‘We’re cosseting our kids’ – the war against today’s dangerously dull playgrounds

Architects are taking issue with risk-averse playparks full of sluggish roundabouts and tiny climbing frames. But are playgrounds in the middle of roads really the answer?

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

‘I love staring at one spot for six hours!’ Life models on the secrets of disrobing

What sort of person would stand naked and still for hours, often in agony? Nude models talk about how tough yet life-changing the work can be, even when posing for hen parties

‘People are scared of looking foolish’: how maths anxiety is holding us back

Two in three students who worry about maths will eventually succeed at the subject. But does this lack of confidence limit career prospects?

Students support disclosure of mental illness to parents

Two-thirds say problems should be revealed in extreme circumstances, research finds

‘She went through torment’: parents criticise Bristol over student suicide

Margaret and Robert Abrahart speak of their frustration at trying to find out how their daughter came to kill herself

Neglect by mental health trust led to Bristol student’s suicide

Coroner rules Avon and Wiltshire trust failed in the care of Natasha Abrahart

Schools of thought: can mindfulness lessons boost child mental health?

Children are under increasing pressure. Investing in their mental wellbeing could could help them now and in the future

Public speaking: is the push to make students employable going too far?

Assessed presentations on courses from physics to philosophy are traumatising vulnerable students

Experts downgraded risk of Bristol student killing herself, inquest hears

Natasha Abrahart had tried to take her life twice previously but treatment was delayed