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King’s acquires Somerset House east wing after 180-year negotiations
After almost 180 years of negotiations, King’s College London has announced the acquisition of The East Wing of Somerset House »
King’s campaigners continue fight for cleaner’s Living Wage
King’s College campaigners are gearing up for further action in support of low-paid cleaners after KCL Student Council passed a motion supporting the KCL Living Wage campaign in February. »
King’s students fight to revoke Peres’ honourary doctorate
A King’s College lecturer was amongst political activists urging students to push for an academic boycott of Israel on Friday, at a conference on campus condemning the college’s decision to award an honorary doctorate to President Shimon Peres. »
King’s occupation now in progress
King’s students have occupied a lecture theatre in the Strand campus, calling for the university to revoke the honorary doctorate awarded to Shimon Peres last term. »
Are you a Douglas or a Desmond?
Are you a Douglas or a Desmond? Ex Tory Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd and Archbishop Desmond Tutu have both lent their names to rhyming slang for degree classifications. (A 3rd or a 2-2 if you’re not keeping up). Appropriately enough both terms were coined at King’s, which now boasts its very own slang archive... »

