Venue to Trial Anti-Spiking Kits
The club scene is important to students on campus, allowing them to let off steam, but it comes with its threats; one of the scariest of which is having your drink spiked. To counter such a serious threat, and to make the club safer, Kent Union have announced a new pilot scheme, allocating 500 drink spiking detection tests to Venue over the summer term as part of their Zero Tolerance campaign. Spiked drinks can incur loss of balance, visual impairment, nausea, vomiting, and most disturbingly, loss of consciousness. Considering the nature of drinking, however, everyone’s symptoms may be different…
Explaining Why Kent Dropped 19 Places in Complete University Guide Ranking
The University of Kent has dropped 19 places in the recently released Complete University Guide League Table for 2019. Falling from 25th in 2018 tables to 44th in the most recent release. This is the lowest position the University has held in the past decade. This shocking news is the first and only result yet received about the University’s overall rankings for 2019, as other prominent League Tables likes the Guardian and the Times Higher Education have yet to be released. The reasons behind this fall is, according to Paul Greatrix of the University of Nottingham, ‘due to an…
Kent students play for National Lacrosse team in International Tournament
Caitlin Casey Caitlin Casey is the Sports Website Editor and has been a part of the Women’s Lacrosse team since her first year. Caitlin enjoys writing about Team Kent as well as entertainment and investigative articles. This author does not have any more posts. Two students from the University of Kent represented the English Universities National Lacrosse team at the Nick Kehoe International Lacrosse tournament on the 5th and 6th May 2018. Kieran Garvey and Tom Roper – Kent Stag’s 1st team captains – were scouted for the national English Universities lacrosse team and invited to play in the…
Tree falls over and blocks university road
A tree has fallen over onto University Road, between Keynes Bus Stop and Venue. No injuries were reported. The tree is reportedly still alive, with only a part of it falling onto the road. Maintenance have been called to remove the branch, likely cutting it off with a…
InQuire Meets Jake Peach of CSRfm
William Bowkett Bill is the Website News Editor for InQuire. He’s currently doing a BA in politics, and therein lies his interest. If you’re looking to break regular news online, both locally and nationally, drop him an email at website.news@inquiremedia.co.uk This author does not have any more posts. Jake Peach, 21, is a student in his final year of university at Canterbury Christ Church (CCCU). He is the Station Manager of Canterbury Student Radio FM (CSR 97.4FM), overseeing all aspects of the day-to-day running of the station, whilst also championing its reputation with the local and student communities in…