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Social and economic deprivation associated with more severe symptoms of PTSD

People who live in the most deprived areas of the UK experience post-traumatic stress disorder at three times the rate of those who live in more affluent areas.

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Healthy Lifestyles Reduce Disability Risk in Older Adults—but Socioeconomic Inequalities Persist

Benefits are not equally distributed across income, education, and geography, says study of South Korea and China.

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New study links 19th Century poor law to rising child mortality

Study offers many parallels with modern austerity and welfare reform

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Summer school promotes physics amongst young girls

Twenty-six students attended a three-day girls optics summer school at King’s College London in July, inspiring the next generation of female physicists.

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Unit's work on homelessness recognized in NIHR Annual Report

The 2024/25 report highlights our study on safeguarding and self-neglect

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Racial inclusion under the spotlight: King's hosts the RACE Summit 2025

Professionals from across the climate sector came together to learn and network on climate justice

The team from SOS-UK posing and smiling in a courtyard at the RACE Summit July 2025

Students and staff celebrated for their commitment to volunteering

King’s College London brought together students, staff and community partners to celebrate the dedication of King’s volunteers and the organisations they...

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Meet the Ventures: King's Start-up Accelerator Cohort IX

15 ventures join Cohort IX of the King’s Start-up Accelerator, beginning a 12-month programme to launch their ventures and scale their impact.

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King's academics elected as Fellows of the Academy of Medical Sciences

Professors Benjamin Blencowe, Andrew Shennan, Phil Newsome, and Jernej Ule have been recognised for their remarkable contributions to advancing medical...

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King's recognised for championing London Living Wage

King’s College London has received the ‘Institution’ award from the Living Wage Foundation, recognising the university’s leadership and collaborative efforts...

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A 2% wealth tax on UK's richest could have raised £160 billion in 32 years

Report is the first dynamic analysis of a wealth tax on the UK wealth distribution.

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National report calls for urgent overhaul of palliative care across the UK

King’s academics have been involved in a major new report calling for a national strategy to address uneven end-of-life care across the UK.

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From impossibility to possibility: Hear from Raheem Sterling scholarship student as 2025/26 applications open

Applications for the third year of Raheem Sterling Foundation scholarships are now open.

Raheem Sterling at the launch of the Raheem Sterling Foundation in 2021

King's researchers received British Neuroscience Association Green Neuroscience Prize

The prize recognised their contribution to construct the first solar-powered MRI facility in the world.

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Policymakers need to work with practitioners, dyslexia experts say

Last week King’s College London hosted a panel of dyslexia experts who presented their research advocating for a reformed definition of dyslexia.

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