Start of term hit by five day strike
Maurizio Kayonjo
The University and College Union (UCU) kicked off the new academic year with a five day strike. The strike from September 25 to 29 included Kingston University and 135 other…
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Lecturers to strike on five more days
Diego Evrard-Broquet
KU lecturers are set to strike on February 21 to 22 and from February 28 to March 2. The latest action announced by the University and College Union (UCU) involves…
SU addresses student concerns as lecturers start industrial action
The Union of Kingston Students this week organised a question and answer event to address students’ concerns about protest actions organised by the lecturers union, the UCU. The event took…
Lecturers to strike and stop working unpaid hours for up to six months
KU’s lecturers will go on strike from December 1 to 3 and will also take action short of a strike (ASOS), which could include working contracted hours only. Members of…
Lecturer’s union meets to discuss potential strike
The University and College Union (UCU) will hold a national meeting on Friday to discuss what action will be taken following the result of a ballot last week. UCU members…
Politics students face the brunt of changes at KU with other subjects in the firing line
Ella Devereux
Politics students at Kingston University have experienced disruptive changes to their studies, after the department was merged and undergraduate courses suspended for future study. Level six students returned to campus…
Lecturers’ trade union in a war of words with Kingston University over voluntary redundancy scheme for KSA staff
Will Sawyer
Kingston School of Art (KSA) staff are facing an increased workload because of job cuts as part of a new severance scheme, according to the lecturer’s union. Fifteen academics have…
Five years to save Kingston University
Sunniva Kolostyak
Kingston has five years to save itself from bankruptcy as it faces growing financial problems, according to the new boss of the lecturers’ union.
University pleads with students to fill in national survey despite union boycott bid
Sarah Sinclair
Kingston University has appealed to students to fill out the National Student Survey (NSS) on how they found their course at university, despite the threat of a boycott from the…
Weinberg’s ‘golden goodbye’ causes outrage among lecturers
Meka Beresford
Former vice chancellor Julius Weinberg has been accused of taking an “absurd golden handshake” for £250,000 in his new role of ‘president’, after stepping down from his position at the…