WORLDSKILLS HUB

WorldSklls 2026

Congratulations Team UK.

Welcome to FE Week’s WorldSkills Shanghai hub. We were on the ground throughout competition week, and you can catch up here on all our news, results and behind-the-scenes coverage of Team UK taking on the world.

Watch Closing Ceremony

WorldSkills Shanghai 2026 · Final results

Team UK's medal winners

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Medals for excellence

Gold

Gold medal

Ruth Douglas

Chemical Laboratory Technology

Southern Regional College and Almac Group

Gold medal

Samuel Jones

Refrigeration & Air Conditioning

Best of Nation

PRTC Burnley and Industrial Cooling Equipment Ltd

Silver

Silver medal

Elyot Harmston

Aircraft Maintenance

The Shuttleworth Collection

Bronze

Bronze medal

Oisin McKerr

Car Painting

Southern Regional College and Porters Body Shop

Bronze medal

Oliver Coombs

Additive Manufacturing

Bath College and BIMTek

Bronze medal

Neve Dunn

Beauty Therapy

Tyne Coast College and Crown Hair & Beauty

Medals for excellence

Emily Bettridge and Liz Hopkinson

Mechatronics

Toyota Manufacturing UK

Tomas Ankers

CNC Milling

Coleg Cambria and Electroimpact

Andrew McCann

Plumbing and Heating

South West College and AMC Plumbing & Heating

Joe Wilton

Autobody Repair

Riverpark Training and SDM Paintwork

Finn Gallagher

Web Technologies

Cardiff University

Jonathan Gough

Electrical Installation

Southern Regional College

Joseph Shingler

Bricklaying

Shrewsbury College and The Shingler Group

Shelby Fitzakerly

Painting and Decorating

Accrington and Rossendale College and SPAIN Building & Maintenance

Katie Sime

Hairdressing

Reds Hair Company

Charlie Priestley

IT Network Systems Administration

North East Scotland College and Robert Gordon University

Caolan McCartan and Patrick Sheerin

Industry 4.0

Southern Regional College

Logan Cook

3D Digital Game Art

Coleg Gwent

Madeleine Warburton

Renewable Energy

Coleg Menai and RWE

Congratulations Team UK. Celebrating achievement and the power of technical education. Training Qualifications UK and AQA.

Watch the series

FE Week on location

All four episodes of our coverage from the competition floor at WorldSkills Shanghai.

Day one

FE Week on location: day one

Day two

FE Week on location: day two

Day three

FE Week on location: day three

Day four

FE Week on location: day four

WorldSkills Shanghai 2026

News coverage

All WorldSkills news

ResultsGold rush: Team UK's Shanghai medal haulRead Day 3WorldSkills 2026 day 3 round-up: that personal touchRead Day 2WorldSkills 2026 day 2 round-up: keeping cool as the clock ticksRead Day 1WorldSkills 2026 day 1 round-up: smells like team spiritRead OpeningTeam UK flies the flag as WorldSkills Shanghai officially opensRead

A proud moment for UK skills. Find out how AQA is supporting the future workforce. Training Qualifications UK and AQA.

Team UK

Meet Team UK

A team of 28 talented young professionals represented the UK at WorldSkills Shanghai in September 2026.

The group of apprentices and students travelled to China to compete in the "skills Olympics", in 25 disciplines including bricklaying, car painting and beauty therapy.

Team UK went head-to-head against thousands of the best and brightest counterparts from over 80 countries, bringing home two golds, one silver, three bronzes and 13 Medals for Excellence.

3D digital game art

Logan Cook

Newport, Wales · Coleg Gwent

Additive manufacturing

Oliver Coombs

Bath · Bath College

Aircraft maintenance

Elyot Harmston

Bedfordshire · The Shuttleworth Collection

Autobody repair

Joe Wilton

Ballymena · Riverpark Training · SDM Paintwork

Beauty therapy

Neve Dunn

South Shields · Tyne Coast College · Crown Hair & Beauty

Bricklaying

Joseph Shingler

Shrewsbury · Shrewsbury College · Shingler Group

Cabinet making

Stanley Mackintosh

Norwich · Rycotewood College · Bill Cleyndert and Company

Car painting

Oisin McKerr

Lurgan · Southern Regional College · Porters Body Shop

Chemical laboratory technician

Ruth Douglas

Banbridge · Southern Regional College · Almac

CNC milling

Tomas Ankers

Wrexham, Wales · Coleg Cambria · Electroimpact

Electrical installation

Jonathan Gough

Waringstown · Southern Regional College · Self-employed

Hairdressing

Katie Sime

Forest of Dean · Reds Hair Company

Health & social care

Grace Longden

Macclesfield · Macclesfield College / Keele University

Industry 4.0

Caolan McCartan

Newry · Southern Regional College

Industry 4.0

Patrick Sheerin

Portadown · Southern Regional College · A J Power

IT network systems administration

Charlie Priestley

Aberdeen · North East Scotland College / Robert Gordon University

Joinery

Jamie Matthews

Ballyclare · Northern Regional College · Mivan

Mechanical engineering: CAD

Stuart Lyons

Lanark · New College Lanarkshire · Glacier Energy

Mechatronics

Emily Bettridge

Nottingham · Toyota Manufacturing UK

Mechatronics

Liz Hopkinson

Alfreton, Derbyshire · Toyota Manufacturing UK

Painting and decorating

Shelby Fitzakerly

Accrington · Accrington and Rossendale College · SPAIN Building and Maintenance

Plumbing and heating

Andrew McCann

Aughnacloy · South West College and AMC

Refrigeration and air conditioning

Samuel Jones

Ashton, Wigan · PRTC Burnley · Industrial Cooling Equipment Ltd

Renewable energy

Madeleine Warburton

Ashby-de-la-Zouch · Grwp Coleg Menai · RWE

Restaurant services

Yuliia Batrak

Llandudno, Wales · Grwp Llandrillo Menai · St George’s Hotel

Robot systems integration

Peter Jenkins

Holyhead, Wales · Coleg Menai · STFC

Robot systems integration

Pratham Lohia

Mumbai, India · Middlesex University

Web technologies

Finn Gallagher

Cardiff, Wales · Cardiff University