En-suite education: the unstoppable rise of luxury student housing

The UK’s student boom has seen a spate of new, expensive, high-spec studio flats for them to live in, even as local residents are desperate for affordable accommodation. From Coventry to Cambridge, are universities starting to resemble property developers – and does this help or hurt our cities?

Fur-free coats and wood heels: study a master’s in sustainable fashion

The shift is towards more ethical and sustainable practices in the manufacturing process, and a number of postgraduate courses are setting the trend

Young artists have the power to shape the future – let’s take them seriously

The key to building a sustainable arts future lies in making young artists a priority today, in education and all other areas of life

The end of animal testing? Human-organs-on-chips win Design of the Year

They may look like humble little blocks, but these miracle devices could end animal testing, revolutionise the development of new drugs – and lead us into a world of entirely personalised medicine

Fossil fuels are the new tobacco when it comes to health risk

Letters: We call on the Wellcome Trust and Gates Foundation to divest from the fossil fuel industry and show the leadership we, as future health professionals, need to bring about a healthier economy

Jake Chapman is being a snob. Taking children to art galleries is vital

The artist claims children ‘are not human yet’ and thus can’t understand art. But art teaches us what it means to be human