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
‘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