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1. 6 days in the life of a geography student on Almeria field trip

   Geography students, Holly Hadden and Georgina Harriss, share their experiences of a recent field trip to Almeria, Spain.

2. How to write a standout personal statement

   Struggling to write a personal statement to support your university application? Our in-house expert, Andrew Cooper, shows you how to approach this essential document.

3. How monkeys make friends and influence each other

   For us humans, getting involved in an aggressive conflict can be costly, not only because of the risk of injury and stress, but also because it can damage precious social relationships between friends – and the same goes for monkeys and apes.

4. The welcome rise and worrying fall in covert investigation

   Covert techniques and specialist intelligence never appear to be far from the headlines - so why are they on the decline?

5. From bean to cup: students visit 92 Degrees Coffee

   BA Business Management students go behind-the-scenes at thriving local business, 92 Degrees Coffee.

6. How AI could help football managers spot weak links in their teams

   A new approach to gathering data using cybernetics and AI could help coaches spot weak links in their teams

7. Nepal’s menstrual huts: what can be done about this practice of confining women to cow sheds?

   Despite being illegal, chhaupadi, the practice of exiling menstruating women and girls from their home – often to a cow shed – is still practised in some areas of Western Nepal. Chhaupadi is an extreme example of the stigmas and restrictions around menstruation that exist not only in Nepal, but also globally.

8. The joys of English Literature

   Find out why studying English Literature is so rewarding.

9. How chimp DNA techniques turned us into jungle detectives

   Wild chimpanzees are hard to find, but their DNA – left-behind genetic traces – is opening up a new way of studying them, write experts Alexander Piel and Fiona Stewart

10. International Women’s Day –  a day for all

    Cara Shearer talks about International Women's Day and what it means to her.