Why do students travel to university? Covid has proved they don’t need to
Tech advances mean most students can become digital commuters, says Guardian columnist Simon Jenkins
Durham University withdraws fresher’s place over ‘abhorrent’ online posts
Wealthy prospective students planned competition to have sex with poorest undergraduate
Why you shouldn’t get salty if your child ‘speaks YouTube’
Young influencers have made US slang and accents cool in British schools. But that’s OK, academics tell parents
‘Humanities graduates are just as employable’: do the sciences really lead to more jobs?
The UK government wants more students to study science subjects – but employers want humanities graduates too
From viral conspiracies to exam fiascos, algorithms come with serious side effects
A mesmerising, unaccountable kind of algorithm – machine learning – is blinding governments to the technology’s often disastrous flaws
Somalinimo: young, gifted and Somali… and at Cambridge
Writer and producer Awa Farah describes her collaboration with film-maker Alice Aedy to express her experiences as a British-Somali woman at Cambridge University in this new documentary
Press here for mutant unwoke algorithms
Artificial intelligence is clearly at work on our rightwing newspapers
For many teenagers, lockdown has been a lesson in wellbeing
The temporary relief from the pressures of school will have been, to some pupils, a blessing, says Guardian columnist Rhiannon Lucy Cosslett
Screen-based online learning will change kids’ brains. Are we ready for that?
We are starting to see technology’s effect on child development and adult reading skills – and the research isn’t optimistic
Labour ramps up Facebook advertising in wake of exams fiasco
Party ran thousands of ads on social media platform in bid to overhaul its digital operations
It’s not just A-levels – algorithms have a nightmarish new power over our lives
The problems with this kind of decision-making are clear, yet such methods are increasingly used in opaque and frightening ways, writes Arwa Mahdawi
‘Boring and awkward’: students voice concern as colleges plan to reopen – through Minecraft
Students express mixed feelings over plan to virtually re-create school via world-building video game
Dan Snow sells History Hit network to Little Dot Studios
Podcast and video business sold to business owned by Fleabag and 1917 producer All3Media
Ron Graham obituary
Prolific mathematician who came up with the inordinately large ‘Graham’s Number’ and was committed to making his subject fun
The future of education or just hype? The rise of Minerva, the world’s most selective university
A Silicon Valley startup could offer a template for universities shifting their courses online due to coronavirus