If teenagers can stay in bed longer, why can’t the rest of us?

Dean Burnett: Moves are afoot to allow adolescents to start school later, to allow them to get some more sleep. Wouldn’t that work just as well for adults?

My edible classroom gives deprived New York kids a reason to attend school

Teacher Stephen Ritz explains how a project to grow fresh food in his school turned into a wider movement encouraging healthy eating among US students

David Smail obituary

Clinical psychologist and writer whose work focused on the damaging effects of an unequal society

Applying to uni: a guide for students with disabilities

All universities are set up for students with disabilities, but try to visit the one you choose to see for yourself

How teachers should start to address FGM in schools

Yvonne Powell: Teachers have a duty to tackle female genital mutilation and keep girls safe. We must transform the way we approach the issue in schools

Doctors, social workers and teachers to be legally obliged to report FGM

David Cameron announces move at Girl Summit as he also says parents will be criminalised if they fail to protect children

This column will change your life: can you think yourself well?

Oliver Burkeman: 'Quasi-magically, teachers appear capable of declining to get ill when they can't afford to, postponing the symptoms till later'

Studying for a humanities PhD can make you feel cut off from humanity

We need to talk about how to prevent solitude from slipping into isolation, says Michael Perfect, who offers his five top tips

Running and academia: the intellectual aspect of pounding the pavements

At the first International Festival of Running, academics gathered to explore the scientific, spiritual, cultural and political sides of running. Alex Lockwood reports

Should all British schoolchildren get free milk?

Head to head: Anne Karpf and Agnès Poirier debate whether David Cameron should have reinstated the free school milk that Margaret Thatcher took away