page: https://en.unesco.org/commemorations/educationday

International Day of Education International Day of Education 24 January Education is a human right, a public good and a public responsibility. The United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 24 January as International Day of Education, in celebration of the role of education for peace and development. Without inclusive and equit...

Today, we invite you to the public launch of the Essential Skills Tracker on Tuesday 1 March, 9-10am.

Building off the Partnership’s groundbreaking work last year which established the links between essential skills and key outcomes for young people, this new Tracker takes a view across the whole population. More than 2,200 adults of all ages completed a full self-assessment against the Skills Builder Framework in collaboration with YouGov. The result is the most complete picture we've ever had of who is building their essential skills, and what the impact of those skills are.

We hope you will join us to hear from the authors of the report, to hear reflections from the excellent panel, and to get to ask your questions too.

Secure your free ticket: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/organizations/events

We look forward to seeing you there.

A worthwhile read for your Tuesday afternoon is the recent UNESCO report on the future of education: https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000379707.locale=en

The report digs into issues of unemployment, the skills gap, and the role of education as we face challenges like the climate crisis.

Reports like this from go to show just how relevant and critical work in promoting essential skills is across a range of aspects.

The report's global focus also highlights our work's international relevance and applicability.

For info on our Global Accelerator: https://skillsbuilder.org/global-accelerator

As we move forwards and find new ways of teaching and learning off the back of this report, essential skills must form part of the equation. We will continue to push to ensure that one day, everyone - everywhere - will build the essential skills to succeed.

Reimagining our futures together: a new social contract for education livre

"What this ultimately teaches us is that there’s real power in collective action: strength in numbers as we strive for a common objective."

In our final blog of 2021, we look back on our key learnings from a challenging year.

The power of the collective: Looking back on 2021 This year hasn’t been an easy one for anyone. However, we've been so impressed by the efforts of our partners over the last year. Together, we’re able to continue to pursue our mission: to ensure that one day, everyone builds the essential skills to succeed.