Kingston is the safest borough in London
Isabela Vrba Neves
Kingston is the safest borough in London with just 15.41 crimes per 1000 residents in the borough between the periods of May 2013 to April 2014. In the data compiled…
Kingston University architecture students build Japanese temple gate
Eline Rilda
Japanese temples are not a common sight in London, however, KU students are re-creating Japan’s oldest wooden construction at Kingston Hill. The third year BA Architecture students will spicen up…
Enter Shikari: ‘The Mindsweep’ album review
India Van Spall
Rating: 3.5 stars Almost three years to the day after the release of Enter Shikari’s last full length album release, A Flash Flood Of Colour, comes their highly awaited fourth…
Teaching quality at Kingston University is improving despite MEQ scrap
Nancy Smith
Feedback initiated by individual tutors has indicated that the quality of teaching is still improving despite the university’s official Module Evaluation Questionnaires (MEQ) being scrapped last year. MEQs were stopped…
Home Secretary Theresa May to “kick out” international students
Martine Meland
Universities and businesses have condemned government plans to “kick out” foreign students after graduation. Home Secretary Theresa May has revealed plans to “move towards zero net student immigration” by sending…
‘American Sniper’
Anthony Waterworth
Clint Eastwood and Bradley Cooper have delivered a tense, insightful and action-packed thriller based on the true story of sniper Chris Kyle, which brings home the reality of war. The…
New Malden drug dealer jailed
Elizabeth Stromme
Kingston Crown Court has sentenced a man caught in possession of cocaine with street value of over £25,000 to jail. Mark John, of Egmont Road, New Malden was sentenced to…
Interfaith unity at Kingston University
Since the attack of the Charlie Hebdo staff on January 7, the slogan, “Je suis Charlie” has become a symbol for freedom of expression. It has also united millions of…
‘Birdman’
Tonje Odegard
As the camera zooms in on Michael Keaton floating in mid-air meditating, wearing only white briefs, for the opening shot of Birdman, you start wondering what kind of weird film…
Kingston introduces measures to tackle domestic and sexual violence increase
Kingston Council is launching a new strategy to reduce sexual and domestic violence in Kingston, after a 20 per cent increase in domestic violence crime cases last year. The Domestic…