Dammit; I *knew* Chancellor Osbourne read this mailing list. Sent this ...

 ... that appears to be where all the money / funding has gone to.

... and within two minutes, literally, there's a budget announcement that the UK games industry is going to (finally) get a tax break:

... and ...

Okay, it's not quite virtual worlds in education centric, but there may be overlap in commercial collaborations. Hurrah! Maybe I'll vote Conservative (were it not for the privatisation of the NHS, student fees, destruction of the public library network, Vodaphones £6bn tax let-off, the ... etc).

JK