The pressure of being a first-generation university student
Ashley Bautista Domingo
As good as being the first one in your family to achieve something sounds, there's a lot of pressure behind that comes with it. Neither of my parents had the…
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KU Environmental Society makes climate change priority despite lockdown
Alex Pivin
The coronavirus pandemic seems to be the topic on everyone's lips nowadays but what about the other issues on our planet? What about climate change? It used to be the…
What it’s really like to be a university student during a pandemic
Rodayna Raydan
Whether you’re in your first year, second year or final year at university we’ve all had to stay indoors and adapt to the new changes imposed by the government. Let…
KU former lecturer could become Catalonia’s first female president
Separatist parties won more than half the seats in this week’s elections in Catalonia in northern Spain. Among them was JxCat (Together for Catalonia) which recently selected former KU lecturer…
Why international students are coming back despite the lockdown
In January the government said students should not return to university until at least March 8 and any update on that won’t be known until Boris Johnson addresses the nation…
American football: Not confined to America
Daniel Nuttman
The NFL season finished over a week ago, with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers winning the Super Bowl for the first time since 2003. Interest in the sport in UK has…
Covid-19 unpredictability is ‘scary’, says KU associate professor
Laurynas Puikys
The unpredictability and possible effects of Covid-19 on the body scares even healthcare specialists. However, KU associate professor in Oncology Pharmacy, Dr Shereen Nabhani says that the threat of the…
Liveblog - Welcome to The River’s live blog
Good afternoon KU community. Today our live blog focuses on one of the most talked about topics in the world for the past year – coronavirus vaccines. Stay tuned for…
Third wave unlikely but Covid-19 not going away despite vaccine hopes
Coronavirus is here to stay despite the vaccine rollout says Kingston University’s Senior Lecturer in Haematology and Immunology, Terry Gaymes. Due to a number of new variants developing, the fight…
No graduation ceremony for KU class of 2021: The River reacts
Kingston University has added itself to the list of UK universities postponing their student's graduation ceremonies with an email sent to all KU students delivering the news. "It would be…