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World Skills Competition Highlights Human Capital

Graham Watson

20th August 2015

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Oh Lordy! I've never come across this before - a sort of supply-side Olympics, World Skills International hosted in Brazil, where nations compete in a variety of categories ranging from web design to brick-laying - most with greater enthusiasm for the task than the UK.

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Graham Watson

Graham Watson has taught Economics for over twenty years. He contributes to Tutor2U, reads voraciously and is interested in all aspects of Teaching and Learning.

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