Five things to do during Reading Week
Abby Lake
With Reading Week underway, many students will likely be looking for things to do, so here are five things for you to check out in London. Free Street Art walking…
Town House wins Stirling Prize but is it working for students?
Elizabeth Wiredu
KU’s Town House was recently awarded the RIBA Stirling architecture prize and celebrated as “a progressive new model for the design of higher education buildings”. However some people have mixed…
Are Kingston University’s societies dying?
Evie M Barrett
Only 38 per cent of societies set up at Kingston University are definitively operating this academic year, an investigation by The River has found. Out of 98 total societies, 64…
Mind the gap: Gender pay gap fails to improve… again
Emily S Kimber
More than a century has passed since women started making strides in the workplace. The Ford sewing machinist strike of 1968 was a landmark win for pay equality and a…
Five things to do this weekend
The weekend is here so here is our round up of events that might interest you over the weekend and beyond. Turkish Art Week Here is one for any art…
Politics students face the brunt of changes at KU with other subjects in the firing line
Ella Devereux
Politics students at Kingston University have experienced disruptive changes to their studies, after the department was merged and undergraduate courses suspended for future study. Level six students returned to campus…
Extra time in bed as clocks go back
Chris Dudek
Kingston University students will be delighted to see the clocks go back on October 31 as we mark the end of British summer time. Students will be able to enjoy…
Girls Night In: boycott of Kingston bars and clubs has support of Union of Kingston Students
Clubs and bars in Kingston will face a boycott today in response to recent reports of spiking taking place across the country. The Girls Night in campaign was founded after…
Pride and poetry: Kingston LGBT+ society hosts evening of performance poetry
The Kingston LGBT+ society and Union of Kingston Students hosted an LGBT+ poetry panel yesterday evening at the John Galsworthy building on the Penrhyn Road campus. Shane Simpkin, Chair of…
LGBT+ students’ safety should be KU’s priority, so where is the housing?
Being shoved into a flat full of strangers during fresher’s week can be daunting for any first year, and for LGBT+ students it can be particularly challenging. You are fearful…