Are online aliases ever justified in academic debate?
Sock puppets - online commenters that create a false identity - are disrupting academic freedom and scholarly debate, says Simon Tanner
A new era for attracting students? Falmouth creates interactive prospectus
Charlotte Tangye, web content manager at University College Falmouth, speaks to Eliza Anyangwe about her role in creating the university's first interactive prospectus
Why the tale of Achilles and his lover still has the power to move us
A debut novel that reinterprets Homer's Iliad is the latest in an array of works to be inspired by the classics
Mobile phone boom in developing world could boost e-learning
A study of young people in Ghana, Morocco, Uganda and Maharashtra aims to encourage networks to improve education through mobile technology
How film brings the diamond jubilee years to life
As we celebrate sixty years of the Queen's reign, our blogger explains how film can trick your pupils into learning about the UK's heritage - and their own identity
Governments pose greatest threat to internet, says Google’s Eric Schmidt
Schmidt warns about rise of censorship and government cybercrime in speech at London's Science Museum
Text mining: what do publishers have against this hi-tech research tool?
Researchers push for end to publishers' default ban on computer scanning of tens of thousands of papers to find links between genes and diseases
Higher education needs to build global learning communities
Universities must do more to help students develop as global citizens. Virtual global learning communities could be the answer, say Patrick Blessinger and Olga Kovbasyuk
Amazon v newspaper: which is the more valuable review?
Lloyd Shepherd: Academics have charted reviews on social media sites and broadsheet books desks, and ranked their impact on novel sales. The results make for interesting reading
20 ways of thinking about digital literacy in higher education
From understanding what digital literacy is, to developing skills and establishing ethical principles for students, our live chat panel share ideas and resources for universities
In praise of … same-language subtitling
Editorial: One of the simplest and boldest literacy campaigns around is helping Indian children
Is your university monitoring your social networks?
Social networking not only leaves academics at the mercy of unfair comments but it's also turning universities into Big Brother, says one academic anonymously
Student publishes a new Shakespeare text
We're not talking First Folio, mind. This is the world of 2b r nt 2b - but with the highest of motives
Singularity University: meet the people who are building our future
Take top thinkers from Silicon Valley and science, mix them with a heavy dose of utopianism and showmanship, and you've got the Singularity University – on a mission to seek technological solutions to the world's great challenges, writes Carole Cadwalladr
Preventing social media fatigue: live chat
Most universities are using social media in one way or another but are they doing so effectively or could more talk than action eventually lead to fatigue? Join the debate Friday 27 April