Student leaves Ebola hell to continue studies at Kingson University
Martine Meland
A Kingston student caught one of only two remaining flights out of Ebola stricken Sierra Leone, leaving his mother and friends behind so he could continue his studies. With West…
October 2014
TFL launches selfie safety campaign
Elizabeth Stromme
Transport for London has launched a campaign called #HomeSafeSelfie, urging students and other young people not to travel in unbooked minicabs. The hashtag campaign is intended to raise awareness of…
University motorsport hits town
Anthony Waterworth
The University Engineering department showed off their award winning electric racers in the market square for the general public to see. The demonstrations on Saturday included a Formula Student electric…
No charges for nightclub death crush
No criminal charges will be brought against a Northampton nightclub after a 19-year-old KU student was crushed to death. Laurene-Danielle Jackson, who was studying psychology and criminology in her second-year,…
KU students’ artwork scouted by Tate Gallery
Elin Martinsen
Artwork of three KU students was seen by a Tate Gallery representative on Saturday’s private view at Cre8 gallery in East London.
Huge drop in KU Indian students
Bauke Schram
The number of Indian KU students has dropped by 60 per cent since 2008, according to the university’s student profiles. The decrease is proving the business secretary’s statement that the…
Ballad-driven with playful vibrancy; Jessie Ware’s Tough Love manipulates listener’s heartstrings
Christian Eede
2012 debut Devotion marked Jessie Ware’s step out of the shadows as a backing vocalist and into the central fold as a worthy artist in her own right. Launching a…
KU students set to compete in British championship
Hanne Olsen
KU student Hal Bedford-Payne is set to race for Kingston Rowing Club in the National Championship taking place in Nottingham this weekend. Joined by fellow KU student John Keen-Tomlinson and…
Muslim students say Islamophobia is not a problem at KU
Hanaa Foura
Despite a recent report that found Muslim women in Britain were especially vulnerable to Islamophobic abuse, female Muslim KU students say they ‘feel safe’ at the university and in the…
Garmin Kingston Run Challenge
Joe Barclay
The Kingston Run Challenge took over the heart of Kingston this weekend with hundreds of runners taking part in three different distance races.