Refugees in Syria thank Kingston students for funds raised
Priyanka Mogul
Kingston University’s Politics Society and United Nations Society teamed up in December 2014 to hold a fundraiser for the displaced members of the Kurdish city of Kobane in northern Syria.…
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Student Union to launch referendum to introduce “campus officers”
Kingston University Student Union’s full-time officers are launching a referendum next week to change the way elected officers represent students. The referendum calls for an end to the system of…
Tesco manager blames messy students for overflowing bins in Kingston town centre
Matilda Sturley
Kingston University students are causing filthy streets and overflowing bins in the town centre following nights out, according to the boss of a town centre supermarket. Tesco Express has complained…
Labour candidate for Kingston and Surbiton answers students questions
Tonje Odegard
Labour candidate for Kingston and Surbiton, Lee Godfrey, was the first to speak in a series of events organised by the Kingston Politics Society and the KUSU’s LGBT Officer, where…
Kingston University restructure to threaten jobs
Bauke Schram
Trade union, Unison, has demanded more information from the University after fears that a restructuring of KU support and ad in staff could lead to staff facing redundancy and job…
‘Wild’
Ida Salamonsen
Rating: 4/5 stars The cinema cringes. A screaming Reese Witherspoon has just pulled off a bloodied toe nail in the opening scene of Wild and thrown her shoes off a…
Kingston student to run 2015 miles in 2015 for homeless charity
Fran Warburton
A Kingston student has promised to run five-and-a-half miles every day for a year in order to raise thousands of pounds for homeless charity Shelter. Chris Else, a second year…
‘Inherent Vice’
Bart Williams
Rating: 4.5/5 stars 1970. The 60s have met their end, leaving in their wake an eclectic crowd of Californian hippies desperately trying to stoke the last burning embers of free…
Kingston student becomes Harlequins mascot
Anthony Waterworth
Harley the Bear entertains 15,000 rugby fans every weekend by dancing, playing games, taking pictures, and joking with the players. Little does anyone know he is actually a criminology and…
Ed Davey hints at Lib Dem leadership aspirations
Christopher Jutting
Kingston and Surbiton MP Ed Davey has hinted at aspirations to lead the Liberal Democrats after Nick Clegg steps down. In a radio interview he said that he had thought…