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For LGBT+ history month, criminology lecturer Dr Max Morris explored the criminalisation of sexual minority identities particularly with regard to HIV and sex workers. During...

KU former lecturer could become Catalonia’s first female president

Ashley Bautista Domingo

February 20 2021February 20 2021

Separatist parties won more than half the seats in this week's elections in Catalonia in northern Spain. Among them was JxCat (Together for Catalonia) which...

Why international students are coming back despite the lockdown

Ashley Bautista Domingo

February 19 2021February 19 2021

In January the government said students should not return to university until at least March 8 and any update on that won't be known until...

Students waste £1 billion on unusable accommodation

Laurynas Puikys

February 18 2021February 18 2021

The National Student Accommodation Survey 2021 by the money advice website Save the Student revealed that students have spent nearly £1 billion on unused accommodation...

Student vaccinations at KU ‘the ultimate hope’

Laurynas Puikys

February 15 2021February 15 2021

After a successful Covid-19 vaccine rollout to the highest risk groups in the community, Kingston University hopes to vaccinate students once the government guidance allows...

Covid-19 vaccine: ‘It was worth it in the end’

Laurynas Puikys

February 15 2021February 15 2021

it After deciding to help a local NHS service and filling in for administrative workers who caught Covid-19, a KU student received a Covid-19 vaccine....

Covid-19 unpredictability is ‘scary’, says KU associate professor

Laurynas Puikys

February 15 2021February 15 2021

The unpredictability and possible effects of Covid-19 on the body scares even healthcare specialists. However, KU associate professor in Oncology Pharmacy, Dr Shereen Nabhani says...

Third wave unlikely but Covid-19 not going away despite vaccine hopes

Laurynas Puikys

February 15 2021February 15 2021

Coronavirus is here to stay despite the vaccine rollout says Kingston University’s Senior Lecturer in Haematology and Immunology, Terry Gaymes. Due to a number of...

Additional £50 million package to support university students

Rodayna Raydan

February 6 2021February 6 2021

The government has recently announced that new funding for universities to help students facing financial difficulties and pressures from the pandemic. The money is in...

Will KU class of 2021 have a graduation ceremony?

Ashley Bautista Domingo

February 5 2021February 5 2021

Third-year students at Kingston University are worried that their graduation ceremonies will not be happening after some UK universities have started to cancel theirs. University...

Exploring HIV and sex work in relation to LGBT+ identity and criminalisation

KU former lecturer could become Catalonia’s first female president

Why international students are coming back despite the lockdown

Students waste £1 billion on unusable accommodation

Student vaccinations at KU ‘the ultimate hope’

Covid-19 vaccine: ‘It was worth it in the end’

Covid-19 unpredictability is ‘scary’, says KU associate professor

Third wave unlikely but Covid-19 not going away despite vaccine hopes

Additional £50 million package to support university students

Will KU class of 2021 have a graduation ceremony?

Unify N Uplift: KU students open first digital exhibition

International students in the UK are relying on food banks