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The National Centre for Social Research has been awarded a contract to take forward the first stage of a project to help drive out homophobic, biphobic and transphobic bullying in schools.

Poor careers advice offered to school children over a generation has pushed up youth unemployment and held back economic growth, a report says.

With continual pressure to look a particular way, this may be the attitude of people within the media industry but what do young people think?

Children's happiness drops after the age of 11 as they get caught up in modern issues such as cyber-bullying, online porn and sexting, a study has found.

An academic from Durham University says that schools should move beyond the "prevention and plumbing” model of sex education towards lessons that also focus on the "pleasurable aspects of sex"

For a generation of European students, the Erasmus programme has been synonymous with having a good time while studying in another country. Three million students have taken part in this exchange visit project over 27 years.

It's natural to share your child's anxieties in exam season, but how can you be useful? Oxford University's head of counselling offers advice

Careers advice for pupils in Wales is out of date, too generic and comes too late, especially for those leaving aged 16, school inspectors have claimed.

Technology advances have changed the way young people behave in many ways, and now even traditional courting methods are slowly diminishing.

According to a new study by the World Health Organisation, the number of teenagers in England who self-harm has trebled in the last 12 years.

The government is "morally obliged" to improve the quality of careers advice in schools, teachers' leaders have said, after a survey showed pupils want “drastic” changes to the way they receive jobs guidance.

Parents play a key role in their children's career decisions, but their views are often out of date and badly informed, suggests a report.

We want to increase the quality of education for young people so that they are well prepared for further education, higher education and work.

Research by the Association of Graduate Recruiters finds that many employers are failing to fill graduate-level jobs despite a surge in the number of university leavers

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As VQ Day 2014 gets underway, Jan Hodges argues that to get rid of the two-tier system, further education must ensure its success stories aren't just a well-kept secret

School leavers should consider alternatives to university as the UK will need more workers with practical skills in the future, a study by the Institute for Public Policy Research warns

There is a "disturbing disconnect" between parents' traditional careers advice to their children and the needs of the jobs market, research says.

Post-exam discussions about what answers you gave have been replaced by social media frenzies, writes a student blogger

Almost a third of young people said they did not learn about sexual consent in sex education lessons, says a survey from the National Children's Bureau.