Hope for male ‘pill’ breakthrough after huge cash injection Dundee University researchers receive $1m funding boost from Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
From women’s refuge to evangelistic Durham professor of tech Interview Sue Black has a mission: to recruit more women into IT and to fight for their rights
Paper Tigers review – moving documentary portrait of troubled students James Redford chronicles the attempt by one US high-school to implement a ‘trauma-sensitive’ approach to education
‘Phenomenally saddening’: inside the sordid world of America’s for-profit colleges The new documentary Fail State, executive produced by Dan Rather, tells the 50-year tale of profit-driven colleges scamming society’s most vulnerable
Student loans firm accused of ‘KGB tactics’ for assessing eligibility MPs challenge company chair over trawling applicants’ social media to inform loan decisions
Medical students ‘raised on screens lack skills for surgery’ Leading surgeon says lack of hobbies and creativity in schools has affected children’s practical abilities
Carey Mulligan calls for on-set childcare in film industry Actor speaks out about lack of progress for working mothers in wake of #MeToo movement
Stephen King sells film rights for story to Welsh teenagers for $1 Horror writer lets Blaenau Gwent Film Academy make version of Stationary Bike
The School in the Cloud review – how a computer for slum kids inspired a learning debate This stimulating documentary looks at physicist and TED-talk guru Sugata Mitra’s ideas about using technology to help children learn for themselves
Science Fair review – riveting lessons from the smartest kids in school This sharp, refreshing documentary charts the fortunes of high-school students in the unashamed pursuit of excellence
‘She’s better than the Maybot’: PM upstaged by actual robot Sadly the education committee failed to ask Pepper the robot the naughtiest thing she’s ever done
Tech suffers from lack of humanities, says Mozilla head Mitchell Baker says firms should hire philosophy and psychology graduates to tackle misinformation
Leading film industry figures join forces to launch London Screen Academy Harry Potter, Bond and Bridget Jones producers co-found sixth form academy aimed at making industry more diverse and accessible
Are women in science any better off than in Ada Lovelace’s day? On Ada Lovelace Day, we should rethink access to scientific fields, says researcher Jess Wade
Labour vows to rein in academies and scrap free schools Shadow education secretary Angela Rayner to reveal plan to axe free schools in proposed education reforms