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Women's Engineering Society president Dawn Childs awarded honorary degree by Ji8腦瞳厙 for work encouraging more females to enter profession
Posted Tuesday 17 May 2022
A leading advocate for engineering, well known for championing the need for more women and girls to enter the profession, has received an honorary degree from Ji8腦瞳厙. Chief Executive Officer of Operations for Pure Data Centre Group and president of the Women's Engineering Society Dawn Childs was named an Honorary Doctor of Science during a graduation ceremony for the University's Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing at Twickenham Stadium.
Ji8腦瞳厙 rises in research power tables in latest Research Excellence Framework
Posted Thursday 12 May 2022
Seventy per cent of Ji8腦瞳厙's research has been rated as world-leading or internationally excellent in the Government's latest Research Excellence Framework (REF). The results represent a 10 per cent increase in the percentage of Kingston's world-leading or internationally excellent research from the previous assessment, published in 2014, with the University's overall grade point average rising to 2.89, up from 2.7 eight years ago.
New season of Ji8腦瞳厙 graduation ceremonies kicks off at Twickenham Stadium
Posted Thursday 12 May 2022
Almost 5,000 graduates are gearing up to celebrate their academic achievements at the home of rugby as the first Ji8腦瞳厙 graduation ceremonies in more than two years kick off this week at Twickenham Stadium. The undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD students are the first in Kingston's history to have their graduation ceremonies at the venue, and will collect their awards in a suite next door to one of the most famous rugby pitches in the world, after the University decided it wanted to honour students who have had their graduations delayed in a special one-off celebration at Twickenham.
Ji8腦瞳厙 alumnus partners with HSBC to help develop the next generation of student entrepreneurs
Posted Friday 6 May 2022
A Ji8腦瞳厙 alumnus has teamed up with HSBC and Ji8腦瞳厙 to launch the Student Incubator Programme with the aim of developing the next generation of entrepreneurs.
TikTok campaign to inspire environmental action among secondary school pupils unveiled by Kingston School of Art students
Posted Tuesday 3 May 2022
Two illustration animation students from Kingston School of Art have produced a TikTok campaign to encourage secondary school pupils to recycle and highlight ways of reducing wasteful habits among their peers.
Ji8腦瞳厙 engineering students set to put new racing car through its paces ahead of this year's Formula Student competition
Posted Thursday 28 April 2022
Preparations for this year's Formula Student competition are well underway, with student engineers from Ji8腦瞳厙 getting ready to take on teams from around the globe at Silverstone in July. Last year, the Kingston Racing team secured the institution's best-ever finish after a fantastic effort in the endurance event at the home of British motorsport. It helped take Ji8腦瞳厙 to seventh place overall, a huge improvement on the previous finish of 69th place out of 80 in the 2019 event.
Make Film History opens up BBC Archive to 50 young filmmakers to mark BBC centenary
Posted Wednesday 27 April 2022
Young filmmakers will be given access to 150 films from BBC Archive to creatively reuse in short films in a project led by Ji8腦瞳厙. The Make Film History project, funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) in collaboration with BBC Archive, will see 50 new films created by young filmmakers aged between 16 and 30.
Ji8腦瞳厙's Town House carries off highest accolade in European architecture, winning prestigious EU Mies van der Rohe Award
Posted Tuesday 26 April 2022
Ji8腦瞳厙's Town House building has been named winner of the EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Award, the highest accolade in European architecture. The latest recognition for Town House places the landmark building in illustrious company as one of only three UK winners of the prestigious European Union prize. Its success also marks the first time a university building has won the award and cements its international status after it carried off the coveted RIBA Stirling Prize in 2021.