For those of us who are bemused by the Department for Education’s new-found interest in digital matters (starting in 2019 with their Education Technology strategy), this might be of interest. It’s an article I wrote on 18 December 2010 outlining the then-government’s decision to get rid of the digital support infrastructure. Most of the links don’t work now, but hopefully you’ll find this slice of history interesting.

Ever the optimist, I opined that:

Now you know why I balk at making predictions. Although, to be fair, I suppose without all that expertise floating around things would be worse.

Anyway, here’s that article:

Time to grow up?