Health and social care students, including nurses, midwifes and paramedics have protested twice since December in Central London against their bursaries becoming loans from 2017. Through social media and an…
By: Hanne Olsen & Elin Martinsen Kingston is the first university to be visited by NHS Blood and Transplant (NHS BT), who hope to encourage more young people to donate…
Anorexia is eight times more likely to happen to women, but some men are still suffering in silence. Sofia Capel and Anna Stayduhar Sam*, a Kingston University student, began starving…
A KU student living in Clayhill Halls of Residence has claimed that mould in her flat has bought on uncurable asthma. Jamie Elliott A KU student claims she fell ill…
EU students being forced into paying for healthcare as of next year. Ben Stevens EU students are to be denied free healthcare while in the UK in a move to…
Students were few and far between as Kingston NHS activists met at KU to plan protest action later this month. Ollie Gillman Student activists were in short supply at a…
Local activists camped outside the Bentall Centre in a bid to save the NHS from privatisation.
Kingston’s MP Ed Davey has apologised for breaking his promise to vote against any rise in tuition fees. Joe Stanley-Smith Kingston MP Ed Davey has come under fire after admitting…
'Children should be able to choose their sexuality' transsexual TV star tells KU students.By Lina Sennevall
Josephine Platt
Hanne Olsen
River Reporter
Stop talking stigma, start talking mental health
Since coming to the UK, I have heard people talk about the stigma attached to mental illness. There are charities committed to the cause, awareness weeks hosted by unnervingly cheerful…