Professor Alison Wolf, who authored a government-commissioned review of vocational courses published earlier this year, said schools had been "under enormous pressure to pile up league table points".

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But in the process, Microsoft is leaving a big pile of money on the table.

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They eat table scraps, and their waste goes in the compost pile.

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