Cougars’ netball sabotaged by KU
Karishma Patel
Kingston University women’s netball team struggled to take on University of Sussex women’s first team at Tolworth Sports Ground on Wednesday. After a 66-16 loss against Sussex on Wednesday, the…
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RIVER EXCLUSIVE: “Prevent is a toxic brand”
River Reporter
Megan White Alexandra Pedersen Former Guantanamo Bay detainee Moazzam Begg labelled the government’s anti-terrorism strategy Prevent as “a toxic brand” and claimed it “creates dissent among the community” in a…
Kingston University nursery in top-up row
Alexandra Pedersen
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…
Health and social care students fight back
Josephine Platt
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…
YOU choose the next Big Read, says Vice Chancellor
VC Professor Julius Weinberg has said that the book chosen for this year’s Big Read projects was his idea, after criticism that it did not represent the life of many…
Kingston’s new cocktail bar-The Viper Rooms
Rebecca Gouldbourne
A new cocktail bar opened on the Riverside in Kingston town centre in late summer, replacing the popular club McClusky’s. The Viper Rooms opened on August 30th with the motto:…
Kingston Hill launches national sustainabilty project
Claire Gilbody-Dickerson
‘The Whole Earth?’ exhibition, launched at Kingston Hill yesterday simultaneously with other universities across the UK, encourages students to lead sustainable initiatives. The exhibition, organised in partnership with the UK…
The savvy student’s guide to income tax
Federica Ragonese
The word ‘tax’ is likely to alarm most students, but fear not, here are a few things you need to know if you work while studying. The first is that…
Is UberPOOL uber safe?
Uber has recently launched UberPOOL, a new option to make rides cheaper and cut down on emissions and mileage. From a ‘keep the planet healthy’ point of view, this sounds…