Korean language lessons now available to KU students
Chloe L Wright
KU students and staff now have the opportunity to study Korean alongside their degree with the addition of the language to the Kingston Language Scheme (KLS).
October 2019
Parents pay tribute to KU students; awarded degree posthumously
Marie Mannes
The mother of a KU student who received her degree posthumously has paid tribute to her daughter who hoped to help find a cure to cancer.
#marchforsisterhood is coming to the Internet
Nicole M Pihan
The first-ever digital women’s march is being held on October 11 across all social media platforms, where girls, women and supporters worldwide are posting their solidarity marching videos.
KU student demands more gender neutral toilets
Aimee Miller
Student campaigner demands Kingston University to better accommodate transgender and gender non-conforming students, despite the opening of new gender-neutral toilets at Knights Park Campus.
Former football champions start off new season with a loss
Stephen Hall
Kingston: 1 St Mary’s: 3 The reigning football champions got off to the worst possible start in their new league in a 3-1 defeat against local rivals, St Mary’s 2nds,…
London Film Festival on the road to embracing gender equality
Let’s hear it for the girls! The BFI London Film Festival is ripe with pure female directorial talent.
Kingston University Environmental society to help local council plant more trees
Stefania Dall'armi
Kingston University’s Environmental society will aid Kingston Council’s bid of planting 600 trees across the borough in response to the Green Plan pledge. The newly established society’s presidents will try…
Margaret Atwood’s The Testaments was worth the 35-year wait
Isabella Ruffatti
Did he live or die? What a cliff-hanger, right? Sherlock fans had to wait two years for the burning question of whether their beloved series protagonist, played by Benedict Cumberbatch,…
Rapper Akala kicks off Kingston’s celebration of Black History Month
Natalie J Crookham
Rapper, journalist and political activist Akala visited Kingston University on October 3 to give students a semi-autobiographical talk titled ‘The Power of Education’. The event was held in celebration of…
The River says: Mental health needs to be talked about
Mental health services. People just need to be made aware of their existence. In the modern world, mental health is taken a lot more seriously and it is more widely-recognised…