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The latest features from our team of trained journalist monkeys around the world. Drill down through the categories on the menus for features on a specific topic or see below for the latest.

In denial on the internet

Sue Blackwell, a lecturer at the University of Birmingham is a leading campaigner for an academic boycott of Israel. In this article she examines some of the more distasteful e-mails she receives.

Online degrees - what are they really worth?

More and more students are choosing to study online rather than on a campus, but are online degrees worth having?

These United Nations...

The United Nations is sixty this year. The organisation has seen all manner of international crisis during its time from the high drama of the Cold War to the end of Apartheid in South Africa. Joanna Birch-Phaure, president of the United Nations Youth and Student Association (UNYSA), takes a look at UNYSA and its relation to the UN.

Putting God back into Gower Street

Hidden away on Gower Street is London's Central Roman Catholic Chaplaincy, Newman House. Gregory Nash, a current resident, looks at the Chaplaincy's past and how it serves the students of today.

Free speech on campus: the strange case of Nasser Amin

Richard Seymour examines the case of SOAS student Nasser Amin who faced a witch-hunt by his university, his MP and American neo-conservatives because he wrote a controversial article for a student magazine.

Serbia Rocks

Five years since the fall of Milosevic the Rundown reports on the politcal challenges facing Serbia's young people in the context of the country's most popular music festival.

The UK's wackiest degrees

Think your course is tough? At least you're not brewing beer, managing a golf course or exploring strange new worlds. Or maybe you are...

Top 10 things you should not say in a horror movie

You love to watch them at the cinema, but beware - you could be next...

Top 10 songs to annoy your flatmates

The next time you want to get back at your flatmates for keeping you up all night, try one of these.

Top 10 best last words

If and when you decide to leave, go out in style! You only get to do it once.

Drink if you dare: the world's strangest drinks

Some of the stranger beverages from around the world are more likely make you gag than quench your thirst: we look at some of the worst.

Students under suspicion

Whether for terrorism, extremism or drunken and unruly behaviour, students are under suspicion from universities like never before.

Sangria: Fruit punch with a kick

The origins of the famous Spanish wine punch, and how to make your own this summer.

Safe drinking in bars

Sometimes you can get more than you were expecting in your drink and the after-effects are more than a hangover.

Graduation special: Faking the fizz

Champage is not renowned for being cheap, but there are plenty of alternatives to the real thing that won't break the bank.

Graduation special: A toast to champagne

Champagne is the classic way to celebrate a big occasion, but how do you choose the right variety - and how should you open the bottle?

Becoming 'the face' of...

Becoming a household name - sort of.

Get water wise when the heat is on

Everyone knows water is good for you, especially when it's hot, but how much should you drink - and how often?

Frotteurism: speed dating revised

Ever had someone deliberately rub against you on the bus or tube? You could have been a victim of Frotteurism.

Talking computers to take over libraries, says professor

Baroness Greenfield claims that in future students will access information for their essays from talking computers - but could it ever work?