Weinberg to earn quarter of a million as KU ‘president’ following resignation as VC
Meka Beresford
Former KU Vice Chancellor Julius Weinberg will go on to earn £251,461 in the role of ‘president’, a 17.5 per cent increase on his wage as VC – a position…
November 2016
The meaning of NO: consent classes and students
Across the country universities have been rolling out consent classes following a rise in on-campus sexual assault.
50% of female KU students experience sexual assault
Nearly half of female Kingston students have experienced an incident of sexual assault, according to a survey by The River.
Kingston has Shawn Mendes mania
Lauren Hockney
Kingston was filled with thousands of screaming teenage girls on Wednesday afternoon when 18-year-old heartthrob Shawn Mendes played a pop-up show at The Hippodrome.
Kingston University weekly sports round-up
Laurence Bohan
It was a very quiet week for Kingston’s teams this week with a lot of the clubs having the week off. Of those who were in action, only three came…
KU students are unsatisfied with new uni bus service
Idha Valeur
Students have complained about the inter-site bus service despite new routes, added departure times and environmentally friendly buses.
Ched Evans should not be allowed back into a position of influence, despite innocence
Jamie Craker
Ched Evans may have walked away from court ‘not guilty’ of rape on Friday, October 14, but his behaviour on the night in question was miserable, immature and disrespectful, and…
KU’s 80-year-old MA student furious at lack of postgraduate loans
Solene Capitolin
Kingston University’s 80-year-old creative writing student Hilary Chalkly may not be able to complete her MA due to lack of funding. Chalkly and her friend Carol Marshall, 66, are not…
Kingston’s leading open-mic night is not what it used to be
Sarah Sinclair
Word of Mouth is no longer Word of Mouth. What used to be a goose bump causing social event has lost its soul and feels like it is for one…
International students should stay in the UK
For the almost three years that I have been attending Kingston University I have paid £36,700 in tuition fees as a non-European overseas student. I started out paying a fee…