School textbooks are on the way out – and pupils will lose so much with them
New generations will miss the memories bound up with the sight and smell of books, says Sam Leith, literary editor of the Spectator
Pearson shifts to Netflix-style subscription model for textbooks
Academic publisher hopes to convince students to subscribe to access online materials
George Felton obituary
Pioneering computer scientist who became the UK’s foremost software authority
Schools to teach pupils about perils of fake news and catfishing
Education secretary says guidance will help guard children against online harms
Can coding clubs diversify the tech sector?
Programming courses hope to give excluded groups better access to skilled work – and tackle tech’s monoculture
Oxford to receive biggest single donation ‘since the Renaissance’
US billionaire Stephen Schwarzman is donating £150m to fund humanities research
Jessica Biel denies she is an anti-vaxxer after opposing California vaccination law
The actor said she was ‘not against vaccinations’ despite joining prominent anti-vaxxer Robert Kennedy Jr in opposition to a bill intended to reduce medical exemptions
YouTube blocks history teachers uploading archive videos of Hitler
Teachers trying to educate about fascism hit by service’s new policy on hate speech
Richard Hills obituary
Founder director who amassed a hoard of mechanical marvels for the Science and Industry Museum, Manchester
‘It removes stigma’: how tech breaks down barriers for students with disabilities
Universities are under growing pressure to improve accessibility for students. But is it working?
Fly me to the moon: the best ways to mark the Apollo 11 anniversary
From great exhibitions and books to lunar festivals, our guide to the best celebrations of 50 years since the moon landing
Geoffrey Harrison obituary
Other lives: teacher who developed the first approved suite of GCSE technology syllabuses for the new national curriculum
Only a third of world’s great rivers remain free flowing, analysis finds
Dams, levees, hydropower and habitat degradation behind fragmentation on huge scale, finds global assessment
Joe Armstrong obituary
Other lives: Computer scientist with a special interest in Erlang programming language
Hundreds of students in UK sanctioned over racist or offensive online posts
Figures from 92 universities described as ‘very worrying’ amid concerns that more incidents are going unreported