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Staff offices located in the Virginia Woolf Building of King’s College London (KCL), will be moved to the top two floors...
25/01/2025

Staff offices located in the Virginia Woolf Building of King’s College London (KCL), will be moved to the top two floors of Bush House South East Wing (SE) among other locations.

The lease for the Virginia Woolf Building (VWB) will end in autumn 2025.

KCL announced in October that 700 staff members from Arts & Humanities, Social Science & Public Policy and Law, as well as other professional areas, would need to be relocated as part of a series of wider changes.

VWB currently houses the Liberal Arts common room as well as study and social spaces for students of Modern Languages.

The seventh and eighth floors of Bush House SE are permanently closing for students on 6 February. When asked by Roar, almost 75% of students said they use the student spaces on these floors at least 2 or 3 times a week.

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King’s College London (KCL) will be closing the seventh and eighth floors of Bush House South East Wing (BH SE) on 6 Feb...
22/01/2025

King’s College London (KCL) will be closing the seventh and eighth floors of Bush House South East Wing (BH SE) on 6 February, KCL Student Union (KCLSU) posters on the 7th Floor announced today. Activity rooms will remain open.

A KCLSU officer told Roar that as things stand, the closure is permanent. There is currently no information on what would happen with the closed space.

“These moves are one of the ways King’s is investing in our campuses to support the student and staff experience,” state the posters.

There are approximately 100 study spaces on Floor 7 and a further 100 spaces for relaxation on Floor 8, also called The Meadow.

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News Editor Kayla Rahaman highlights the importance of remembering history as the USA enters another Trump administratio...
21/01/2025

News Editor Kayla Rahaman highlights the importance of remembering history as the USA enters another Trump administration and emphasises how the 1930’s mass deportation of Mexican and American-Mexican migrants is still echoing in US politics today.

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The “deep retrofit” of Bush House South West Wing is set to open in September 2027, King’s College London announced.The ...
17/01/2025

The “deep retrofit” of Bush House South West Wing is set to open in September 2027, King’s College London announced.

The refit is led by architect firm Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF) and aims to “set the tone for the future of King’s as an elite learning institution”. Plans showcase ‘The King’s Agora’ – a flagship venue and lecture theatre with a 360-degree screen setup, envisioned as the future heart of student life at King’s.

This article was originally published in print on 28 November 2024.

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📸 Images courtesy if KPF, Plomp and Atchain.

Roar is investigating the rates of housing insecurity at KCL and we want to here from fellow students about your experie...
13/01/2025

Roar is investigating the rates of housing insecurity at KCL and we want to here from fellow students about your experiences. The survey takes less than 5 minutes and all answers will be completely anonymised. Your experiences are vital for us to bring you accurate and informed reporting. Fill out this survey to have your say and share it with others too!

📣 As 2024, hailed as the ‘Year of Elections’ draws to a close, Roar writers reflect on a series of these votes from all ...
30/12/2024

📣 As 2024, hailed as the ‘Year of Elections’ draws to a close, Roar writers reflect on a series of these votes from all corners of the globe! 🌍

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✍️ Illustrated by Ruth Otim and Abi.

This article was originally published in print on 28 November 2024.

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Over 70 second-year engineering students at King’s College London (KCL) filled out a complaint form in response to the L...
28/12/2024

Over 70 second-year engineering students at King’s College London (KCL) filled out a complaint form in response to the LGBTQ+ focus of a group project.

The Engineering Design Empowerment Module project, assigned on 16 October, requires students to create a product for LGBTQ+ people, focused on providing education or safe spaces.

The project has resulted in divided opinions amongst the more vocal engineering students. Many voiced dissatisfaction with the module and department, and one student complained about their peers’ reaction towards the LGBTQ+ focus of the module. Most complaints questioned the project’s relevance to engineering.

This article was originally published in print on 28 November 2024.

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Merry Christmas from all of us at Roar around the world! 🎄
25/12/2024

Merry Christmas from all of us at Roar around the world! 🎄

On the last day of term, 50 students gave their time to write to their MP voicing their alarm over the homelessness cris...
20/12/2024

On the last day of term, 50 students gave their time to write to their MP voicing their alarm over the homelessness crisis in the UK. I had the privilege to read the many heartfelt, compassionate and eloquent letters calling for change. Six KCL societies were a part of the event, urging the government to remain focused on their responsibility to protect everyone who is in this country.

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“As King’s College London Students, we are aware of the large number of people in the UK, and particularly in London, who find themselves in a situation of homelessness. We consider this to be extremely concerning. More than 1 in 50 Londoners, including children, are believed to be homeless. As such they survive by using emergency accommodation, sofa-surfing, or rough sleeping.”

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🚨🚨Keep an eye out around campus for our brand new Winter Print Edition! Swipe along to get a sneak peek of just some of ...
06/12/2024

🚨🚨Keep an eye out around campus for our brand new Winter Print Edition! Swipe along to get a sneak peek of just some of the articles in this most recent issue. From our brand new advice column to our informative news section, pick up a copy today to catch up on all your student news! 🚨🚨

News Editor Matthew Pellow interviews Ahmad T**i, a graduate student from the West Bank, Palestine. Amid the ongoing hum...
03/12/2024

News Editor Matthew Pellow interviews Ahmad T**i, a graduate student from the West Bank, Palestine. Amid the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the Gaza Strip, Ahmad shares his experiences of growing up in the West Bank under Israeli occupation in a Palestinian refugee camp facing struggles with employment, access to essential government services and conflict on his doorstep.

