BNP would love it here, Emma Thompson tells Exeter students

Actor urges Exeter University to stamp out racism after her black adopted son endured 'unpleasant' experiences there

It’s a Don’s Life by Mary Beard

Mary Beard's breezy blogs destroy the image of the classics scholar as a creature of absent-minded leisure, says Dinah Birch

Julie Andrews could sing again as scientists claim breakthrough

The Sound of Music star may be given synthetic vocal cords after research by award-winning scientist Robert Langer

Overturn mobile phone ban in schools, urges union chief

Pupils should reap the benefits of modern technology and not be punished for using it, says union chief

Maths is the bedrock of the digital age

Victor Keegan: 'Educational' games that engage children in maths could boost the whole economy

New York opens school of gaming

From next month a New York public school named Quest To Learn will begin teaching pupils using videogames and other ludic sources. Titles like LittleBigPlanet and Civilization are to set to provide conceptual exercises for the children. The idea is that kids learn more easily, and more enthusiastically from games because they offer simple to follow rule-based systems that clearly exhibit how different elements

Why Australians love car crashes

Australian films feature hundreds of car crashes

Science needs more Apollos

Kevin Fong: The Apollo project didn't just put men into space – it put vision and inspiration back into science. We need more of the same

Drop-out students get help to finish their degrees at home

£12m fund will give them a chance to complete their courses online aided by the Open University

Why Bruno is ammunition for bullies

Paul Flynn: Sacha Baron Cohen's depiction of a sex-obsessed, shallow, Austrian homosexual has created a new insult to be used against any schoolboy who shows a hint of effeminacy