Gold in them thar skills!
By Elizabeth Eyre (January 2008 Issue)
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Twenty-two young Brits have won four medals and nine medallions of excellence at the WorldSkills 2007 competition in Japan.
Their score puts the UK just outside the world top ten – at number 11 – and fourth in Europe. This improves the UK’s position in the team league table by one place since the last WorldSkills event in 2005.
WorldSkills is the biggest skills-based competition in the world and is held every two years.
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