NUS urge students to wait to rent
Bianca Ansbro-Elliott
The NUS are encouraging students to wait to find properties for when they actually need it and to take prices into account. They believe that estate and letting agents are…
December 2014
£5.4 million of tax-payers money has wrongfully gone to foreign students
Last year foreign students were accidentally paid £5.4 million to fund student loans, as they were not forced to show evidence of living in England. The Department for Business, Innovation…
Calling UKIP racist is ‘dusting the immigration conversation under the carpet’ UKIP MEP says
Bauke Schram
Racist, sexist, homophobic, ridiculous, outrageous – these are just a few of the numerous terms used to describe UKIP. The Independence Party has covered the front pages of national newspapers…
If you were the leader of your country, what would you change?
Penelope Karaolis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YV6ksxu5Kgo
Across campus loos, a soap crisis
Lucy Ford
After several complaints about dirty, soapless loos across Penrhyn Road, The River did a toilet tour to investigate the hygiene crisis: Frustration, impatience and confusion were common feelings between all…
Greek Christmas: Healthy Honey Biscuits with Walnuts (Melomakarona)
I am sure you have all heard of the unbeatable health benefits of the Mediterranean Diet, so I have decided to share my yiayia’s (grandmother’s) recipe for Greek Christmas syrupy…
KU osteopath abused patient
Toslima Jahan
An osteopathic doctor at Kingston University has been suspended after allegedly sexually harassing one of his female patients for three years. Malcolm Mayer, an osteopath at the Penrhyn Road Health…
Ho ho horrible
Anette Lien
A compilation of Christmas albums bad enough to make Santa weep You know those Christmas songs that are so awfully cringe-worthy you actually find them quite enjoyable? Well, these are…
Molestation: ‘I remember him entering my room; smelling of liquor as he climbed into the bed’
Tone Bergheim
A KU student tells Tone Lise Bergheim about her struggle after being molested by her father. Imagine if the one person who is meant to protect you, is the one…
“Hell for Heroes” woman sentenced to jail
Elizabeth Stromme
Kingston Crown Court has sentenced a woman responsible for distributing terrorist material on social media to five years and three months in jail. Runa Khan, 35, of Maple Road West,…