King's College London

Posted August 2nd, 2007 by csc104

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King's College London, Strand, London, WC2R 2LS.

Contact number:

020 7836 5454

Website:

http://www.kcl.ac.uk

Brief history:

King's College London was founded in 1828-9 by a group of eminent politicians, churchmen and others. They wanted to see a Church of England alternative to what later became University College London (UCL, founded in 1826), known as 'the godless college in Gower Street'. King's was granted a royal charter by King George IV on 14 August 1829. When the University of London was established in 1836 King's and UCL became its two founding colleges.

The Duke of Wellington, victor of Waterloo and Prime Minister, chaired the public meeting which launched King's on 21 June 1828. Early in 1829 the Earl of Winchilsea publicly challenged Wellington about the Duke's simultaneous support for the Anglican King's College and the Roman Catholic Relief Act. The result was a duel in Battersea Fields on 21 March. Shots were fired but no-one was hurt.

University Life

Accommodation & Surrounding Areas:

Availability
- Applicants who firmly accept an offer and meet the June 30th deadline usually guaranteed accommodation in halls.
- 1338 places in traditional halls of residence.
- 1321 in self-catering apartments
- 595 in the University Intercollegiate halls.

Costs
- Catered room with basin costs £107.66 per week.
- Self catered en suite apartment costs £120 per week.
- Self catered room costs between £92 and £99 per week.

Contract Period
- 40 or 51 weeks

Location
- Most of the 8 halls are within a four-mile radius of the Strand. Public transport is frequent but expensive.

Facilities
- Internet access in rooms.
- Utilities included.
- Fees do not include administration charges or fees for additional services such as launderettes, sports facilities, telephone call charges, etc.

Resources:

Library
- 1 000 000+ books
- 3000 study places
- 20 000+ printed and electronic journals

Opening hours
- 68 weekday hours
- 16 weekend hours

IT
- 1500+ computer
- 24 hours access
- Wireless

Transport:

Services
- London public transport

Costs
- Students receive a 30% travel discount.
- Monthly travelcards cost between £62 and £74 depending on the zones required.

Welfare:

Services
- Counselling service
- Full general practice University health centre
- Welfare and advice service
- Personal tutor
- Chaplaincy
- No childcare provision on campus

Sporting facilities:

Outdoor
- Four sports grounds (quite far away!)
- Hockey pitch
- Lacross pitch
- 5 cricket pitches
- 12 football pitches
- 5 rugby pitches
- 6 netball courts
- 24 tennis courts

Indoor
- 6 squash courts
- Swimming pool
- 3 well equipped fitness suites
- Fitness classes

Other
- Boathouse
- Rifle range

Costs
- Annual gym membership costs students £200.

Club
- Amateur Boxing
- Archery
- Athletics
- Basketball (Women's)
- Boat
- Canoe
- Capoeira
- Cheerleading
- Fencing
- FITE
- Karate
- KCL Badminton
- KCL Cricket
- KCL Football
- KCL Men's Hockey
- KCL Men's Rugby
- KCL Netball
- K -CL Women's Hockey
- KCLMS Badminton
- KCLMS Men's Cricket
- KCLMS Men's Football
- KCLMS Men's Hockey
- KCLMS Men's Rugby
- KCLMS Netball
- KCLMS Women's Cricket
- KCLMS Women's Football
- KCLMS Women's Hockey
- KCLMS Women's Rugby
- Kickboxing
- Kung Fu
- Mountain Biking
- Mountaineering
- Rifle
- Ski & Snowboard
- Squash
- Sub Aqua
- Swimming & Waterpolo
- Taekwondo
- Tai Chi
- Ten Pin Bowling
- Tennis
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Volleyball
- Wing Chun

Boring but important

Fees and bursaries:

Undergraduate fees
- All courses set at £3070

Bursaries
- King’s myBursary; King’s will match a students government maintenance grant ‘50p for every pound’. Includes Welsh and Scottish students grants too.

Scholarships
- King’s myScholarship; 40 £1800 awards for students throughouth the University with the best academic performance.

Future plans and investment:

How much?
- £500 million redevelopment programme nearing completion

On what?
- Campus refurbishment
- Conversion of the the Maughan Library in Chancery Lane
- New £30 million James Black Centre at King’s Denmark Hill campus
- £40 million redevelopment of the South Range on the Strand campus

Notible alumni:

Florence Nightingale the famous nurse who founded school of nursing at St Thomas' Hospital
Maurice Wilkins & Rosalind Franklin the co-discoverers of DNA structure
Desmond Tutu the South African cleric who opposed the apartheid. He did so well they named a degree class after him.

Visiting

Transport within the city/town of:

Guy's to the Strand
- Tube - London Bridge (Northern Line) to Bank, change to Circle and District Line (Monument) and go westbound to Temple (or, walk over London Bridge to Monument for the Temple bound train directly). Journey time: 10-20 minutes.
- Train - London Bridge, platform 5/6 to Waterloo East, then walk across Waterloo Bridge. Journey time: about 20 minutes.
- Walk - about 30 minutes. The best route avoiding traffic is along the south bank of the Thames, crossing the Millennium footbridge. Continue along the Thames path going west, under Blackfriars bridge and along Victoria Embankment towards the Temple. Alternatively cross the river at Waterloo Bridge.

Guy's to Waterloo
- Train - London Bridge, platform 5/6 to Waterloo East (journey time: about 5 minutes), then walk.
- Tube - London Bridge to Waterloo (Jubilee line), then walk

St Thomas' to Waterloo or the Strand
- Walk - along the South Bank, past the Royal Festival Hall to Waterloo Bridge (10 minutes). For Waterloo campus, go up the ramp to the roundabout at Waterloo. For the Strand, cross Waterloo Bridge to the Strand (a further 5-10 minutes).

Strand to King's Denmark Hill
- Bus - routes 68 and 176 stop directly outside the Strand main entrance and head towards the Camberwell area. bus 68 stops directly outside the hospital, bus 176 stops just before it. Bus 171 stops at Camberwell Green.
- Train - Blackfriars to Denmark Hill.

Guy's to King's Denmark Hill
- Bus - routes 35 and 40 stop on Borough High Street (by Newcomen Street) and go directly to Camberwell Green and Denmark Hill respectively. Journey time: 20-30 minutes.
- Train - London Bridge to Denmark Hill (usually a London Bridge-Victoria train). Journey time: about 10 minutes.

St Thomas Hospital
- Hospital shuttle bus - every 20 minutes (15 minutes at peak times), service from 08.00-17.40. ID card required. Bus stop at Guy's: opposite the Tower Reception on Great Maze Pond. Stop at St Thomas': outside the Main Entrance to the East Wing (lower ground floor).
- Bus - P11. Stop at Guy's: corner of Weston and St Thomas' Street. Stop at Waterloo: last stop, by Westminster Bridge. Typical journey time: 15 minutes. From St Thomas' you get off outside Hay's Galleria and walk through the tunnel to Guy's.
- 344 - stops on Borough High Street outside Guy's Hospital. At St Tomas' the bus stops outside Brian Creamer House/ The Rectory on Lambeth Road; walk across the Archbishop's Park to the A&E entrance of St Thomas' Hospital. Typical journey time: 10 minutes.
- Train - London Bridge: platform 5/6 to Waterloo East (Charing Cross train), frequent service, journey time approx 5 minutes. Walk from Waterloo to St Thomas': 10 minutes.
- Walk - An easy 30-minute walk between the two hospitals. There are many routes but the quickest seems to be Borough High Street - Union Street - The Cut - Lower Marsh - Upper Marsh - St Thomas'.
- Bike - the walking route is suggested.