Mr. William Beausang:

Online learning is obviously a very important part of bringing people back into engagement with education, especially because of the way young, and not so young, people now engage with the world more generally. eCollege is an important aspect of that.

I mentioned the complexity of the landscape previously. It is about getting guidance to people at a time that is relevant to their decision-making. I imagine any potential learner undertaking a casual Google search just getting lost in the plethora of opportunities that are there, which links back to the importance of the national strategic framework we now have with the Department of Education and the objective we are moving forward with. Skillnet was before the committee last week. It was tasked by the previous Minister with developing an online portal to provide career information to ensure, and this addresses the point the Deputy made, tools are available to people whereby they can test their alignment with opportunities that are there.

There are so many roles in, for example, the area of offshore wind, which is such a major national strategic priority, that just would not be in people's line of sight in terms of maritime and seafaring roles, notwithstanding that particular ETBs and colleges are active in promoting those kind of courses. It is about moving people from a more 20th-century view of the opportunities available to a 21st-century position. I heard a statistic yesterday that 40% of the jobs that existed post war no longer exist. The kind of analysis heard at the World Economic Forum is that in five years' time the profile of jobs in the economy that people are in will have once again changed significantly.