‘Freshers Week is revolting: that’s why we should keep it’

Thrust into a sleazepit of booze, boys and badness, a Muslim student found her wits sharpened by moral challenges

Drug-taking is less prevalent on campus than students think

Students believe their friends are all experimenting with drugs, but survey shows that's not true

Our health expert answers your questions on everything from freshers' flu and hangovers to diet and STDs

Children whose reading skills were in the lowest fifth of the normal range improved over the four months of the study

'Sometimes, as I patrol the room, I look down and witness a disaster in the making, with lots of crossings-out'

Emotional labour requires workers to display certain emotions as part of their job, but are academics aware, equipped and supported to do so?

A new survey suggests that fewer students are practising safe sex than at this time last year. Oliver Brann analyses the results

• Many students are critical of sex education at school• A quarter want sexual health information on campus

Tom Kirkwood, an expert on ageing, has produced research that suggests the 85-plus generation are much happier than perceived

You think you have no time to cook. But eating well in the run-up to exams could boost your grades