KU applications drop for 2016
Kayli Olson
Kingston University has seen three per cent fewer student applications for the 2016 start compared to last year.
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Kingston University nursery in top-up row
Alexandra Pedersen
KU parents have condemned a move by the university nursery to add an extra top-up to the nursery bills. During the past year the nursery has been charging the difference…
Kingston Business and Law lecturers furious at 10-day marking regulation
Ida Akerstedt
Lecturers have condemned a move to introduce a 10-day marking deadline of student work as “rushed” and “risky”. The University and College Union (UCU), which represents most of Kingston’s academic…
Censoring Universities?
Hamsa Mohamed
KU Vice-Chancellor Julius Weinberg, CAGE director and ex-Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg, and Shenaz Bunglawala from Muslim Engagement & Development (MEND) discuss free speech and the censoring of universities. Kingston’s…
KU launches MA in ‘Gender without Borders’
Karishma Patel
Kingston University is launching a postgraduate course entitled ‘Gender without Borders’ for the next academic year. The course, which will start in September 2016, will be taught across three core…
YOU choose the next Big Read, says Vice Chancellor
VC Professor Julius Weinberg has said that the book chosen for this year’s Big Read projects was his idea, after criticism that it did not represent the life of many…
Kingston University students learn about asexuality
Eline Rilda
Internationally renowned activists taught Kingston University students about asexuality last week, a sexual orientation that is often misunderstood. Guest speakers and activists Lea Uva, Katie and Diego Maco talked about…
Student overcame depression and anxiety at Kingston University
Hanne Olsen
Chloe Francesca Metzger was 11 when the bullying started, leading to years of depression and anxiety. Hanne Olsen sat down with her to learn how she turned everything around at…
Over 100 Kingston students look for a sugar daddy to pay for their degree
Priyanka Mogul
Kingston is one of the top five universities in the UK for students who have signed up to sugar daddy agencies, according to a leading dating website. Research by Seeking…
Kingston students spend the night on the streets to raise awareness about homelessness
As UK homelessness figures rise once again, a group of KU students will spend a night out in the cold to raise awareness about the situation. This week, on March…