One of my favorite types of spell in the game are the Turn or Repel Undead spells. One of the reasons is that even though the undead (read: Draugr) maybe too high a level for the spell to turn them, they would still be greatly staggered by the spell effects. However, one thing I noticed going from Turn Lesser Undead (Apprentice) to Turn Undead(Adept) is that with Turn Undead, you don't get the stagger effect, which seams to make Turn Lesser Undead a mover viable spell for much longer. Granted, the Repel Undead spells still stagger, but they effect significantly lower-level creatures.

Does anyone know if this an actual bug, or does Turn Unead simply not have the same effect? This is not fixed in the USKP, for what it's worth. So for now, I'm using Repel Lesser Undead (up to level 8) as it staggers and has a cone-shaped area of effect.