KU students help transform Kingston town centre
Elijah Cruz
Vacant units in Kingston town centre have been transformed by unique and vibrant artwork created by talented KU art students. In this video, Shareena Merzi from Kingston First talks about…
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KU’s latest Pick up a Pen event focuses on mental wellbeing and poetry
Will Arnot
Author and poet Cecilia Knapp, guided Kingston University students through creative poetic introspection at the latest Kingston ‘pick up a pen’ event. The workshop focused on Knapp’s passion, poetry and…
KU students share their positive stories from the past week
Hava Kiani
As students we tend to dwell on the negatives due to stress, however there are a lot of positive things that happen in our lives that tend to get overshadowed.…
Thousands of poppies decorate Surbiton to mark Remembrance Day
Evie M Barrett
Surbiton Royal British Legion Club has been covered in crocheted poppies in an impressive display that students can visit to mark Remembrance Day. The display, which features 5,600 poppies in…
KU graduate climbs Mount Snowden to raise money for charity
Omar Marwa
KU engineering graduate Mohamed Sghaier took part in a charity event over the weekend scaling Mount Snowden to raise money for a project helping orphans and children in need. The…
KSA fine art students exhibit work at the Saatchi Gallery
Ella Devereux
Seven Kingston School of Art (KSA) MFA fine art students exhibited their work at the Saatchi Gallery as part of the London Grads Now. 21 Show. The exhibition, which began…
KU’s Town House is now open 24/7
Elizabeth Wiredu
KU’s landmark building, Town House on Penrhyn Road is now open to students for 24 hours a day as of this week. This is good news for students as they…
Liveblog - The River Live – Good news
Martine A Hess
Good afternoon people of KU. Thanks for tuning in to today’s live blog, which will focus on positive news. The news agenda tends to be dominated by conflict, discontent and…
Strictly hip-hop classes at Town House
Melissa I Okoroafor
Want to learn a new skill? Kingston University is offering free weekly hip-hop dance classes for students, university staff and local community members at Town House. The hip-hop dance classes…
KSA graduates score seven short film nominations
Emily S Kimber
Two KSA graduates have been racking up award nominations left, right and centre with their short film, Controller, with the recent nomination for the Ealing Film Festival upping the total…