From skills to growth: A plan for Digital Badging in the UK

Over the past 18 months, the Digital Badging Commission has brought together leading minds across education, technology, policy and employment to reimagine and define the essential steps required for digital badges and credentials to transform learning, recognition, and opportunity in the UK.

Our collective vision is clear: now is the time for digital badges and credentials to unlock a more inclusive, dynamic and skills-rich economy.

Join Ufi VocTech Trust, the RSA, Phil Smith and senior leaders from education, industry, politics and technology as we reveal the Commission’s far-reaching recommendations for practical, transformative system-wide change.

The recommendations offer a clear roadmap to revolutionise the UK sills system by using digital badges to:

• Make skills more visible, portable and economically valuable
• Support employers to source and develop the skills they need
• Enable government to unlock talent and address the challenges of economic inactivity and regional growth

We’re pleased to announce that Phil Smith, CBE REng, Chair of Skills England, will kickstart the conversation followed by a panel discussion featuring leading voices in skills and innovation.

3pm – 4pm.
13 October, 2025.
In-person at RSA House, and online.