Sam D

They normally release all the best consultation papers just before Christmas.

Isn't that the truth!

In my experience teaching/tutoring at university, it isn't ICT and digital media skills that my students lack, quite the opposite. Teaching them to critically evaluate an article/policy/industry practice using something resembling rationality or logic, now there's a challenge!

I'm not sure what has caused the drop in interest in university ICT related programs, but I do agree that it has occurred. I always suspected that it was lack of demand for graduates. If there are areas where graduates with these skills are in demand, then this information needs to be conveyed to the relevant university faculties as soon as possible.