Tough new food GCSE to test pupils on poached eggs, palmiers and provenance

Examination will test pupils on culinary techniques as well as knowledge of nutrition, food traditions and kitchen safety

More US college freshmen ‘depressed’ than at any time in the past 30 years

Survey of 153,000 students hits lowest wellbeing mark ever as report calls on campuses to take action

How to survive your second term at university

By your second term you should have university life all sorted, right? Well I didn’t – here are some tips to make it through if you don’t either

Baroness Campbell: young people’s physical inactivity ‘bleak and worrying’

Baroness Sue Campbell, the chair of the Youth Sport Trust, says physical education and sport in schools must be prioritised if Britain is to fight back against child obesity

How to survive a medical emergency on your year abroad

A hospital visit probably isn’t on the agenda for your year abroad, but it pays to be prepared for the worst-case scenario

Don’t let chronic fatigue stop you going to university

Living with ME is tough but you can succeed if you pace yourself carefully – and ask for the adjustments you need

School pupils and hospital patients at risk of killer pollution, say MPs

Committee says it is unacceptable a whole generation could have health seriously impaired by air pollution above EU limits

Scheme offering shopping vouchers to mothers who breastfeed to be extended

The UK has one of the lowest breastfeeding rates in the world but pilot scheme suggests offering vouchers can help takeup

High-fliers have more babies, according to study

Growing wealth divide allows high-fliers who can afford childcare to have families, study suggests

‘Today we’re talking masturbation’: sitting in on a sex education class

As bill to make sex education a statutory requirement gets its second reading in the Commons, Sally Weale attends a lesson