
Karam Filfilan is an experienced online editor, adventurer and all round great guy.
He writes on cocktails, why students are idiots and HR.
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London student rent tops £750 per month
Students choosing to study in London can expect to pay £ 752 per month for a privately rented apartment, according to a new survey.

Suarez vs shark: Who is more likely to bite you?
Who's more dangerous? Luis Suarez, three time biter and Liverpool and Uruguay striker, or ocean predator, the shark?

The 50 stages of England World Cup fever
The World Cup starts tomorrow and England kick off against Italy on Saturday. This is how your evening is going to feel.

Rise in migration to the UK
Net migration to the UK grew by 35,000 in 2013, with immigrants from Romania the biggest increase, official statistics reveal.

Student Rights: Exposing extremism or targeting Muslim students?
What made the NUS condemn a body dedicated to tackling extremism on campus as a "toxic organisation demonising Muslim students"?

"This year will be a reign of terror": Meet the white British Nationalists coming to your campus
Neo-Nazi National Action are recruiting a new army of "racial activists".

Women Who Eat on Tubes founder is, unsurprisingly, condescending to women
Women who Eat on Tubes founder Tony Burke gave a masterclass in how to wind up your opponents on Radio 4 this morning.

Five things we hope happen in the Clegg/Farage debate
Nick Clegg and Nigel Farage face off in a live radio debate tonight. Here are five things we think would add to the drama.

Giraffe dissection zoo puts four lions down
The zoo at the centre of the Marius the giraffe euthanisation scandal put four healthy lions down yesterday.

100 days to the World Cup: Who's in your England squad?
With the World Cup less than 100 days away and England taking on Denmark in their last friendly before Roy Hodgson names his squad, the race for a seat on the plane to Brazil is well and truly on. Find out who makes our England squad.

Creepy spooks are spying on your Internet sexy time
Thousands of naked pictures of Yahoo! video chat users have been harvested by spy agency GCHQ.

5 reasons why everyone hates Michael Gove
Education minister Michael Gove has been in the news again, telling students and teachers that they're not working hard enough. Here's why he's more hated than even George Osborne.

Film Review: Matterhorn
Matterhorn is more tragedy than comedy, but its subtle and surreal humour augurs well for the Loco London Comedy Film Festival.

Review: Quidam by Cirque du Soleil at the Royal Albert Hall
Cirque du Soleil's Quidam is dark and confusing - but the acrobatics and circus skills are still the world's best, finds Karam Filfilan.

Harvard student emails bomb hoax to 'get out of exams'
A Harvard student fails to revise for his final exams, so decides that the obvious solution is to email a bomb hoax.

Britain's horniest student to be thrown out of university?
Elina Desaine faces 'major' disciplinary from Exeter University amid claims she made-up her winning entry.

Getting a Christmas temp job? How to make the most of it
Christmas should be a time for parties, presents and plenty of lazing in front of the TV, but for many hardworking students and job-hunting grads, Christmas means one thing - temping.

Interview: Jeremy Scahill on Dirty Wars, journalism and Obama's covert army
America's Dirty Wars, the future of journalism and uncovering political secrets - the National Student talks to Jeremy Scahill.