apprenticeships

Mark Russinovich and Scott Hanselman — two of Microsoft’s most visible engineering voices — have sounded a clear alarm: without deliberate changes to hiring and mentorship, the rise of agentic AI coding assistants risks hollowing out the profession’s pipeline by displacing early‑in‑career (EiC)...

QA Ltd’s decision to embed Microsoft Copilot training into every apprenticeship programme marks a decisive pivot: apprenticeships are no longer optional venues for AI exposure but a nationwide vector for building a baseline of workplace AI literacy. The partnership with Microsoft formalises what...

QA’s announcement that Microsoft Copilot learning will be embedded across every apprenticeship marks a clear escalation in how vendors, training providers and governments are trying to turn AI from a niche technical capability into a baseline workplace skill. Background / Overview QA Ltd — one...

The UK government has announced a national programme to trial agentic AI across public services, inviting frontier AI labs to work with Whitehall teams to build prototypes that could automate routine “life admin” — from filling forms and booking appointments to tailored careers and...

There comes a time in every kid’s life when he starts wishing he was a brave warrior in ancient Japan cutting down hordes of treacherous ninjas like jonesing crack addicts cut random pedestrians for drug money. In many cases, the dream of becoming a samurai forever remains a fantasy, but...