The Government is now trying to make T levels the main vocational alternative to A levels. It is not clear that they can take on such a big role.
The friendliness and expertise of the IfG’s staff, and worthiness of its aims, should not obscure its desire to place the fate of ministers in the hands of mandarins.
The media has suggested there is something suspect about the Conservative Party’s receipt of private money.
We are often poor at commercialising technology. Doing so requires scale, which in turn means we need large numbers of qualified people.