Domestic IT degree enrolments are growing, the number of women participation in IT degree-level qualifications is improving and employers support work-integrated learning. Paid internships, digital apprenticeships and stronger work-integrated learning models can help bridge that gap.” These include improving digital inclusion and engagement with digital skills through primary and secondary education; supporting teacher training and resources that make digital learning both accessible and engaging; and introducing digital apprenticeships, including pathways in general digital and AI fluency as well as advanced digital skills. “Digital inclusion is the starting point for the advanced digital skills pipeline,” he said. “Growing advanced digital skills is not simply about filling technology jobs.