Vote-turnout doubled for Student Council Election
Marie Mannes
577 students voted during the student council election this year, which is twice as many as the previous year according to Head of Student Voice, Natalie Forrester.
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Low turn-out for Conservative talk at Kingston University
Tonje Odegard
The Conservative candidate for Kingston and Surbiton, James Berry, received the lowest turn-out of students for his talk at Penrhyn Road campus, despite representing the second most popular party at…
Local Green Party candidate pledges to scrap tuition fees
In her talk at Kingston University, Green Party candidate for Kingston and Surbiton, Clare Keogh, promised of no tuition fees, no student loans and a citizen’s income to cover living…
Labour candidate for Kingston and Surbiton answers students questions
Labour candidate for Kingston and Surbiton, Lee Godfrey, was the first to speak in a series of events organised by the Kingston Politics Society and the KUSU’s LGBT Officer, where…
Miliband’s mission on behalf of young people
Eline Rilda
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…
How to: get involved with politics for young people
Bauke Schram
A tweet saying: “My sister won’t vote because Harry Potter is on the TV” during the 2014 local elections went viral last year as it is symbolic for people our…
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…
New Lib Dem society members campaign with local MP Ed Davey
Members of the recently-founded KU Liberal Democrats society are already campaigning alongside Kingston’s local MP, Ed Davey. Davey’s campaign manager, Jonah Oliver, is helping students set up the society which…
First year rep leaves EGM amid UKIP membership furore
William Lloyd
An elected representative for first year students stormed out of an Emergency General Meeting hosted by the Students’ Union last week, over an argument about his political affiliation. Ross Taylor,…
Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité: What does the Charie Hebdo attack mean for the future of French politics?
An one-million-people strong crowd headed by world leaders gathered in cities around France yesterday, united in grief at the attacks in Paris, including world famous cartoonists at satirical publication Charlie…