Practical, realistic self-defence techniques. Female instructor.
FREE workshops: Thursday 20 February 2025
On this day there are three repeat sessions available:
- 11am to 12 noon
- 12.30pm to 1.30pm - female only session as part of the 'This Girl Can' Campaign
- 2pm to 3pm
To book a space and for more information please contact Jo Heath, Sports Development Manager, by emailing J.Heath@kingston.ac.uk or phoning 020 8417 2412.
As part of the University's commitment to facilitating sustainable travel, the Sustainability Team is running a bike maintenance workshop. Dates TBC.
This course is great for those wanting to improve their confidence in essential cycle maintenance skills and no prior knowledge is required. You will develop the skills needed to make a full diagnostic check of your bike and learn essential adjustments as well as some repairs.
For more information and booking, email sustainability@kingston.ac.uk.
Swimming is the only sport that can save your life and we think it's an essential life skill to have.
Whatever your reason for not learning to swim before, please be reassured that signing up for these lessons will be the best decision you make this year.
Not forgetting the added health benefits of this physical activity, which include good heart and lung health, improved strength and flexibility, increased stamina and improved balance and posture.
Learning to swim will boost confidence and belief in your own abilities. It also opens up the door for a range of other activities such as kayaking, canoeing, scuba diving, surfing, triathlon, yachting and just good times to be had with friends and family at swimming pools, water parks, giant inflatable leisure lakes and boat trips.
FREE 'learn to swim' or 'gain more confidence in the water' lessons
- When: Every Thursday, from 3 October to 12 December 2024
- Time: Complete Beginners: 2.45pm–3.15pm; Improvers: 3.15pm–3.45pm
- Location: Nuffield Health Surbiton Fitness and Wellbeing Gym, Simpson Way, Surbiton, KT6 4ER
To book a space and for more information please contact Jo Heath, Sports Development Manager, by emailing J.Heath@kingston.ac.uk or phoning 020 8417 2412.
Plogging is a Swedish fitness craze that combines exercise and eco-friendly activity. Simply pop into see the Sport and Active Lifestyle team in Grove House, Penrhyn Road, to pick up a pair of gloves and a bag, and away you go.
The idea is to combine your walk, jog or run with picking up plastic along the way. Return your recycling to us and we will log your activity. There are prizes for those clocking up the most runs throughout the term and collecting the most plastic.
Ongoing throughout the year.
To get involved, email Jo Heath.
At our Kingston Hill campus, the University provides a space for an allotment to allow students to grow their own fruit and vegetables. The allotment group is free to join; for further information please contact ukssustainability@kingston.ac.uk.
As part of our Green Impact programme, staff are encouraged to grow their own fruit and vegetables both at home and at the University; there is also an active KU Gardening Club open to all staff. To help rescue food in your local area, sign up to Too Good To Go and OLIO.
This life skill could literally be a lifesaver. Give yourself the skills to know what to do in an emergency. Be prepared to help a friend, work colleague, mother, father, sister, brother or child.
This FREE session will show you how to deliver CPR, how to use a defibrillator, how to help someone who is choking and how to recognise when someone is having a stroke.
Next workshop: TBC
There is no need to book a space. Open to all, simply come along and watch our qualified first aid instructor show you how to save a life. If you need any further information, please email Jo Heath, Sports Development Manager or phone 020 8417 2412.
There are a range of biodiversity events run at the University by the Biodiversity Manger. From our various wildlife surveys to habitat management work, each involves a level of exertion, from a gentle walk/wheel to get to a survey site, to full on habitat management work.
The biodiversity events calendar is released in August each year and you can find the events as they go live on the Biodiversity Eventbrite Page.
These are life skills that benefit your environment and wildlife. They also get you more active and out in the fresh air, which has huge physical and mental health benefits. Meet other people, do something that makes a difference in a positive way, give yourself a feel-good factor and improve your wellbeing.
To book a space and for more information please contact Sivi Sivanesan, Biodiversity and Landscape Manager.
