RiverOnline brings you the biggest stories in the education pages this week, from public sector strikes to newly released ‘climate emails’.
By Ashleigh Wight
Kingston student’s nightclub death raises safety fears
Friends of a KU student killed by the nightclub crush in Northampton last month are calling for tougher regulations of music venues.
By Kim Heinz and Funmi Anita Badmus
KU clinches second place at The Guardian student media awards
KU’s Mouth magazine won second place at the Guardian Student Media Awards yesteday, after a great night for the KU journalism department.
By Jess Osbaldeston
KU to be ‘shut down’ as staff and students strike
Trade unions are urging students and lecturers not to enter KU next Wednesday during the strike over public-sector pension cuts.
By Rosie Williams
Kingston students put a cork in it
Kingston University students have the happiest livers in the country, according to the National Student Drinking Survey.
By Mashaal Mir and Joe Longley
Luminar goes into administration but the party goes on at Kingston’s Oceana
Administrators are looking to sell Oceana after its parent company suffered huge financial losses.
By Jamila Soso-Vincent
Judges have been misjudged
A Kingston academic has published a book suggesting that the ‘pompous crusty old man’ reputation judges have is far from true.
By Lisa Schink
Plans to re-zone station could shrink students’ train fares
MP Ed Davey has revived plans to move Kingston and Surbiton to zone five to prevent commuters paying the current “unnecessary high fares”.
By Myriam Dijck
Kingston high street: there’s a slim chance you’ll find anything plus sized
Kingston has lived up to its name as being “the skinniest town in Britain” after slimming down its high street options for plus size women.
By Lucy Sambrook
Fourties striptease artiste stripped of recognition
She caused controversy stripping off her clothes for WWII troops and now she’s being stripped of a commemorative plaque by angry residents.
By Jess Osbaldeston