‘My tutor said it wasn’t a job for a man’: my journey from roofer to midwife I’ve encountered sexism, but it’s an amazing job and an honour to support women giving birth
Opening up school sports facilities would give every child a healthy summer The fitness of children from low-income familes suffers in the holidays, say former sports stars Tanni Grey-Thompson and Lawrence Dallaglio
Coroner calls on universities to destigmatise mental health issues Maria Voisin was speaking after inquest into death of Bristol university student Ben Murray
Dorothy Rowe obituary Psychologist who believed in listening to patients, and could express complex ideas with brilliant simplicity
Does having a higher IQ than Einstein guarantee success? Nishi Uggalle, winner of Channel 4’s Child Genius show, got the highest possible score in a Mensa test, but psychologists differ on whether such tests are reliable
Bedtime social media use may be harming UK teenagers, study says Exclusive: a fifth of 13- to 15-year-olds ‘spend five hours or more a day on social media’
Minister rejects call for blanket ban on mobile phones in schools Education secretary Damian Hinds says decision should be left up to individual headteachers
Orkney rated Britain’s best place to live in terms of quality of life Scotland and north of England dominate top five as measured by housing, crime and schools
A student’s death: did her university do enough to help Natasha Abrahart? The parents of a Bristol physics student who took her own life are crowdfunding to make sure the full story is told
UK classrooms take lessons from Sandy Hook school shooting A bereaved American mother is bringing her emotional learning programme, downloaded in 60 countries, to British schools