Dr Christine Harrison, from the University of Warwick’s Centre for Lifelong Learning, reacts to the Facebook 'baby ducking' video clip - calling for the social network to be more responsible.

Actor Shoshana B Roberts put together a video recording all the remarks she got from passers-by as she walked for 10 hours through New York. Street harassment of the kind seen in her video happens every day in the UK and around the world, according to Dr Maria do Mar Pereira, Deputy Director of the Centre for the Study of Women and Gender at the University of Warwick.

A blog post from Professor Nigel Thrift, Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Warwick: There is an issue, which may or may not be a problem for universities around the world, but that is certainly gaining a lot of attention in Britain and the United States—namely, attention itself...

A blog post by Dr David Wright of the Centre for Cultural Policy Studies:

Could it be the case that, like in the case of gold, the value of the arts and culture is something that depends on their perceived scarcity? If this is the case, then does the fact that so many more people today engage in a range of artistic and cultural activities (low-middle-high brow) make us richer or poorer in terms of cultural value? David Wright tackles this questions touching along the way on our passion for lists, charts and ‘best of’ compilations…

As images of 'feral' youths rioting on the streets of the UK jostled for position on TV screens with excited A-level students celebrating their results, Professor Hilary Pilkington examines the way young people are viewed by society and how they engage with their communities