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Ten great free education apps for the iPad

There are now more than 200,000 education apps available to download on the app store. If you laid them all end-to-end, they wouldn’t reach very far, because in physical terms they’re nothing more than electronic patterns on tiny little magnets in your iPad – but there’ still a huge amount with variety to suit every taste.

Comment: The Virtual World Conference is the shape of things to come

On 15 September, the Open University, in collaboration with the Serious Games Institute, will host a 24-hour conference. Opening in Hong Kong, the focus will shift to Europe as the eastern evening meets the UK morning, handing over at our sundown for a final eight hours on the US western coast. Despite crossing many time zones during the day, conference chairs and delegates will meet at a single location, and never have to leave the comfort of their own armchairs.

Playing the computer arts game

Andrew Macdonald, 22, is starting the third year of his computer arts course at the University of Abertay Dundee, having spent a year at Disney

The next level of gaming

If you have the skills you'll find a role to play in the gaming industry whatever your background

Creative arts in the games sector

Choose the right degree and you could be well on course for a rewarding arts-based career in the games sector

A career that hits the heights of gaming

Jason Avent, a hugely successful games director, has some tips from the top on how to get ahead in gaming

Game review: MotoGP 08

Format: PS3, PS2, PC, Nintendo Wii, Xbox 360; Publisher: Capcom; Price: £39.99

Game review: Baja: Edge of Control

Format: Xbox 360, PS3; Publisher: THQ; Price: £29.99

Game review: Pure

Format: PC, PS3, Xbox 360; Publisher: Disney; Price: £39.99

Game review: Midnight Club: Los Angeles

Format: PS3, Xbox 360; Publisher: Rockstar Games; Price £44.99

Gaming: the world of work and play

With the sales of video games going through the roof, jobs in the industry are hitting new levels too, says Dan Poole

The alternative student olympics

Swifter, higher, stronger. The Olympic motto has never been more apt – with London 2012 next up, now is the time to go for gold with our alternative events, says Dan Poole

Can you repeat that, I’ve got no signal...

The Indy Student Team goes on the hunt for viable communication options to mobile phones and Skype...Morse code anyone?

Surf's up: file sharing on uni networks

Institutions are learning how to regulate the use of their networks

Webcams prove more popular than phone calls

Graduates spurn conventional communication in favour of more innovative tools, such as instant messaging and webcams, according to a survey by Plantronics.

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