Stress and anxiety are making day to day life difficult for hundreds of thousands of studentsThe extent of mental health problems in UK universities has been laid bare in a new YouGov survey of Britain’s students. More than a quarter of students (27%) report having a mental health problem of one type or another.
Female students are more likely to say they have mental health problems than males (34% vs 19%), and LGBT students have a particularly high likelihood of mental health problems compared to their heterosexual counterparts (45% vs 22%). Read More...
Boris Johnson, Mayor of London, recently made a statement about the current smacking legislation, enforced under Labour’s Children Act of 2004, which states that parents are only allowed to smack their offspring without causing a ‘reddening of the skin’.
Mr Johnson suggested that the legislation should be lifted as the system left families feeling anxious that they would face prosecution if they attempted to impose authority over their children. The argument was essentially that lifting the ban smacking would help to put an end to rioting, gangs and knife violence. Read More...
