WorldSkills UK
Mark Smallman serves as the Director of Operations at WorldSkills UK since February 2013, focusing on enhancing standards in apprenticeships and technical education. Additionally, Mark holds the position of UK Country Manager at GONG Meditation & Wellness since October 2020, promoting access to meditation through gong facilitation. Previous roles include Head of Event Operations at Find a Future, Senior Technical Manager for WorldSkills London 2011, Production Manager at Grass Roots, and Technical Production Manager at MMM Live. Mark began their career as a Senior AV Technician at Xenon Presentations.
WorldSkills UK
WorldSkills UK is an independent charity and a partnership between employers, education and governments. Together, we are using international best practice to raise standards in apprenticeships and technical education so more young people and employers succeed. We’re a proud member of WorldSkills, a global movement of over 80 countries. WorldSkills supports young people across the world via competitions-based training, assessment and benchmarking, with members’ national teams ultimately testing their ability to achieve world-class standards in the biennial ‘skills olympics’. The insights we gain from training as part of this global network helps us raise standards across the UK. We inspire young people, whatever their background, to choose high-quality apprenticeships and technical education as a prestigious career route. We develop educators, by sharing international best practice, to deliver high-quality training and assessment. We innovate to help employers by benchmarking with skills systems from across the world to inform policy and practice, ensuring high-quality skills and boosting the UK economy.