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Kingston University launches project to give teaching students specialist dyslexia training
Posted Friday 6 October 2023
Kingston University is embarking on a project to provide its initial teacher training students with the skills and knowledge to support pupils who present with dyslexia or other conditions that affect their literacy skills. The new initiative will see the University employ a full-time specialist dyslexia tutor, who will work with students and staff, as well as the Education Department's partner schools, to provide enhanced knowledge of the challenges some pupils can encounter with reading and writing.
Importance of using data to improve student outcomes highlighted during national Higher Education Institutional Research conference at Kingston University
Posted Wednesday 13 September 2023
Academics and professional services staff from institutions across the UK and Ireland converged on Kingston University for an international conference exploring how research and data can best be utilised to ensure students from all backgrounds are provided with the tools and support to succeed.
Expertise of Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment in spotlight at industry research showcase
Posted Tuesday 12 September 2023
Leading figures from across industry visited the University to hear about the wide-ranging impact on society of research and knowledge exchange activity being carried out across the Faculty of Engineering, Computing and the Environment.
Kingston University experts to launch joint research project looking at inequalities faced by Black people living with after-effects of stroke
Posted Thursday 24 August 2023
Researchers from Kingston University have received a significant funding award from the National Institute for Health and Social Care Research (NIHR) to look at how health inequalities faced by Black people in the UK living with the after-effects of a stroke can be addressed.
Actor Paterson Joseph shares inspirations for novel uncovering story of 18th century Black Briton Charles Ignatius Sancho at Kingston University symposium
Posted Monday 10 July 2023
Acclaimed actor and author Paterson Joseph revealed how a compulsion to ensure 18th century composer and writer Charles Ignatius Sancho was remembered led him to write a novel about the Black Briton's life, during a talk at Kingston University.
Factors associated with learning disabilities and autism led to requests for euthanasia and assisted suicide in the Netherlands, Kingston University study finds
Posted Wednesday 5 July 2023
A Kingston University study found several people with learning disabilities and autism in the Netherlands chose to die legally through euthanasia and assisted suicide due to feeling unable to cope with the world, changes around them or because they struggled to form friendships.
Turner Prize-winning Kingston School of Art Professor Elizabeth Price reveals new work as part of EUREKA at London Design Biennale
Posted Friday 23 June 2023
Professor Price's work at the London Design Biennale, THE GARDEN, takes the viewer on a tour through the abundant images of flora and foliage found in the Scottish Stoddard Templeton carpet design archive.
World Ocean Day: Kingston University expert analyses issue of microplastics
Posted Thursday 8 June 2023
The harmful impact of microplastics on the environment as well as on wildlife and marine life is a growing global concern. But what are microplastics, why are they such a problem and what can be done to reduce their use and the pollution they cause? Associate Professor in analytical chemistry and forensics at Kingston University Dr Rosa Busquets, who has published multiple papers on the topic of microplastics, explores these questions for World Ocean Day (8 June).
