MBA Research · Tomorrow University of Applied Sciences, 2026

Closing the AI Enablement Gap

A study of the ecosystem capabilities governments and school systems need to sustain ethical, human-centred AI transformation — the research this entire practice is built on.

Methodology

6
Semi-structured interviews with sector experts
54
School leadership teams surveyed

The research combined expert interviews with a leadership-level survey across fifty-four schools to map the gap between AI ambition and the governance capability needed to sustain it — spanning policy, data stewardship, workforce readiness and ethical oversight in government education systems.

Philippa Wraithmell, Founder and CEO of EdRuption
About EdRuption

Founded by Philippa Wraithmell

EdRuption is an education and digital transformation consultancy founded by Philippa Wraithmell and based in Abu Dhabi. Its work spans strategic advisory, programme design, policy development and hands-on delivery for government bodies, global technology platforms and international school groups, with client work spanning the GCC, Europe, Asia and the UK.

This research sits at the centre of that work — the evidence base for how EdRuption advises ministries and school systems on building AI governance that actually holds for their own context, not adoption that just looks good in someone else's strategy deck.

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