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Engage with King’s! Any university should be a hotbed of activity hosting a large number of events that are open to the public, but many of these are programmed at relatively short notice. The best way of keeping up to date with what’s on at King’s is to look regularly at the events page of the College’s website www.kcl.ac.uk/index.aspx Director of Public Engagement: Chris Coe, christopher.coe@kcl.ac.uk
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