What Are Universities For? by Stefan Collini – review
Stefan Collini's defence of universities is heavy on hand-wringing and light on real answers, writes Peter Conrad
Teaching council drop Miss Rusty case
Relief for Leonora Rustamova as the General Teaching Council drops the case against her
Oceanhouse Media talks Dr. Seuss, book-apps and mobile edutainment
Stuart Dredge: President Michel Kripalani is keen to avoid 'predatory' in-app purchase models
10 books to help boost young boys’ reading
Young boys are often 'reluctant readers', so to help meet the government's aim to get more children reading, here is a Top 10 of books for boys, as chosen by expert Ellen Ainsworth
Literacy problems show Charles Dickens’s world persists, says minister
Schools minister Nick Gibb says literacy problems are still 'heavily orientated towards poorest'
How to teach … Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens would have been 200 years old on Tuesday 7 February. To mark the bicentenary, the Guardian Teacher Network has materials to help you bring his work to life for children
Ian Simpson obituary
Painter and educator who democratised and demystified the world of art
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
French children: enfants, but not terrible
Agnès Poirier: French parenting, praised in Pamela Druckerman's new book, is easily mocked – but strict rules create rebellious mind
Apple: iBooks 2 will ‘reinvent textbooks’
Although price is likely to be a barrier, the software will let students watch videos and take notes inside the virtual books
David Cameron’s reading to children speech: between the lines
Zoe Williams: The PM has revived this old chestnut to avoid addressing real questions, such as 'How can we redistribute wealth?'
Arizona’s ‘banned’ Mexican American books
Roberto Cintli Rodriguez: First, the Tucson school district came for the Mexican American studies program. Now, it's come for its books
And lo! Gove’s Bible project did run into a spot of bother
Sources say thousands of copies are in a warehouse abroad after the education secretary fails to find a private sponsor
The literary significance of dead mules
If it's true southern American 20th-century literature, a mule has to die – fictionally, of course
Lake District festival offers bursaries to attract a younger audience
Applicants aged between 17 and 24 can get ten free tickets for Words by the Water at Keswick, one of the main attractions of the Lake District visitors' year.