Futsal makes first appearance at varsity
Christine Younan
The founders of futsal, the sport which led to football, are thrilled for their first appearance at varsity just a few months after its launch at Kingston University. KU students…
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Drug dealer’s warning to KU students
Martine Berg Olsen
A cocaine dealer has warned Kingston students about their excessive drug use while at university.
The KU coffee battle: How the three brands compare
Ashleigh Osborne
Kingston University offers students three coffee shops to choose from at the Penrhyn Road campus: supergiant Starbucks, ethically driven ‘Coffee Box’, and KU’s own brand, complete with pink cups. Starbucks…
‘It has been a year since she died and it still hurts’
Joshua O'Neill
The grieving mother of a Kingston student who took her own life last year has begged students to take more care of themselves and their mental health. Canan Serce, 38,…
RIVER EXCLUSIVE: “Prevent is a toxic brand”
River Reporter
Megan White Alexandra Pedersen Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg labelled the government’s anti-terrorism strategy Prevent as “a toxic brand” and claimed it “creates dissent among the community” in a…
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.
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…