With the Internet and a computer you can visit any library in the world. So will virtual libraries replace the traditional ‘bricks and mortar’ library? Could digital screens replace the book? (audio) ABC RN, 26 March 2009

Children will no longer have to study the Victorians or the second world war under proposals to overhaul the primary school curriculum, the Guardian has learned. However, the draft plans will require children to master Twitter and Wikipedia and give teachers far more freedom to decide what youngsters should be concentrating on in classes. The Guardian, 25 March 2009

Policy and Internet invites papers reporting world class research and scholarship on any aspect of the relationship between the Internet and public policy. The journal is fully multi-disciplinary in scope. Topics will range across policy sectors and regions of the world, including generalised, sectoral or country-specific policy effects.

The most representative international student organisations from all five continents met at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris in January. As a result of their gathering, they issued a Global Student Statement to express their concerns, interests and expectations in the perspective of the 2009 World Conference on Higher Education. GUNI News, 24 March 2009