Can you tell if a friend has an eating disorder? It's Eating Disorders Awareness week. Only a tenth of sufferers are anorexic, so look beyond body shape to spot the signs
The puppy room – easing life’s pain in a stroke Morven Crumlish: A Canadian university is offering a room full of puppies to help stressed-out students. Where's mine?
What drugs do students take? The world's biggest survey of drug use is underway, and the Guardian is asking UK students to share their experiences – anonymously of course
Smart drugs: would you try them? Having seen the effect drugs like Modafinil have had on my friends, I'm steering clear
‘Freshers Week is revolting: that’s why we should keep it’ Thrust into a sleazepit of booze, boys and badness, a Muslim student found her wits sharpened by moral challenges
Drug-taking is less prevalent on campus than students think Students believe their friends are all experimenting with drugs, but survey shows that's not true
Surviving freshers’ flu: student health questions answered Our health expert answers your questions on everything from freshers' flu and hangovers to diet and STDs
Omega-3 may help struggling children to read, says study Children whose reading skills were in the lowest fifth of the normal range improved over the four months of the study
What I’m really thinking: the exam invigilator 'Sometimes, as I patrol the room, I look down and witness a disaster in the making, with lots of crossings-out'
We should be paying more attention to the emotional labour of teaching Emotional labour requires workers to display certain emotions as part of their job, but are academics aware, equipped and supported to do so?