How to survive Christmas as a student alone and away from home
Carly Hacon
For most students, come the end of term and they will be racing to the nearest train station to get home for the holidays. Christmas is the time of year…
December 2017
Kingston Uni design market a roaring success
Eric Brain
Kingston University began its three-day design market on Wednesday December 6, showcasing the students’ work at Knights Park and Kingston Hill.
Mark Stoermer kills off 70s rock with latest album
Mark Stoermer parted ways with The Killers in May 2016, a move that led him to pursue his solo music career in a weird and wacky way only he could.
KU students fear they will be lonely this Christmas
The majority of Kingston University students who are not able to go home for Christmas this year are concerned they will be lonely.
VIDEO: Njinga Santa Cycle around Richmond Upon Thames aims to raise money for Shooting Star Chase hospice
Sophie Mcconnell
Cyclists dressed in Santa suits delivered presents to children at the Shooting Star Chase Hospice in Hampton for the fifth annual Njinga Santa Cycle on Saturday (December 2).
Kingston netball got revenge on Surrey
Synne Johnsson
The Kingston University netball first team had their reasons to smile when they beat rivals and ex-varsity opposition Surrey 2nd 40-29 on Wednesday, December 6.
Kingston University gym is losing members to other fitness centres
Sunniva Kolostyak
Members at the Kingston University gym are leaving for other, cheaper fitness centres after being left disappointed by old equipment and poor maintenance, students say.
The Autumn Budget: a summary
Mason Howe
The Chancellor of the Exchequer has announced the 2017 autumn budget. Here is The River’s pick of issues that matter most to students:
New sex disease epidemic sweeps UK university towns
Chanel Buituron
Students are bringing new strains of sexually transmitted infections into university cities according to new research.
‘They used to call me potato’ – How fat shaming made me lose weight?
Yasemin Kose
Being a chubby kid is cute until you are too fat to fit in to the chairs at primary school.