Quarantine period to be reduced to five days for arrivals in the UK
Sarvesh Kadam
From December 15 passengers arriving in the UK will be able to reduce their Quarantine period to five days if they provide a negative Covid-19 test. This will come as…
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Students count down the days until lockdown ends
Ashley Bautista Domingo
The countdown has begun. Only a few more days until the second lockdown ends. Students at different universities across the country have already made their plans for next week. It…
Creative writing anthology RiPPLE on track for 2021
Laurynas Puikys
Many events all over the globe have been cancelled this year, but production of RiPPLE, the Kingston University student anthology of creative writing, is going ahead as usual. Moreover, its…
Student project wins UK Space Agency funding
Kingston University Aerospace Engineering PhD student, Charles Simpson, has won UK Space Agency funding for his parachute system research project. The research project will look Entry, Descent and Landing (EDL)…
KUFC turn to Strava for lockdown round two
Olly Cox
Kingston University Men’s football team have swapped their football boots for running trainers in an attempt to stay fit during the second lockdown. The sports club are using the running…
Literature and video games? They’re closer than you think
Most parents would love to stop their kids playing video games and hand them a book instead. Now we can live in a world where both are combined. Kingston University’s…
Rising number of trans and gender-diverse people murdered in 2020
Tyla Connor
Recent statistics released by The Transrespect versus Transphobia Worldwide research project show that 350 transgender and gender nonconforming people were murdered in the last year. Their survey showed that black…
Kingston University confirms 35 new coronavirus cases
Kingston University confirmed 35 new coronavirus cases on Monday, taking the total number of cases to 139 this academic year. This is the second-highest weekly number of cases registered so…
How safe do students feel using public transport during a pandemic?
Emily Walker
On November 11, 53 members of Manchester’s biggest train station, Piccadilly, had to self isolate and more have been contacted through track and trace after a staff member had a…
Parliament debate tuition fees
On November 16, parliament debated the online petitions signed for universities to reimburse students’ tuition fees during strike action, Covid-19, and lower university tuition fees until online teaching ends. I…