In a recent article, I discussed scenario planning exercises. These involve combining current trends and trying to imagine how the combination will develop, what the consequences might be, and what strategies are needed in response. One such exercise leads me to wonder about our education system.

We now live in a world in which human jobs are increasingly performed by machines – even those involving ‘human’ traits like creativity – while traditional jobs other than service roles are rapidly disappearing. Our education system has not prepared us for this. What would we want that system to achieve in a free Wales?