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  1. Home and Away

    10/10Ellie Cawthorne explores the changing experiences of those studying abroad.

  2. A Very Essex Protest

    9/10Ellie Cawthorne on a protest at Essex University in 1968 that had a lasting impact.

  3. A Letter from the Trenches

    8/10Ellie Cawthorne tells the stories of students who went to war.

  4. The Curious Incident of the Brown Dog

    7/10The part played by students in the infamous 1907 Brown Dog vivisection riots.

  5. Stuffed Crocodiles and the Chrysler Building

    6/10What do female students' bedrooms in 1896 and 2016 say about their lives?

  6. Lords and Sizars

    5/10The class divide between student privilege and poor sizars, in Byron's time and today.

  7. The Diarist and the Blogger

    4/10Ellie Cawthorne compares a student diary from 1690 to an undergraduate blog from 2015.

  8. The Wits

    3/10Ellie Cawthorne on writers, actors and entertainers that were forged at university.

  9. Town and Gown

    2/10Student life through 900 years. Ellie Cawthorne on the rivalry between town and gown.

  10. A Gift of Raisins

    1/10Ellie Cawthorne braves the initiation rites of Raisin Weekend at St Andrews University.