XMA sponsors WorldSkills London 2011

15/06/2011 11:28:15

XMA is proud to be a silver sponsor of this event alongside Cisco, Honda and Snap-On, with City & Guilds being premier sponsor.

What’s the largest event to take place in London before the Olympics?  The WorldSkills London 2011 event. XMA is proud to be a silver sponsor of this event alongside Cisco, Honda and Snap-On, with City & Guilds being premier sponsor.

WorldSkills London is the world’s largest international skills competition and includes IT skills such as information network cabling, IT/Software solutions for business and IT PC/Network systems administration. The 41st event takes place at ExCel in London over four days (5th-8th October) with 150,000 visitors expected.  1,000 young people from 50 nations who have qualified in regional/national heats will battle it out in 45 different skills, competing to be crowned best of the best in their chosen skill.

WorldSkills London 2011 is also running ‘Have a Go’, a national campaign to provide one million opportunities for people across the UK to try a new skill. 

Simon Perret, XMA’s Managing Director says: “We are delighted to be part of this prestigious event and firmly support the event’s objective to inspire young people to view vocational education and skills as a worthy career choice.  We will be working with our partner schools and academies to visit the event with us, which we are certain will prove valuable in developing their IT skills.”