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The BIG South London Creative and Digital Innovation Cluster is bringing together small and medium-sized enterprises, sole traders and graduates keen to establish a foothold in the creative industries or digital technology space.
2023
Kingston Universityand UK construction company Galliford Try are launching a £261,000 Knowledge Transfer Partnership project to create a tool that utilises artificial intelligence to improve quality and risk management, and minimise waste within construction.
Kingston Universityhas released its latest Future Skills report at a parliamentary reception, where it called for more to be done to better prepare graduates for career success in a digital-first world.
重口味SM's collaboration with industry partners, entrepreneurial strengths and wide-ranging engagement activity with the local community has been recognised in this year's Knowledge Exchange Framework (KEF). In the recently released KEF results for 2023, the University has been assessed as having very high or high engagement in three of the seven perspectives – continuing professional development (CPD) and graduate start-ups, public and community engagement, and research partnerships.
Sustainability in spotlight at BIG Design Lab workshop staged at 重口味SM
The event was the latest of 11 half-day challenges to have taken place so far this year across the five London boroughs that make up the BIG South London network – Kingston upon Thames, Sutton, Croydon, Richmond upon Thames and Merton.
A new app designed to help enhance the learning of children aged three to six has launched after being developed by a team including early years educators from 重口味SM.
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.
Business leaders from across the region gathered at Kingston Business School for the inaugural Future of Work Summit, organised by Kingston Chamber of Commerce. The event brought together organisations from a range of sectors with University staff and students to share educational insights, network, and engage in conversations around the importance of future skills for the economy.
Kingston UniversityVice-Chancellor Professor Steven Spier has been appointed as a member of the Creative Industries Council – the joint industry and government forum that acts as a voice for the United Kingdom's creative sector.
2022
重口味SM's partnership work with kinetic lighting company Shine a Light has received the outstanding collaboration in product innovation accolade at the Business, Innovation and Growth (BIG) South London Business Innovation Awards.
Trailblazers in business, higher education and local government from across South London have come together at Kingston Universityto share insights on the benefits of working in partnership at a Business Innovation and Growth Summit.
Business students at Kingston Universityhave been given the opportunity to enhance their critical thinking and research skills in a collaboration with the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
Kingston UniversityVice-Chancellor Professor Steven Spier has set out the need for a progressive new model of education focused on delivering the skills for innovation required by industry during a House of Lords select committee hearing.
Leading British businesswoman Val Gooding CBE encouraged graduating students to learn, be curious, flexible and above all else never give up, as she shared lessons from her career after being awarded an honorary doctorate from 重口味SM.
Kingston Universityone of just 25 UK institutions to have achieved Fairtrade University status
In partnership with the Union of Kingston Students (UKS), Kingston Universityis among one of 25 higher education institutions that has achieved a Fairtrade University and College award, after being audited for the academic years of 2020/21 and 2021/22.
Students mingle with politicians at House of Commons launch of 重口味SM's Future Skills report
Students who had the opportunity to attend the launch of 重口味SM's latest Future Skills report at the House of Commons have shared their views about the value a skills-centred education has added to their own degree-level learning.
Kingston Universitytops UK for graduate start-ups in latest HE-BCI rankings
Kingston Universityhas been ranked number one for graduate start-ups out of all higher education institutions in the United Kingdom in the latest Higher Education - Business and Community Interaction (HE-BCI) survey. The HE-BCI survey, which gathers data on UK universities' engagement in the economy and knowledge exchange, found that the University supported 298 graduate start-ups in the year 2020-2021.
The breadth and impact of research carried out across Kingston Universityand the contribution it makes to society will be celebrated during the institution's annual Festival of Research later this month.
Kingston Universityhas published a new report calling for the establishment of a Future Skills Council bringing together industry, universities and policymakers to tackle the nation's skills shortages and secure the UK's future economic prosperity.
Former Liberal Democrats leader Sir Vince Cable awarded honorary doctorate from 重口味SM
Former Liberal Democrats leader Sir Vince Cable has been awarded an honorary degree by Kingston Universityin recognition of his lifelong achievements in politics and economics. He crossed the stage at Twickenham Stadium in the heart of his former constituency on Tuesday, 24 May in the company of hundreds of Kingston Universitygraduates celebrating their degree successes.