This summer, a group of 11 school leavers have set their own 2012 legacy by giving up four weeks of their summer holiday to give something back to the community. The students have been taking part in the National Citizen Service (NCS), a government scheme aimed at developing the...
As I sit here on yet another day off spoiled by even more rain, I can't help but reminisce about when I was the same age as my son, who, at sixteen, has just left school and will start college in September.
I left school with no qualifications and hated...
Understanding Society is a world-leading study of the socio-economic circumstances and attitudes of 100,000 individuals in 40,000 British households. Amongst its many findings, it has concluded that unhealthy teenagers are much more likely to be less happy than their healthy counterparts. Read on...
Teenagers who turn their backs on a...