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📸: Ahmad T**i and Matthew Pellow

🚨🚨BREAKING: Students staged a walkout from lectures and seminars to attend a protest in support of Palestine outside the...
28/11/2024

🚨🚨BREAKING: Students staged a walkout from lectures and seminars to attend a protest in support of Palestine outside the Strand Building at 12 pm today. They were met by counter-protestors from Our Fight UK, a pro-Israeli group unaffiliated with KCL🚨🚨

On 21 November, the KCL Conservative Association (KCLCA) announced their annual Christmas Dinner with their guest speake...
24/11/2024

On 21 November, the KCL Conservative Association (KCLCA) announced their annual Christmas Dinner with their guest speaker David Starkey CBE, described as “a memorable evening you won’t want to miss out on.”

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On 22 November, King’s College London Rugby Football Club (KCLRFC) hosted a charity egging event outside Bush House, rai...
23/11/2024

On 22 November, King’s College London Rugby Football Club (KCLRFC) hosted a charity egging event outside Bush House, raising money for charity. They also live-streamed the event on their Instagram.

The event was hosted as part of KCLRFC’s charity drive for Movember (a men’s health charity), for which several members of the society are also growing out their facial hair to raise money. In addition to being egged by passersby, participants have been actively promoting awareness about men’s health issues, encouraging donations and sharing their personal fundraising journeys on their Instagram story.

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✨ Attention all past and present Roar News contributors! We’re excited to invite you to Roar Through The Decades - a leg...
23/11/2024

✨ Attention all past and present Roar News contributors! We’re excited to invite you to Roar Through The Decades - a legendary exhibition and cocktail with the people who built Roar as we know it - since 1973!

📆 29 November 2024, Friday, 19:00
📍 The Exchange, Bush House NE
🎟️ The tickets are £6 at the link in our bio!

🥂 Why was the ‘90s’ newspaper Casey L renamed *Roar*? What is King’s Flings and when was the ‘Babe of the Issue’ section removed? Come and find out over a drink or two!

🗞️ You’ll have a chance to flick through papers from 30 years ago and hear the fascinating stories of Roar’s editors and writers from back then!

❄️ We are also launching our awesome new Winter Print Edition!

🚨 Get your ticket now before they run out!

The 4th and final part of ‘The Politics of It All’ Special Politics Debate episode is now streaming on YouTube. In prepa...
21/11/2024

The 4th and final part of ‘The Politics of It All’ Special Politics Debate episode is now streaming on YouTube. In preparation for the debate tonight, listen to DEIC Ben Evans .evans as he interviews the KCL Conservative Association

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Parts 2&3 of ‘The politics of it all’ run up to the debate podcast special are out now. In Part 2 listen to our host an...
20/11/2024

Parts 2&3 of ‘The politics of it all’ run up to the debate podcast special are out now. In Part 2 listen to our host and DEIC Ben Evans .evans interview and see him interview in Part 3. 🎙️🎙️

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From 19 November 2024, The King’s College London Student Union (KCLSU) will begin selling Karma Cola at the Shack, follo...
19/11/2024

From 19 November 2024, The King’s College London Student Union (KCLSU) will begin selling Karma Cola at the Shack, following conversations within the Union to provide ‘more ethical products’ at KCLSU venues.

This move marks the launch of a KCLSU pilot project aiming to explore more sustainable and socially responsible product offerings around campus.

Should the trial prove commercially successful enough, it is possible that Karma Cola will eventually become the only cola brand offered at KCLSU venues.

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BREAKING: This afternoon pro-Palestinian protesters set up tents and congregated in the the Strand Campus courtyard to condemn Israel’s actions in Gaza. One organiser provided Roar with the official demands of the protestors to KCL, including condemnation of Israeli institutions, divestment from affiliated companies, assistance to rebuild Gaza’s education sector and an expansion of Palestinian scholarships. They are demand a safeguard on the expression of pro-Palestinian speech on campus. (Caution: Video contains strong language)

Ever spent almost £10,000 in two days? In October 2022, the Vice-Chancellor’s two-day trip to Phoenix landed King’s with a bill of almost that much. Watch the video to find out what we know - and what we still don’t - about what happened.

Last year, Steven Suresh was elected KCLSU President on a platform including a KCL Rent Guarantor Scheme. How would these candidates address the housing trouble facing students in London? Video courtesy of Jizelle Hannah, Karis Ng and Kemi Olarinmoye.

Last year, Steven Suresh was elected KCLSU President on a platform including a KCL Rent Guarantor Scheme. How would these candidates address the housing trouble facing students in London? Video courtesy of Jizelle Hannah, Karis Ng and Kemi Olarinmoye.

Last year, Steven Suresh was elected KCLSU President on a platform including a KCL Rent Guarantor Scheme. How would these candidates address the housing trouble facing students in London? Video courtesy of Jizelle Hannah, Karis Ng and Kemi Olarinmoye.

Last year, Steven Suresh was elected KCLSU President on a platform including a KCL Rent Guarantor Scheme. How would these candidates address the housing trouble facing students in London? Video courtesy of Jizelle Hannah, Karis Ng and Kemi Olarinmoye.

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