In a very different sphere of education from full university programmes is the NanoDegree. This is an initiative recently launched by AT&T and Udacity, an online education company founded by Stanford professor and former top Google engineer Sebastian Thrun. Enrolment requires competence in high-school mathematics, and costs $200 per month. In return, students can access online training in specific computer science skills, such as programming. Each course is narrowly defined with clear application to an immediate work environment. Each can be completed within a reasonable span of student time, interest and motivation. The NanoDegree has none of the transformative ambition of, say, a liberal arts programme. But for societies like Myanmar that face real and damaging skills shortages, it can certainly play an important educational role.