Manchester students organising ‘Covid Positive’ parties

Infection incidence rate in 17-21 age group is six times higher than the rest of the city

Confining students in halls is a mental health crisis in the making

Thousands of young people have been encouraged back to university and abandoned by the system, asks Guardian writer Joanna Moorhead

Alone and in pain: one woman’s struggle for breastfeeding support

Hannah Wheeler suffered for five months before eventually finding her own solution

Overstretched health visitors caring for up to 2,400 families each

Exclusive: health chief fearful over impact of a lack of visits for newborns in England

Joggers and drinkers: what a day in the life of a Leeds park tells us about modern Britain

During lockdown, parks became more important to us than ever – as gyms, pubs and nightclubs. From dawn to dusk at Woodhouse Moor, I found out why they are so essential now

English universities must consider partial fee refunds, says regulator

OfS warns against blanket refusals as thousands of students locked down after Covid outbreaks

Halt in-person university teaching until test and trace fixed, union urges

Exclusive: UCU general secretary Jo Grady speaks out after rapid rise in Covid cases on campuses

Hundreds of thousands of students in Scotland banned from socialising

Student union says move disregards mental health and ‘applies different rules from the rest of the adult population’

10 awe-inspiring walks around the UK

Scientists found weekly ‘awe walks’ led to more positive emotions among study participants - here are some of the nation’s most wondrous locations

Bundle up: Britons urged to embrace an alfresco Covid winter

Rugs, patio heaters and fire pits fly off the shelves as the nation gears up to socialise through the colder months