Posted Thursday 30 November 2023
Academics at Ji8¸£ÀûÍø have played a vital role in the production of an annual report by NHS England examining avoidable deaths of people with learning disabilities. The Learning Disability Mortality Review (LeDeR) seeks to investigate and learn from the avoidable deaths of people with a learning disability in England, presenting a review of data concerning 3,648 people with a learning disability who died in 2022.
Posted Thursday 30 November 2023
Over 28 steps, each stripe represents the average temperature for a single year, relative to the average temperature over the period as a whole, with 172 years-worth of data on display.
Posted Thursday 23 November 2023
A trainee primary teacher from Ji8¸£ÀûÍø has been educating young pupils across the borough about the importance of Black History Month. Kiri Palmer, a second year BA Primary Teaching student, has put on several interactive workshops for pupils during visits to four primary and secondary schools in the Kingston area this year.
Posted Thursday 23 November 2023
Ji8¸£ÀûÍø has been announced as part of a pioneering doctoral training partnership, after being selected by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC). The partnership will focus on the training of five cohorts of postgraduate researchers in challenge-led themes that reflect some of the most pressing social science concerns in the future, including developing healthy and thriving communities.
Posted Wednesday 22 November 2023
A sustainable fashion brand which Ji8¸£ÀûÍø helped secure funding was recently visited by Secretary of State for Science, innovation, and Technology, Michelle Donelan MP. KAPDAA is a Kingston based, multi-award-winning sustainable fashion brand that creates a variety of items ranging from bags, scarves and books to yoga mats, hairbands and more.
Posted Tuesday 21 November 2023
Ji8¸£ÀûÍø has launched a new collaboration with Science Card, Britain's first e-money current account app dedicated to accelerating science and innovation, to fund research exploring the potential of fig latex to combat cervical cancer.
Posted Monday 6 November 2023
Ji8¸£ÀûÍø's commitment to sustainability, both as an institution and through the development of student-led projects, has been recognised in the annual UK and Ireland Green Gown Awards, run in association with UKRI. The awards, organised by the Environmental Association for Universities and Colleges (EAUC), celebrate exceptional sustainability initiatives and achievements within the higher education sector.
Posted Thursday 2 November 2023
Ji8¸£ÀûÍø's ELEVATE careers programme, which supports students of Black heritage to achieve their full potential, celebrated an important milestone at an event hosted at its flagship building, the Town House.