Professor Green presents KU Talent Awards
Kayli Olson
Professor Green helped announce the winners of Kingston University’s 2016 Talent Awards on March 11 at the Holiday Inn.
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Kingston University’s battle to fight the attainment gap between students
Simone Rensch Nielsen
Kingston University has implemented an action plan to combat the attainment gap for black and minority ethnic (BME) students. Vice Chancellor Julius Weinberg and the board of governors have made…
Petition gains momentum for Kingston Market House bid
Christopher Weedon
A PETITION to save a historic building in Kingston Town Centre has gathered nearly 8,000 signatures in over a week. The Kingston Market House is scheduled to be converted into…
Students shun beer for books, NUS says
Megan White
THE stereotype of “sticky bars filled with beer-swilling students” could be going out of fashion, according to the National Union of Students (NUS). The number of students drinking in student…
Study abroad students earn more and get hired sooner
STUDENTS who spend time abroad during their degree are more likely to graduate with top honours and earn more in the workplace, research shows. It also reveals that richer undergraduates…
Sadness over Hands Music shop closure
Kingston’s student musicians have been left distraught after the town’s last music shop went into receivership. A Kingston institution for half a century, Hands Music, just off Market Place in…
Reporting from Syria – Richard Spencer & Yasser al-Hajji
Mauro Orrù
The Telegraph’s Middle East Editor Richard Spencer and Syrian journalist Yasser al-Hajji will host a debate at Kingston University’s Penrhyn Road campus to discuss the challenges of reporting from besieged…
KU student ‘smiled and laughed’ as he injured university security guard in hit-and-run
A Kingston student was “smiling and laughing” when he injured a university security guard in a hit-and-run last summer, a court heard.
KU students ‘would not smoke cannabis if legalised’, study shows
Karishma Patel
The vast majority of KU students would not consume cannabis even if it were to be legalised, research has revealed.
Government threatens to prosecute students who dodge tuition loan payments
Alexandra Pedersen
The Government has pledged to track and prosecute graduates who fail to pay back their tuition loans. Jo Johnson, the Universities Minister, said that more and more loans were being…