Will the latest reform on vocational education and training future-proof our workforce, or will it force digital technology into a rigid system that doesn’t fit? Read our response to the latest targeted consultation.

Learning the syntax of a programming language – for example, where to place colons and where indentation is required – takes a lot of time for many students. Spending time at the level of syntax is a waste for students who simply want to use coding to help solve problems rather than learn the skill of programming.

New AI reports suggest the impact of the technology on work and society in general will be significant and geographically distributed, with patterns differing from previous waves of technological change.

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Microsoft announced a major partnership with Spark for cloud computing that will also see Copilot rolled out to an additional 1,800 staff. Meanwhile a quantum computing breakthrough at Microsoft could accelerate the roadmap for useful quantum computers.