How to be happy: follow these five easy steps
From a young age we are told to aim high. Yet the more driven we are, the more likely we are to feel miserable, says happiness expert Raj Raghunathan. Here’s what we should try instead
How to help your teenagers revise for exams
From avoiding threats and promises to fostering good sleeping habits and banning screens at bedtime
My secret life as a student Nightline volunteer
Being a faceless voice for 12 hours at a time can be hard and thankless work. But making people feel safe is the most rewarding job of all
How to teach … diabetes
There are lots of ways to explore the disease in class – from TED talks about sugar to an interactive game that asks students to think like a pancreas
How to teach … mental health
We teach children how to care for their bodies – use our resources to help them learn to look after their minds too
The party’s over for young people, debt laden and risk averse
With such grave financial prospects, it’s no wonder today’s under-25s prefer jogging to drinking. To have a sense of freedom now seems illogical
‘Self-harming is behind me, but it blights many students’ lives’
Students are turning to private online communities and peer-led societies to help them break the cycle of self-harm
On the pulse: a chef, a football manager and a TV star track their heart rates
What does a stressful job do to you? We asked people including Sam Allardyce, Kirsty Wark and Angela Hartnett to wear a heart rate monitor for a day to find out
Peter Tatchell: ‘Attacks from the left are incredibly painful’
The lifelong activist says he’s been beaten up 300 times and had 50 bricks through his window. But he tells how his most dispiriting clashes – such as the ongoing NUS row – have been those with other gay rights campaigners
All children need to learn about sexual consent – it’s their right
Half the female victims of sexual assault are under 16. Rape victims are most likely to be aged 15 to 19. Schools need to teach young people about healthy relationships