Aarathi Prasad: ‘Indians hedge their bets’
Aarathi Prasad describes a push to integrate the modern ‘western’ approach with traditional systems in India such as ayurveda and yoga. But is this truly desirable?
Experience: I am 16 and live alone in the wilderness
I have an open fire and spend my evenings tanning animal and fish skins, and carving wood
How to be happy: follow these five easy steps
From a young age we are told to aim high. Yet the more driven we are, the more likely we are to feel miserable, says happiness expert Raj Raghunathan. Here’s what we should try instead
How to help your teenagers revise for exams
From avoiding threats and promises to fostering good sleeping habits and banning screens at bedtime
My secret life as a student Nightline volunteer
Being a faceless voice for 12 hours at a time can be hard and thankless work. But making people feel safe is the most rewarding job of all
How to teach … diabetes
There are lots of ways to explore the disease in class – from TED talks about sugar to an interactive game that asks students to think like a pancreas
How to teach … mental health
We teach children how to care for their bodies – use our resources to help them learn to look after their minds too
The party’s over for young people, debt laden and risk averse
With such grave financial prospects, it’s no wonder today’s under-25s prefer jogging to drinking. To have a sense of freedom now seems illogical
‘Self-harming is behind me, but it blights many students’ lives’
Students are turning to private online communities and peer-led societies to help them break the cycle of self-harm
On the pulse: a chef, a football manager and a TV star track their heart rates
What does a stressful job do to you? We asked people including Sam Allardyce, Kirsty Wark and Angela Hartnett to wear a heart rate monitor for a day to find out