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Ellie Cawthorne on the infamous Brown Dog Riots of 1907, when anti-vivisectionists fought students in a row over how medical students are trained. Show more
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Ellie Cawthorne explores student life on active service. Wars transformed individual students and shaped new institutions. Show more
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Ellie Cawthorne on the Inch Affair at Essex University in 1968 - a protest whose impact reshaped both student politics and how universities were run. Show more
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What do student bedrooms in 1896 and 2016 reveal about female student identity and behaviour, then and now? Recent graduate Ellie Cawthorne investigates. Show more
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It is October 2015, and 2,000 new students at St Andrews celebrate Raisin Weekend with booze, dressing up and fighting, as they exchange their natural families for academic ones. Show more
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In 1355, 63 Oxford University students were killed by townspeople at the St Scholastica's Day Riot. Ellie Cawthorne investigates the tensions between town and gown, then and now. Show more
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Whether it is the Cambridge Footlights now or the university wits that flowered in the time of Elizabeth I, Ellie Cawthorne discovers the talent that has emerged from academia. Show more
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Recording daily life in his diary in 1690, Cambridge student Abraham de la Pryme's experiences are compared to those in the 2015 blog by Gloucester undergraduate Bethany Hutson. Show more
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Ellie Cawthorne compares Lord Byron's college extravagance with the poorest student sizars who served him, and asks whether today's universities perpetuate the class divide. Show more
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Ellie Cawthorne looks at the changing experiences of those studying away from their native countries on the global campus - foreign students in the UK, and UK students abroad. Show more
