The VocTech Future of Skills Award is a new competition to share and celebrate big, tech-enabled ideas of how changes to the UK skills system could transform the way adults get the skills they need for work.

Entries were asked to answer the question:

“If you could make one change to the skills system to get more adults learning, what would it be?”

Winning ideas will each receive £5,000 and be announced as part of the Ufi VocTech Showcase 2023, to be held in the stunning vaults of RSA House, London. Register now to attend the Showcase and discover which ideas have won.

Award Judges

Naomi Clayton, Deputy Director, Learning and Work Institute

Maren Deepwell, Strategic Lead (AmplifyFE), Association for Learning Technology

Rebecca Garrod-Waters, CEO, Ufi VocTech Trust

Dominic Gill, Chair of Trustees, Ufi VocTech Trust

Jeff Greenidge, Director For Diversity and Governance, Association of Colleges

Scott Hayden, Head of Teaching, Learning and Digital, Basingstoke College of Technology

Louise Marston, Director of Ventures, Resolution Foundation

Andy Witty, Director of Strategic Policy and Corporate Governance, Colleges Scotland

Gori Yahaya, Founder and CEO, UpSkill Digital