University libraries: 10 global portraits
University library chiefs worldwide reveal the challenges they face, plans for the future, and their role in higher education
Teachers benefit from a dose of mindfulness
Plus how university libraries are flourishing despite online access to information, and how to choose the best higher education course; all on our online communities this week
University libraries are shaping the future of learning and research
Far from reaching its due-by date, academic library architecture is reflecting and predicting how we learn now and into the future
Should schools buy new children’s books or stick with the classics?
There's a balance to be struck between keeping old favourites on classroom shelves and exposing children to new writing. Some books don't age, but there is great new stuff out there, too
A more affordable way to get kids e-reading
Making e-readers more accessible is a great way of improving child literacy, writes James Bridle
Gove’s golden rules for writing: can you do better?
Open thread: The education secretary has laid down 10 rules to straighten out the writing of his civil servants. Tell us whether you agree, and what you'd add
Norman MacKenzie obituary
Educationist who helped found the Open University and writer whose books included biographies of Dickens and Wells
The Winnie app proves the pooh-poohers wrong
The decision to abridge Winnie-the-Pooh for an app is far from the assault on children's literacy the critics claim it to be, writes Anna Baddeley
We can’t shelter kids from sex entirely. There are things they need to know
Hannah Betts: There is a difference between seeking to avoid exploitation of children by malign adults, and acknowledging that sex makes up an aspect of their being
Academics will need both the physical and virtual library for years to come
Research no longer starts with a visit to the library building, say Rachel Bruce and Mike Mertens, but it still plays a crucial role
Porn wars: the debate that’s dividing academia
With pornography accounting for huge volumes of internet traffic, it's a subject ripe for analysis. But a new journal, Porn Studies, is causing outrage among campaigners against hardcore porn, writes Carole Cadwalladr
The sexy A-level set texts scandalising our teenagers’ morals
Holly Baxter: If Ovid's Amores is a filthfest too debauched for today's pupils, what about the rest of the lascivious literature canon?
Frankenstein or Dracula? A mix-up that may have done pupils a favour
Margaret Reynolds: A college that taught the wrong book accidentally highlights an important point: too often texts are taught in isolation
Scared of the school gate? Just follow these few simple rules…
In The Hive, the most hyped novel of the year, no attacks are too harsh as a cabal of mums fight for the right to be queen bee at their children's primary school. It may be fiction, but reality is not so very different
Web-connected libraries for Africa: the dream of digital knowledge for all
New venture Librii is seeking to set up self-sustaining libraries with internet access in poor and isolated communities, writes James Bridle