Calling all young arts critics
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Computer gamers less likely to go to university, research shows
Report by Oxford University also reveals that reading enhances the likelihood that teenagers will go on to study for a degree
Poster Workshop: The art of revolution
Before Facebook, there was a low-tech way to spread the protest word – silkscreen prints. And in an anarchic 1968, activists beat a path to London's Poster Workshop, writes Steve Rose
Why is David Willetts surprised by students’ career choices?
Students are choosing the careers that pay because this government has put financial considerations at the heart of students' decisions about higher education, says Jonathan Black
Alberto Granado obituary
Travelling companion of Che Guevara during their trip around Latin America in 1951-52
Peninsula Arts Contemporary Music festival – review
The Peninsular Arts festival is held in connection with Plymouth university's research centres for neuroscience, music and computers, so it's no surprise that the commissions are specialised, writes Guy Dammann
Better video game education needed, says Nesta report
Report released today makes 20 recommendations to the Department for Education
Will Michael Gove listen to a Talking Head?
Vanessa Thorpe: The band's former frontman David Byrne says cutting arts in schools is 'narrow-minded' since the benefits are proven
The King’s Speech means stammerers understood
Just as The King's Speech puts a spotlight on children who stammer, services to help them are being cut
No web access at home for 2m poor pupils, warns charity
E-learning Foundation fears gap between rich and poor at school will widen unless more get home internet access
Inventors unveil smart beermats that send out automatic chat-up lines
Newcastle University computer students create electronic mats that will help shy pubgoers break the ice with opposite sex
Helen Mirren: ‘it’s time we all understood Parkinson’s disease’
Oscar-winning actor calls for a revolution in attitudes to sufferers of the degenerative neurological condition
Twitter ‘did not suppress student protesters’ accounts’
• Social networking site rejects interference claims as 'absurd'• Twitter users say accounts were unavailable during protests