Teachers petition for vaccinations ahead of schools reopening
Sofia Floris
Primary and secondary schools will reopen on in England on March 8 after being closed for more than two months. The news is part of the Prime Minister's roadmap to…
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University students furious after paying full rent for unused accommodation
Rodayna Raydan
Thousands of students are still demanding a clear response from the UK government concerning compensation for unused accommodation that they have paid for. While campuses are shut by Covid-19, students…
Government concern about free speech on campus angers universities
The government is to introduce new legislation that will enable students, academics or visiting speakers to take legal action against universities if they feel their freedom of speech has been…
Kingston University to open on March 8
Maariyah Malik
Kingston University is planning a phased return to on-campus teaching from March 8, in line with Boris Johnson's plans to ease lockdown restrictions. Practical courses will be prioritised in the…
Major project reduces inpatient falls in hospitals and saves NHS £13m
A project to reduce the number of inpatient falls has saved the NHS more than £13 million with the team of researchers including an academic from Kingston University. The framework…
Exploring HIV and sex work in relation to LGBT+ identity and criminalisation
Tyla Connor
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 his talk hosted by the…
KU former lecturer could become Catalonia’s first female president
Ashley Bautista Domingo
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 recently selected former KU lecturer…
Why international students are coming back despite the lockdown
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 Boris Johnson addresses the nation…
Students waste £1 billion on unusable accommodation
Laurynas Puikys
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 this academic year so far.…
Student vaccinations at KU ‘the ultimate hope’
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 doing so. Head of Public…