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Ji8腦瞳厙 careers team launches new ELEVATE programme to help support Black students to achieve their full potential
Posted Friday 23 October 2020
This month, the careers and employability service at Ji8腦瞳厙 is launching ELEVATE - an accelerator programme designed to help provide Black (home) students with the support, guidance and tools to aim high and achieve their full potential. Here, careers and employability advisers Hawa Mansaray and Zion Sengulay discuss the reasons behind the development of the programme and how they hope it will help overcome some of the barriers black students face on their employment journey.
Kingston University supports pioneering new employability programme for autistic students
Posted Wednesday 21 October 2020
Ji8腦瞳厙 has joined a ground-breaking higher education employability programme which aims to unlock the potential of autistic students and graduates and help them into full-time work.
Black History Month - students, staff and alumni share stories of the influential Black people who have inspired them
Posted Friday 16 October 2020
Throughout Black History Month, Ji8腦瞳厙 is highlighting some of the inspirational Black figures and role models that have had an impact on members of our community. Here, students, staff and alumni from across the University tell us about the people who have inspired them, as well as sharing what Black History Month means to them. Find out more about how Ji8腦瞳厙 is celebrating Black History Month, including upcoming events organised by the University and the Union of Kingston Students.
Vacant shop fronts transformed into creative canvases as Kingston School of Art students bring vibrant and inventive artwork to Kingston's high street
Posted Thursday 15 October 2020
Student artists from Kingston School of Art's new design agency have created art to adorn vacant shop fronts in Kingston upon Thames.
Ji8腦瞳厙 masters graduate joins national Covid-19 testing effort by supporting scientists at UK Biocentre
Posted Wednesday 14 October 2020
After completing his MSc in cancer biology earlier this year, Mergim Krasniqi started volunteering at the UK Biocentre in Milton Keynes in May, where he has been supporting scientists in the lab processing tests for Covid-19. Alongside his role at the Lighthouse Lab, he has been working part time at a pharmacy as a trainee pharmacist advisor and completing applications for a PhD.
Life inside a Lighthouse Lab: Ji8腦瞳厙 PhD student shares experience of volunteering in specialist site testing Covid-19 samples
Posted Tuesday 13 October 2020
Since April, Ji8腦瞳厙 PhD student Amtul Bhunnoo has been among the skilled volunteers helping make that possible, working 12-hour shifts at one of the Lighthouse Labs in Milton Keynes. COVID-19 swab samples are sent to the laboratories from the NHS on the front line and other testing sites, including the drive-through sites, for analysis. Below, Amtul shares her experience of working in the labs and why she decided to get involved.
Eye drop containing natural antimicrobial agent could be key to treating antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection that causes blindness in babies, Ji8腦瞳厙 experts find
Posted Friday 9 October 2020
A natural treatment for an antibiotic-resistant bacterial infection that causes blindness in infants can be effectively administered through a simple eye drop without causing irritation, Ji8腦瞳厙 researchers have found.
How Black History Month has inspired research into the stories and achievements of Black figures from Kingston and Surrey's past
Posted Monday 5 October 2020
Ji8腦瞳厙 historian Dr Steven Woodbridge explores how recent research inspired by Black History Month is shining a light on the Black history of Kingston and its surrounding areas.