The Guardian view on sex education: it’s all about respect

Editorial: It sounds far-fetched but starting sex education at primary school could be the key to transforming the grisly experiences of freshers’ week

How much can you really learn while you’re asleep?

If the apps are to be believed, you can learn to find love or brush up your golf skills while sleeping. Neuroscientist Jordan Gaines Lewis explains the facts behind the fiction

Overstretched at uni? Use yoga to sweat out your study stress

Whether you’re finding it hard to focus or you need time out from the stress that university life can bring, yoga could benefit you

Lady Gaga’s right – sexual assault is too common at universities. But help is at hand

If you have ever been subjected to sexual assault, there is no ‘correct’ way to get help, but here are the options available to you

Cambridge University revises guidelines for handling claims of sexual assault

Victims can now formally report allegations of sexual violence for the first time in move welcomed by student body and lawyers

Universities and student victims of sexual assault

Letters: Suggesting that the university’s clinical practitioners are failing their institutional duty of pastoral care may deter exactly those students who most need the expert support and guidance that is available

FGM awareness web app launched to inform girls at risk

Petals, developed with the help of Coventry schoolchildren, aims to give teenagers facts about female genital mutilation without detection

Coping with cancer at university showed me who my friends are

My treatment made studying tough, but supportive friends helped me through

Sleeping pods for students: can naps replace a good night’s sleep?

With the hope of boosting grades, universities are creating spaces for students to catch 40 winks in the library

Before I had even left university I was told I may be infertile

As a student I was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome – making me question what the future would be like for me