Your Welcome and Induction week

Course Inductions are essential and mandatory to attend. They take place during Welcome Week (18–22 September*) and are an important introduction to your course where you will meet your lecturers, find out about the course, our libraries, study skills and more!

Course Induction schedules are now available to view on the KU App. You can also view them on our desktop version. Use your username (Kingston University ID) and password to log in.

Our Welcome to Kingston online module will give you an introduction to the support services available should you need it.

You will be able to access the online module on Canvas, our virtual online learning environment, once you have completed your online enrolment.

The module will be on-demand so you can access it at your own pace and at whatever time of day suits you. Once you log into Canvas you'll see the link to the module on your dashboard.

The Freshers and Welcome Programmes runs alongside your course induction. It will introduce you to some of the opportunities you'll have as a Kingston student, help you settle into life at Kingston and give you the opportunity to meet new friends and have some fun!

Free Welcome events

Welcome events are all free and offer a great mix of social activities and pop-up events introducing you to key University services. Everything is designed for you to pick and choose the events you'd like to attend. Here's just a little taste on what's on:

• Careers pop-up – discover all the ways our expert careers team will be supporting you gain the skills you need for your dream career.
• Study Abroad pop-ups and info sessions – hear from the team about all the places you might be able to spend time studying abroad.
• Earn while you learn – there are lots of ways to earn extra cash whilst studying and the team will run through all the options available to you.
• Life in the UK – for international students coming to study and live in the UK.
• The Great Escape – work in teams to solve clues and escape before the clock runs out.

There are tons of other fun activities, from speed friending, caricatures, on-campus DJs (including free record giveaways), and Live Lounge performances. You can find all our Welcome events (with more be added each week) and start planning the events you want to go to on our KU Extra site.

Freshers events

Kingston Union of Students official Freshers Week gives you the ultimate introduction to student life. We're talking Freshers' fair (freebies anyone?), a carnival-themed ball and conquering the battlefield with an on-campus laser tag game.

With new events being released throughout the summer, this line-up is one to keep an eye on.

All events are ticketed or you can purchase a wristband for all inclusive access.