News archive 2008

23 Dec 2008	Review of the King's year
The 2008 King's College London Report illustrates a sample of the immense and innovative range of research, teaching and commercialisation undertaken at King's in the 2007- 8 academic year.
22 Dec 2008	King’s shows way for London Leaders
King’s outstanding credentials as a sustainable organisation which also undertakes cutting-edge academic work in the area of climate change and environmental issues, were outlined in a speech by the Principal of King’s College London, Professor Rick Trainor, at the Royal Society.
18 Dec 2008	2008 RAE results
In the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise for British universities, 60 per cent of research activity at King’s has been deemed 4* and 3*, meaning that this is regarded as world-leading or internationally excellent. In total 91 per cent of  research activity entered is internationally recognised.
15 Dec 2008	£1.5m to study symmetries of the universe
A group in the King’s College London Department of Mathematics have been awarded £1.5 million to better understand nature at its deepest level and, in particular, to find a single consistent theory of physics.
12 Dec 2008	King’s student in The X Factor final
King’s College London is cheering for one of its students who is a finalist on The X Factor  tomorrow evening (13 December). Jonathan Gill, 21, known as JB, is a second year Theology & Religious Studies student at King’s, who is taking a year off to focus on the show.
12 Dec 2008	Honorary recognition for King’s
Four of the seven 2008 honorary degrees awarded this month by the University of London have been conferred on King’s former staff or students, an outstanding, and possibly unrivalled, achievement.
11 Dec 2008	King’s study aims to cut bullying amongst NHS staff
A study carried out by researchers at King’s College London and King’s College Hospital Trust is aiming to help reduce bullying and harassment of NHS staff.
11 Dec 2008	Report 2008 out now
The 2008 King's College London Report is published today. The Report illustrates a sample of the immense and innovative range of research, teaching and commercialisation undertaken at King's in the 2007- 8 academic year.
10 Dec 2008	Next steps for Academic Health Sciences Centre
Plans to develop an Academic Health Sciences Centre (AHSC) with NHS partners took a step forward today with the announcement of a name, ‘King’s Health Partners’, and that Vice-Principal (Health) Professor Robert Lechler is confirmed as Interim Director.
09 Dec 2008	King’s partners with JNU India
King's College London and Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) in New Delhi, India have signed a partnership agreement to develop joint research links and a strong student exchange scheme.
08 Dec 2008	Knowledge Transfer first for King’s
A team from the King’s Department of Geography have won the Environmental Sciences Award of the first-ever London Knowledge Transfer Awards, sponsored by the London Development Agency, for a project estimating biomass burning smoke emissions from geostationary satellites.
08 Dec 2008	A first for courses at King’s
Unique professional courses in the study of potential medicines and the efficacy of clinical trials begin with 20 students at King’s College London today, supported by the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians.
05 Dec 2008	No credit crunch for King’s
More than £75,000 has been pledged by nearly 400 donors, in the Autumn 2008 telephone campaign, raising money for the College’s Annual Fund. With donations still to be counted, this could be the highest amount ever raised.
04 Dec 2008	KCLSU celebrates 100th anniversary
Today marks the 100th anniversary of the first students’ union general meeting at King’s College London. To celebrate this significant landmark in KCLSU history, a number of events are taking place in conjunction with the Alumni Office.
03 Dec 2008	Archbishop Tutu awarded honorary degree
Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Laureate, Archbishop Emeritus of Cape Town, former Chairman of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, King’s Fellow and alumnus, has finally received an Honorary Doctor of Divinity degree from the University of London, some 26 years later than intended.
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