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Europe's universities face a deepening funding crisis and new political headwinds, study finds
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (166+ words) European universities are grappling with the same complex challenge " more students, less money per head, and no easy political fixes in sight The report, published by the Policy Institute at King's College London, brings together essays from leading higher education…...
Social & economic policy in the age of AI & geopolitical uncertainty
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (167+ words) Ph D Candidate, Centre of European Law Reflection on '24 Hours at the Capitol' The event examined whether current labour standards, employment law, and welfare systems are fit for rapid change, and what reforms are needed to ensure fair, sustainable social…...
Ecologies of Attention and Perception
2+ day, 14+ hour ago (107+ words) 27 May 2026 17: 00 to 19: 30 Strand Building, Strand Campus, London Free and open to all; booking required. "Ecologies of Attention and Perception: Introduction and Welcome from the Centre Directors, Professor Joanna Zylinska and Dr Feng Zhu Dr James Stazicker, "What is Attention? (And…...
Statistics Seminar: On the complexity of standard and waste-free SMC samplers by Nicolas Chopin
3+ day, 15+ hour ago (88+ words) 28 May 2026 14: 15 to 15: 30 King's Building, Strand Campus, London You are warmly invited to attend our upcoming statistics seminar hosted by the Department of Mathematics. On 28 May 2026, Professor Nicolas Chopin from ENSAE, Institut Polytechnique de Paris will give a talk on'On the…...
Colourism and Racism in Schools
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (503+ words) kcl. ac. uk Colourism and Racism in Schools Our sixth seminar will be presented by Dr Ayo Mansaray, Senior Lecturer in Sociology of Education and Policy at King's College London, in the School of Education, Communication and Society. Colourism scholarship,…...
Academic Freedom in China: Securitisation, Knowledge Traditions, and Global Implications
4+ day, 11+ hour ago (42+ words) 12 May 2026 14: 00 to 15: 30 Webinar 4: China- Online, MS Teams The Securitisation of Chinese Universities in the Xi Jinping Era Chinese "Academic Freedom" in Practice The Paradox of Academic Freedom in China China's Pressures on Global Academic Freedom...
Students use entrepreneurial skills to address real-world social challenges
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (213+ words) King's Volunteering and the King's Entrepreneurship Institute collaborated to deliver Community Impact Lab, a programme bringing students together with charities and social impact experts to explore how entrepreneurial thinking can support communities and social change. For students, the opportunity to…...
King's Business School recognised at leading global social entrepreneurship conference
4+ day, 16+ hour ago (437+ words) It underlines the School's growing strength in research on how business can create meaningful social impact. Academics from King's Business School have played a prominent role at the 22nd Annual Social Entrepreneurship Conference, held at IMD in Lausanne, Switzerland, from 30 April…...
Charting child development using adult polygenic scores
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (379+ words) Ph D Student, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience What the eyes reveal about the epigenetics of early autism development In our study, we focused on two of the most powerful polygenic scores currently available: one for cognitive ability (often called…...
Protecting Beginnings: Reflections from UKIMS 2026 | Feature from King's College London
5+ day, 19+ hour ago (230+ words) I'm Cl'udia Aymerich a psychiatrist and postdoctoral researcher at King's College London. My background is in psychotic disorders and the prevention of severe mental illness. And yet, for one reason or another, over the past few years I've found myself…...