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

Top of the list of student demands: not lower fees, but more counselling

Stress and anxiety are becoming an epidemic in universities, and yet services offering support are being cut back

On the pill? That’s not enough to make sex safe

Being on the pill is making many young women at my university lax about their sexual health

The only people who need to fear an affirmative consent standard for rape are rapists

Prevailing polices that permit silence or nonresistance to be construed as consent contort the very concept of sexual assault beyond recognition

Two for breakfast: what to eat the morning after Valentine’s day

Whether you’re recovering from a big night out, or a romantic meal for two, impress your hungover lover with a romantic and tasty breakfast

Students used to take drugs to get high. Now they take them to get higher grades

The use of ‘smart drugs’ to boost mental performance is rife in British universities. So can we all benefit from ‘having an edge’, or is it just another form of cheating?