Year of Code is a 'vapid PR exercise with no thought whatsoever', says resigned board member Mulqueeny

Charlee Gothard
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Organisers 'sidelined everyone' and 'borrowed brand kudos' while leaving experts out of the light, says Young Rewired State founder

An ex-board member of the government's "Year of Code" initiative has branded the Gove and Osborne-fronted campaign "a vapid PR exercise with no thought whatsoever", complaining that Year of Code ha...

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