Sadiq Khan to keep Kingston graduates in London by building affordable houses
Marie Mannes
The Mayor of London pledged to build more affordable housing in his mayoral campaign to prevent graduates from leaving London.
Labour
Politicians hold heated debate at Kingston Hill in frantic run-up to general election
Najib Hassan
Politicians on both sides of the political spectrum clashed on issues including students, Brexit and climate change at Kingston University’s second election debate on December 5. Three candidates representing the…
Banning private schools isn’t the way to solve inequality
Stephen Hall
To be very clear, I was not privately educated myself and am not particularly a fan of the Eton Elite that permeates the upper echelons of our society. However the…
KU Vice Chancellor warns Labour over tuition fee plans
Eline Rilda
KU Vice Chancellor Julius Weinberg has strongly opposed Labour’s £6,000 tuition fee cap proposal, saying “sustainable funding” would be needed to retain high quality education. On Monday, some of the…
Miliband’s mission on behalf of young people
Ed Miliband is on a ‘national mission’ to ensure that students who have “fallen off” the electoral registration roll can vote in the upcoming general election. In a speech at…
Labour candidate thinks he can be a contender with students’ help
Taryn Tarrant-Cornish
Labour candidate Lee Godfrey believes he can overcome the odds with the help of the student vote at the 2015 General Election. Mr Godfrey recently topped a political poll conducted…
Kingston lecturer to stand for UKIP in General Election
Elizabeth Stromme
The decision of a KU lecturer to run as a UKIP candidate in the next General Election has been condemned as “disgusting” and “unacceptable” by critics. Dr Nicholas Wood, principal…
The Miliband Supremacy
River Reporter
Paul Greengrass, director of the Bourne films, has been coaching Labour leader, Ed Miliband, on how to act in front of the camera
Rethink foreign student visas, politicians urge Prime Minister
Politicians have urged the government to exclude students from immigration targets and encourage more to study in the UK. Laura Rietz Five parliamentary committee chairmen have called on David Cameron…
Labour’s Brexit policy explained
Labour has traditionally been the party that represents the views of young people and to nobody’s surprise has always had the strongest support of the main parties from Kingston University…