Student Union raises money to help save former colleague’s life
Elena Cherubini
Student Union staff and KU students raised nearly £2,000 to help fund expensive cancer treatment for a former colleague.
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Ex NUS president: “BME attainment gap is a crisis to education”
A former National Union of Students (NUS) president and black students officer, warned KU students against the dangers of a “white” curriculum and encouraged them to hold senior management to…
Staff and students unsettled by Roehampton Vale’s uncertain future
Engineering lecturers claimed that the University is more interested in doing a box ticking exercise rather than listening to their concerns, amid fears that Roehampton Vale is to close.
KU students forced to depend on parents as loan leaves them broke
British KU students struggle to get by on their maintenance loan and eight in 10 are forced to rely on parental support, according to a River survey.
KU buses leave sportspeople late for matches
Rebecca Difford-Smith
KU students were late to sports fixtures earlier this month after the free university bus service was permanently cancelled without students’ knowledge.
KU student claims she was groped by Uber driver
Carly Hacon
A KU student feared for her safety after an Uber driver from the troubled taxi company Uber groped her, she told The River.
Kingston courtyard ban on E-Cigarettes
Alice Bradley
E-Cigarettes are the latest smoking accessory banned by Kingston University in an attempt to stop second-hand smoke intake.
Kingston to witness a drop in Indian students
Karan Ahluwalia
Kingston students from India recount their experience when they woke to discover that they had lost rights to their own money.
I thought my family were dead in the Mexico City earthquake
A KU student has described how she feared her parents were dead after her hometown in Mexico City was hit by a devastating earthquake last month.
‘My colleague committed suicide due to depression from overwork’
Japanese KU students shared their stories of being forced to work even with a temperature and catching the last train home everyday and agree that they would much rather seek…