Open for business? Why universities must collaborate on OpenCourseWare
The digital revolution has begun and successful institutions will be those that use the opportunity to collaborate, grow and widen their influence, says Anka Mulder
Five things Alfred Hitchcock’s films taught me
Anne Billson: Hitchcock has been proposed for the national curriculum. Here are a few life lessons children might learn from watching his films
The Saturday interview: Professor Mary Beard
With her new TV series about the lives of ordinary Romans, Professor Mary Beard wants to tackle history differently. The nation's new favourite classicist talks to Stuart Jeffries
Digital technologies and the tensions between research and teaching
Kim Catcheside looks at some of the issues to emerge from the recent live chat about what good teaching should look like in HE
A life online: ‘For my generation it’s just normal, you get up and check Facebook’
Rosie Hickland, 17, is a student
Forget the business case, open online courses are about learning
Will Massive Open Online Courses replace the conventional system? Probably not, but they can offer something different, says Bonnie Stewart
A (free) roundup of content on the Academic Spring
Got wind of the Academic Spring but not sure what it's all about? We round up the news and views on what might prove to be the biggest revolution in academic publishing
Children becoming addicted to video game fantasy worlds, teachers warn
Education union wants 'stringent legislation' to combat growing trend of young pupils acting out violent scenes in playgrounds
Foxconn ‘work placement’ proves grim experience for one Chinese student
'You are standing throughout the day. It was tiring,' says one student who ended up working for Apple supplier Foxconn
Young coders: the experts’ view
Three different views on why we need to be able to program
Young coders: what’s happening in the rest of the world?
The IT teaching debate is taking place in many countries. Simon Peyton Jones is your guide
A manifesto for teaching computer science in the 21st century
John Naughton presents his proposals for rebooting the computing curriculum to Michael Gove, the education minister
Girls and coding: female peer pressure scares them off
How do we encourage girls to get into coding? Catch 'em early, says Emma Mulqueeny
Young coders: ideas for change
Seven teenagers talk about how they got into coding and their thoughts on the future
Why all our kids should be taught how to code
IT teaching in schools is in need of a radical overhaul. John Naughton explains what is wrong with the current system