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UK classrooms take lessons from Sandy Hook school shooting

A bereaved American mother is bringing her emotional learning programme, downloaded in 60 countries, to British schools

Fair, please! The bus offering education for all, from stargazing to curry-making

Arts education is in crisis but theatre company Slung Low has set up a pay-what-you-can community college, offering lessons in art activism, wood-whittling and much more

How do you teach children to be resilient? Ask a limbless veteran

Lessons from those who have overcome trauma are helping pupils confront their own personal challenges

Schoolchildren to be offered sleep lessons after rise in disorders

Move follows concerns about ‘hidden health disaster’ of sleeplessness among young

How to talk to your children about sex

How to talk about sex with your children

How to learn: boost your brain with a trip down memory lane

Anyone can be taught anything if they are inspired enough to pay attention – the key to remembering it is firing up the imagination

Picking up a leaflet at a freshers’ fair won’t turn you into a sex worker

Brighton University should be applauded for promoting health and support services, says the sex worker and activist Molly Smith

Call for all university staff to get suicide prevention training

Guidance from Universities UK and charity Papyrus seeks to halt rise in student deaths

Calls for action over UK’s ‘intolerable’ child mental health crisis

Teachers and campaigners say young people under pressure but support is underfunded

I’ve no idea what I want to do when I leave school

The world is your oyster, says Sharmadean Reid – and a mix of the humanities with technology is perfect

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