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Neurodiversity Celebration Week: Kingston University launches pilot project to enhance learning environments for neurodivergent students

Posted Monday 18 March 2024

Neurodiversity Celebration Week: Kingston University launches pilot project to enhance learning environments for neurodivergent students

Kingston University has launched a pilot project to raise awareness of neurodiversity and make learning spaces more inclusive and supportive for neurodivergent students and staff. Recognising the value of neurodiversity as a natural aspect of human variation, the initiative seeks to foster inclusivity and support the diverse needs of all learners by understanding systemic barriers and attempting to remove them. It is led by Kingston's Inclusion and Social Justice Special Interest Group (SIG) and academics from the school of Education, Midwifery and Social Work and is supported by the Network of Equality Champions.


Major funding award granted to Kingston University to increase social care research capacity

Posted Wednesday 13 March 2024

Major funding award granted to Kingston University to increase social care research capacity

Kingston University has been awarded a significant grant by the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR) to build social care research capacity. The two-year project, commencing in April will be led by Professor of Occupational Therapy and Head of the Graduate Research School at Kingston University Professor Cilla Harries. She led the successful £245,000 bid as the Clinical and Practitioner Academic Training lead for the NIHR Applied Research Collaboration (ARC) South London. ARC South London is a research organisation bringing together researchers, health and social care practitioners and local people to improve health and social care in south London.


Young Carers Action Day: Kingston University nursing student on life as young adult carer

Posted Wednesday 13 March 2024

Young Carers Action Day: Kingston University nursing student on life as young adult carer

Kingston University adult nursing student Hana Hussein is a young adult carer and is supported by the University's KU Cares programme. For Carers Trust's Young Carers Action Day (13 March), they spoke about the challenges they face juggling caring responsibilities with their studies and daily life, as well as the support Kingston has provided them.


Kingston University appoints specialist dyslexia tutor to give expert training to teaching students

Posted Wednesday 14 February 2024

Kingston University appoints specialist dyslexia tutor to give expert training to teaching students

A dyslexia expert has been appointed by Kingston University, as part of a joint project with charity Driver Youth Trust, to give initial teacher training students and partner schools the skills to support pupils who have challenges reading and writing. Caroline Bateman, who has been helping students who present with dyslexia achieve academically for almost 10 years and has dyslexia herself, has taken up a two-year appointment.


Syrian academic graduates with PhD from Kingston University after fleeing war-torn country

Posted Tuesday 13 February 2024

Syrian academic graduates with PhD from Kingston University after fleeing war-torn country

A female scientist has been awarded a PhD from Kingston University, four years after fleeing her home country due to ongoing armed conflict.


Kingston University leads research into local digital public health campaigns

Posted Monday 22 January 2024

Kingston University leads research into local digital public health campaigns

Kingston University academics and staff from the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames' Department of Health Behaviours and Public Health Services have published an evaluation of the effectiveness of a series of locally-led digital public health campaigns.


Kingston University receives Royal Society of Chemistry funding to help diversity drive in chemical sciences

Posted Thursday 18 January 2024

Kingston University receives Royal Society of Chemistry funding to help diversity drive in chemical sciences

Kingston University has received almost £100,000 funding from the Royal Society of Chemistry to help create lasting change by improving the representation, progression and retention of chemical scientists from Black and minority ethnic backgrounds.


Kingston University makes major contribution to NHS England report investigating avoidable deaths of people with learning disabilities

Posted Thursday 30 November 2023

Kingston University makes major contribution to NHS England report investigating avoidable deaths of people with learning disabilities

Academics at Kingston University have played a vital role in the production of an annual report by NHS England examining avoidable deaths of people with learning disabilities. The Learning Disability Mortality Review (LeDeR) seeks to investigate and learn from the avoidable deaths of people with a learning disability in England, presenting a review of data concerning 3,648 people with a learning disability who died in 2022.

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