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COMMENT: Can the UK have a stronger relationship with China?

Keir Starmer became the first British Prime Minister to meet President Xi Jinping in more than 6 years earlier this week. Kerry Brown, Professor of Chinese...

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King's co-hosts Cornell Global Hubs 2024 Network meeting

King’s and Cornell welcomed 18 international university partners to London for the meeting

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COMMENT: Kerry Brown on UK Foreign Secretary's meeting with Wang Yi

Professor Kerry Brown spoke to CGTN Europe about the UK Foreign Secretary's meeting with Wang Yi this month, and what it means for the relationship between...

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COMMENT: Ten years after the enactment of the Modern Slavery Act, there's hope that organisations will start walking the talk

Dr Gabriela Gutierrez Huerter O’, technical adviser on a new standard on organisational responses to modern slavery, explains new developments that could...

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Victims of state scandals harmed further by compensation schemes

People harmed by the Windrush, Post Office and Children’s Home scandals are suffering further damage by the schemes designed to compensate them, a new report...

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King's awarded University of Sanctuary status

National award recognises King's continued determination to aid those forcibly displaced

University of Sanctuary Award

COMMENT: Ghana elections - ethnicity is not allowed in the country's politics, yet it still helps shape outcomes

Dr Clement Sefa-Nyarko explains why ethnicity continues to influence politics in Ghana.

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COMMENT: Peruvian former soldiers convicted for rapes committed four decades ago in rare legal victory

Professor Jelke Boesten reflects on the implications of Peru's historic ruling for justice in conflict-related sexual violence globally.

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Programme placing academics in Parliament set to expand after successful pilot with King's climate scientist

Professor Tamsin Edwards was a Thematic Research Lead on Climate & Environment, providing impartial expertise to teams, committees and elected representatives...

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Most Ukrainians displaced by the war plan to return home when it is safe, research shows

Most Ukrainian refugees displaced by the Russian invasion still plan to return home when it is safe to do so, new research shows.

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King's ranked in top 2% of global universities for social and environmental impact

King’s recognised in assessment against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the 2024 THE Impact Rankings

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UK-Africa relationship must be equitable, create structural shift: experts

Academics, diplomats and policy practitioners recently came together at King’s to debate the future of the UK-Africa relationship.

Labour Shadow Minister Lyn Brown with HE Manoah Esipisu, High Commissioner of Kenya to the UK.

Urgent UN reform needed to avoid paralysis on crises, says former Secretary-General

A former Secretary-General of the United Nations has called for “urgent reform” of the powerful Security Council to stop political wrangling from preventing...

Ban Ki-moon speaking on stage with Professor 'Funmi Olonisakin and Professor Shitij Kapur on 1 May 2024

Master's students chosen by UN for elite graduate programme

Two students on the MSc Global Health, Social Justice and Public Policy course have been chosen from amongst a record number of applicants for a prestigious...

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International Development welcomes new Head of Department

Exciting new era for department as it storms up latest world university rankings

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