Writing Children's Literature MA

Facilities

Here is the range of facilities available to you as a student at Kingston that will help you during your course.


There is a wide range of facilities at our Penrhyn Road campus, where this course is based. You will have access to a modern environment with the latest equipment, including the Learning Resource Centre. This offers:

  • subject libraries, plus a free inter-library loan scheme to other libraries in the Greater London area;
  • online database subscriptions; and
  • a growing selection of resource materials.

 

Take a look at the 3rd floor of our LRC at Penrhyn Road campus with a 360 degree tour below

 

The Computer Resource Centre provides:

  • a reliable network;
  • a set of core and specific software, with support for all core and some specific software;
  • a variety of labs, for generic and specialised use; and
  • academic and administrative technical support.

 

You can also use the dedicated Graduate Centre on campus. This includes:

  • IT facilities;
  • seminar rooms; and
  • social spaces and a canteen.

 

Take a look at the Graduate Centre at Penrhyn Road campus with a 360 degree tour below

 

The Iris Murdoch Archives

Kingston University purchased two major archives relating to

Iris Murdoch, a significant philosopher and one of the twentieth century’s greatest novelists, in 2003/04. These archives currently comprise:

  • Iris Murdoch's Oxford library (over 1,000 volumes, many of them heavily annotated by Murdoch);
  • Thepapers, tapes, interviews and manuscripts collected by Peter Conradi, Iris Murdoch’s official biographer and Murdoch scholar; and
  • various letter runs and documents donated by well-wishers.

 

Resources in London

Kingston is just a 25-minute train journey away from central London. Here you can access a wealth of additional libraries and archives, including the British Library.