Learning

It is a skill shared between Government and parts of the BBC: an occasionally-brazen ability to announce initiatives without identified funding.

BBC Education yesterday offered a new four-pronged Strategy. Baldly, Auntie will partner with the National Literacy Trust to find ways of improving the vocabulary of under-5s; partner with the CBI and the National Careers Service to find ways of preparing pupils for a working environment and giving them better careers advice; partner with the Open University on adult re-training; and do something about children's mental health.

Key element: "Over the next 12 months the BBC will work at pace with partners to explore these priorities in detail, build proposals and identify resources. We will update on our progress later this year."