New KU fashion society launches
Serena Khan
The new fashion society hosted their welcome event to allow students to discuss their ideas at the KU SU bar on Thursday October 3. The new society is run by…
Kingston University’s eco-toilets fail
Marie Mannes
Dozens of toilets were rendered unusable yesterday in the John Galsworthy (JG) building at Penrhyn Road Campus when none of them were flushable.
Joker review: The Clown Prince is Back
Natalie J Crookham
Rating: 3/5 Before he became the Joker, he was Arthur Fleck, a loner and social outcast working as a clown for hire, played brilliantly by Joaquin Phoenix. He has big…
Kingston reaches a new borough record recycling rate of 52 per cent
Food wastage in Kingston is now being recycled at a rate of 52 per cent, from April to July 2019, according to Kingston Council.
Waterstones returns to Kingston – and we couldn’t be happier about it
Aimee Miller
Kingston Waterstones’ is back after nine-months of reconstruction with a brand-new look and more on offer for KU students. The bookseller now has additional space to accommodate KU society meetings,…
Closure of childcare facilities leaves Kingston University parents struggling
Ariane D De Oliveira
Families who used the Kingston University nursery were left without childcare facilities this past Summer. Samara Blackford, a first-year forensic science student, now has a higher travelling cost of £15…
FIFA 20 review: Good gameplay, bad glitches
Stephen Hall
Rating: 4/5 With a new FIFA game coming out every year with seemingly minimal changes, spending £60 on what can be a glamorised update is not exactly value for money.…
Thomas Cook collapse ruins Kingston University student’s birthday plans
The sudden collapse of Thomas Cook has thrown a Kingston University student’s birthday plans into chaos. Publishing and English Literature student Sophie Pullen, 20, had planned to fly to Gran…
Doomsday “cult” targets KU students on campus
Elisabeth Wakefield
A religious group described by experts as a “destructive cult” has been trying to recruit KU students.
Banning private schools isn’t the way to solve inequality
To be very clear, I was not privately educated myself and am not particularly a fan of the Eton Elite that permeates the upper echelons of our society. However the…