I returned to uni for freshers’ week 20 years after leaving. Here’s what has changed

There’s more teetotalism – and students are more likely to have a job. As term begins, our writer visits Glasgow, her alma mater, to hear the hopes and fears of four first-years

A new leaf: the complete guide to getting your life back on track this autumn

From heat to holidays, the summer can bring all sorts of disruption to your regular schedule. Here experts explain how to improve everything from food to finances

‘It’s a safety blanket’: why more and more teenagers are relying on life coaches

We think of life coaching as something for middle-aged executives, yet 17- and 18-year-olds are increasingly signing up. Is it for career advice – or because they help assuage loneliness?

Germans thirsty for alcohol-free beer as brewers boost taste

Rise in bars stocking 0% beers to meet demand of drinkers who wish to ditch the hangover

UK among least family-friendly countries in OECD, survey finds

League table compiled based on parental leave and childcare levels puts UK in bottom third

All change: how to leave the city and find a new career

As growing numbers abandon London and other expensive cities for a better quality of life, some are using the big move to start their own business

Danielle Steel works 20 hours a day, but is that to be envied?

Working all the time, she’s written 179 books. But compulsive productivity has a flip side

How Stockholm became the city of work-life balance

With flexible hours the norm, and almost two years’ parental leave for every child, Sweden’s capital boasts a happy and efficient workforce. What can other cities learn?

Menopause health has ‘few specialists and a lot of myths’ – can tech change that?

Health technology catering to women has covered fertility, periods, mental wellbeing and more. Now tech entrepreneurs are catering to the 13 million women in menopause

Serious illness cover – the one insurance policy that can prove absolutely critical

It has had a poor reputation in the past but providers insist things have changed and the benefits can be life-changing