King's College London, University of London in general

KCL is a sprawling institution with tentacles all over London. In addition to the school on The Strand, there a campuses (possibly campi?) at Waterloo, Denmark Hill, and at St. Thomas's and Guy's Hospitals. Furthermore, there are Halls of Residence (Hors) in Hampstead, a library that puts Magdalen College Oxford to shame and plenty more besides. King's College London is a grand university - it has the borrowing power of Greece. However, none of this information can really be a guide to a prospective student - what really matters when making decisions about courses and colleges are the following: How good will my education be? How employable will I ...

I was lured to King's after having been told by my tutors at Oxford that it had a good reputation in my chosen field of study. Looking forward to spending a year in London as a student, I believed them. Sitting here, in the twilight of my year here at King's, part of me wishes I had gone elesewhere - anywhere elesewhere. However you look at it, King's dingy locations scattered around London are hardly as inspiring as Senate House or even the niche that LSE occupies off of Aldwych. However as it is character and not looks which are important, lets not condemn King's on this basis. Rather, it should be criticized for its ...

I find it hard to show much enthusiasm for Kings College London. Coming to the end of my time here I am a bit of a bitter man. (Although my student times have been some of the best I've ever had.)The story is that I joined Guy's and St Thomas' Medical School before it was taken over my Kings. As a consequence I have seen the havoc and confusion that the huge beast that is King's College has caused. I have seen the systems that had worked for so long being wrecked by the desire to build a new Biomedical Science School at the Guy's Campus at London Bridge. This meant the closure of the old medical library DURING EXAMS and it now means that as ...