• Despite fears that it may undermine young children's long term development, nurseries attached to state schools are much more likely to expose their under fives to modern technology than those in private schools. Researchers have suggested that the trend owes to the Labour's Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) under which children must hit a variety of literacy, numeracy and problem-solving targets by age five. Telegraph
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• A teacher has been suspended after he has been reported as being late on 21 occasions over the last two years for lessons at his comprehensive school in Birmingham. Telegraph
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• School uniform importer, Blue Max, has bought its rival The Banner Group for an undisclosed sum, creating Britain's biggest uniform supplier. Only four years ago, the Office of Fair Trading launched an investigation into the industry's competitiveness. Blue Max's Managing Director said the company was anticipating an increased emphasis on uniform under the coalition government. Telegraph


• A secondary school pupil has made a complaint to OCR about the timing for his General Studies A Level exam. The exam will coincide with England's world cup football match against Slovenia. OCR commented that religious festivals could affect exam dates, but not sports matches. Telegraph


• A charity school video of children performing a popular song has become a Youtube hit with more than 40,000 plays in two days. It was produced by Hugh Goldsmith, who is behind bands such as Atomic Kitten and Blue. Telegraph

• David Willetts writes in the Telegraph about the new government's commitment to technical and vocational learning. He promises to ensure the vocational qualifications available are those which are valued by employers rather than the product of heavy-handed intervention by government. Telegraph


• A study of people who have done a degree have found that they have higher tolerance to the chemicals which cause dementia. It seems to affect the disease in its earliest stages, known as mild cognitive impairment, at which point more highly educated individuals were able to tolerate a higher level of disease with less symptoms. Telegraph


• The website FitFinder which reached five million hits within four weeks of opening, has been forced to close. Its creator, a final year computer sciences student at UCL, was made to pay £300 and told by the institution that he had brought them into disrepute. Authorities at UCL deemed the website an undesirable distraction from academic work. Telegraph

• In the wake of the resignation of David Laws, the Sun commissioned a YouGov poll to ask 'Should gay people be Cabinet ministers?', a question the journalist argues showed how out of touch the press are with a liberal public, 95% of whom were in favour of the statement. 52% believed Laws should return to Cabinet. Other papers have made similar errors of judgement in recent years. Guardian


• Insurance firm Aviva has assessed the data of all their customers on various insurance programmes, to identify the people they call 'Mr and Mrs Average'. They claim the result is much as it would have been forty years ago, although the couple would now be non-smokers. They own two cars, live in a three bed detached Edwardian house and are likely to holiday in Spain. Telegraph


• Earlier this year, Carlene Firmin referred to rape as a 'weapon of choice', highlighting how gangs use rape as a means of retaliation. Her Female Voice in Violence (FVV) study highlighted how policymakers and the criminal justice system were failing to provide services targeted at reducing women's association with gangs. She describes her new Gag (gendered action on gangs) project. Guardian

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