against a broadly humanist concept of education, in which the independence of culture and research from immediate market imperatives" affirms their social value. Kingston University's Senior Leadership Team led by the Vice-Chancellor Stephen Spier has expressed its intention to implement £20 million in savings and to lay-off staff and close programmes to take effect at the end of July. The Kingston University College Union has since passed a motion of 'no-confidence' in the Senior Leadership Team.
=== BMus external examiner ===
In 2008, the BBC obtained e-mails circulated within Kingston's School of Music, relating to the opinions of an external examiner moderating the BMus course. The messages showed that her final report caused considerable concern within the department. The examiner was persuaded to moderate her criticism following contact from a member of the university's staff. The e-mails also detailed a plan to replace her (at the end of her term) with a more experienced and broad-based external examiner, a process which Kingston stressed breaks no rules relating to the appointment of such examiners.
In October 2008, Peter Williams, Chief Executive of the UK Quality Assurance Agency (QAA), presented the agency's findings to a Parliamentary Select Committee charged with investigating standards in British higher education. Following an investigation of the allegations by a former University staff member that undue pressure was applied to the School of Music's External Examiner, QAA upheld all charges of wrongdoing, as alleged.
=== Controversial speakers ===
In 2015, Prime Minister David Cameron named and shamed four British universities which gave platforms to allegedly 'extremist' speakers.
Kingston's Vice Chancellor Julius Weinberg defended his decision to allow controversial speakers in the name of free speech.
=== National Student Survey exaggeration ===
In 2008, an audio recording obtained by student media included two psychology lecturers asking students to inflate their graded opinions given …
