Amy Ashenden, BA French and Spanish (University of Southampton) Coming into my final year, I know by now that my degree subject isn’t exactly what I want to work in. But French and Spanish are hugely… Read More »Study what you love, or what will get you a job?
Lily David, BA Arabic and Politics Moving abroad is a big deal. Don’t believe anyone who tells you that it isn’t. It’s exhausting, exciting, and at times, bewildering. Around this time last year, approximately thirty… Read More »How not to suck during a year abroad
Jonny Morrison, BA Chinese A trip to an Asian supermarket is always dangerous for me. However, a recent trip to four(!) has left me with a large box now brimming with spices (apparently, as a… Read More »Expectations of a fresher
Tom King, BA Politics As Labour strive to be in opposition for just one term, the party leadership has walked a tightrope between opposing unpopular cuts which have battered working class people and largely backing… Read More »European results are a warning for Labour
SOAS has recently become a newsworthy subject due to a talk which preacher Haitham al-Haddad, PhD, gave here on the 17th of February. Al-Haddad spoke at SOAS on why ‘riba’ (interest) is prohibited in Islam,… Read More »Is freedom of speech selective?
