Young coders: the teachers’ view
Teachers agree that computer science is the future for schoolchildren. But a massive retraining programme will have to come first, they tell Lisa O'Kelly
Universities leading the way with education technology
Steven Schwartz praises the early adopters of learning technologies, and asks what the rest of the sector needs to do to catch up with them
Memrise wants to turn learning into a ‘recreational sport’
Stuart Dredge: 'We're using crowd-sourcing, game-dynamics and lots of memory science' says co-founder Ed Cooke
Peter Loizos obituary
Other lives: Anthropologist and film-maker who documented life in his father's Cypriot village
Printed encyclopedias were once a rare source of knowledge. But no more
Ian Jack: Information – 'the sum of human knowledge' – had a different shape in the era of the printed encyclopedia
You don’t have to be posh to be an actor (but it certainly helps)
They're all over the screen with their floppy fringes and cut-glass accents. Are posh actors edging out working-class talent?
Could your Facebook page ruin your job prospects?
Terrified of employers scouring their Facebook pages for signs of fecklessness, students have started deleting content and hiding their identity. Are they over-reacting?
The Raspberry Pi can help schools get with the program
These cheap, programmable boards should be used to equip children for a future that will be shaped by computer software, writes John Naughton
New railway archive celebrates engineering giants
Original drawings and blueprints from Brunel to Stephenson right back to Wren go online at Network Rail archive
Wikipedia looks to expand Arabic content via educational initiative
Pilot program in Cairo is part of a larger push to gain student editors – and maybe teach them something while they're at it
Oceanhouse Media talks Dr. Seuss, book-apps and mobile edutainment
Stuart Dredge: President Michel Kripalani is keen to avoid 'predatory' in-app purchase models
SuperMes and the idea of emergent drama
Keith Stuart: Channel 4 Education combines Ken Loach, Fresh Meat, The Sims and TOWIE into an interesting new story-telling experiment
Welcome to the desktop degree…
John Naughton: Three courses created at Stanford University prove that free online education can compete with traditional teaching methods
Anyone for Quidditch? Harry Potter game kicks off at Oxford
The game that enthralled students at Hogwarts is starting to stir an interest at Oxford University
Eton spawns a new breed of stage and screen luminaries
Renowned as launch pad for politicians and TV personalities, the school has found new role as source of acting talent