Hospital admissions for teenage girls who self-harm nearly double

School work and social media blamed for rise to 13,500 patients from 7,300 in 1997

The spying accusations are a new low for the Student Loan Company

If you’re a student who is estranged from your parents, the last thing you need is the SLC making a fragile situation even worse, says Guardian columnist Dawn Foster

Richard Ovenden, Bodley’s librarian: ‘I feel a huge responsibility. I don’t want to screw it up’

The author and Oxford fellow on the joys of the city’s Covered Market, the importance of tea and debating with his daughter

Student mental health must be top priority – universities minister

Sam Gyimah says issue requires serious leadership from vice-chancellors

Let universities alert parents about students’ struggles, says father

James Murray, whose son killed himself, calls for opt-out system on sharing mental health concerns

How to support friends through their mental health struggles

If someone you know is finding the going tough, here’s what you can do to help them

Bristol University faces growing anger after student suicides

Backdrop to exam season is mounting concern about student mental health

When I admitted I was HIV positive, my fellow academics excluded me

After disclosing my diagnosis, colleagues called me ‘reckless’ and cut off contact. I felt stigmatised and alone

Black students are right to want to see black therapists

Cambridge University’s minority ethnic students can now request to see a BME counsellor. This should happen elsewhere, says students’ welfare and rights officer Micha Frazer-Carroll

I never wanted to be a nurse but helping a suicidal patient changed my mind

I failed twice to get a nursing degree, but I’ve seen how my experience of mental health problems can help others