Kingston University weekly sports roundup
Michael Lloyd
It was a good week overall for Kingston, with three wins and two losses. It was the men’s football’s first win in six games, the women’s tennis thrashed St Mary’s…
March 16, 2017
KU should tackle illegal essay writing services, says minister
Emlyn Travis
The Government has launched a crackdown on students who pay for professionals to write their essays, assignments and dissertations. Universities minister, Jo Johnson, asked the National Union of Students, Universities…
Did you miss the second Big Student Meeting? From mandatory consent classes to a revamp of KU’s election system, these are the motions you missed
Sarah Sinclair
At the second Big Student Meeting that took place last week, nine motions were proposed by students and voted upon by those in attendance. The second meeting was scheduled after…
Ex-Guantanamo Bay prisoner condemns waterboarding and confronts racism at KU talk
Soile Ntutu
Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg told Kingston Students that “racism has been sanctioned at a governmental level and built into society in this country”.
Kingston may be next in line to become a plastic water bottle-free university
Kingston’s student union is going to campaign to follow other universities such as Leeds and Sheffield in reducing and with the aim of finally banning the sale of plastic water…
Pop princess Zara Larsson’s new album is this year’s big summer hit
Nikki Onafuye
After her breakthrough on the Swedish version of Britain’s Got Talent, Zara Larsson puts her youthful character, and quirky attitude into her first international album ‘So Good’.