Cheerleaders fly high to success
Christine Younan
Kingston University’s Cheerleading team won the Future Cheer University nationals in Birmingham, making them National Champions for the third year in a row earlier this month. Future Cheer is the…
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KU Student Union EGM confirmed there will not be a ‘new’ Space Bar
Alexandra Pedersen
On Thursday the Union of Kingston Students called an emergency general meeting (EGM), which gathered a full house of students anticipating answers about the future of a student bar at…
KU’s ‘Operation Graduation’ is coming to a campus near you soon
If you are a final year undergraduate, it is almost time to prepare for graduation. Luckily, KU has set up ’Operation Graduation’, an information roadshow that will equip you with…
Kingston student smokers ignore JG courtyard cigarette ban
KU students have pledged to carry on lighting up in one of KU’s most popular smoking spots – despite a university ban coming into force.
KU announces Big Read shortlist
Karishma Patel
KU has announced the six shortlisted books for the Big Read project and they are now available to borrow at the university libraries. The Big Read team have worked with…
Kingston University nursery in top-up row
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…
KU launches MA in ‘Gender without Borders’
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…
American grading system will shake up KU degrees
Luisa Barrientos
Kingston University will begin implementing the controversial US-style grade point average (GPA) marking system after taking part in a pilot study last year. KU plans to be among the first…
KU is safer than average for LGBT+ sudents
Kingston University has “extremely little” homophobia with only eight per cent of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender students having experienced harassment on campus, The River found. According to NUS research,…
Nick Hornby visits KU for The Big Read
The first ever ’Big Read’ is currently taking over KU campuses, and Nick Hornby, author and KU graduate, sat down with a full Clattern Lecture Theater last night to discuss…