Jack Irwin, BA Chinese and History UCLU has decided to allow Macer Gifford, a former UCL student, a platform to talk about his experiences fighting ISIS as part of Kurdish group Yekîneyên Parastina Gel (YPG). Gifford,… Read More »UCL Union Reverses Ban on Ex-Student Talking About His Experiences Fighting ISIS
Mel Plant, BA Arabic and Turkish Mona Eltahawy, a renowned but controversial Egyptian feminist figure, claimed on the 18th November that she had been denied the chance to speak at SOAS. Eltahawy’s tweet alleging that… Read More »Egyptian Feminist ‘Attacks’ SOAS Students on Twitter
Ella Linskens, BA Arabic On the 12th of November, the first participatory budgeting meeting was held in the JCR. The participatory budgeting scheme sets aside £6,000 of the Student Union’s budget to be allocated to… Read More »Debut of Participatory Budgeting Scheme Funds Student Play and Calais Volunteers
The following people have been nominated for the corresponding SU positions: Co-President Activities & Events Amar Shabandar Marco Vita Ana-Luiza Zain Dada Co-President Democracy & Education Hannah Slydel Tareq Sydiq Olimpia Burchiellaro Saqib Ali Rafiq… Read More »SOAS SU Election Nominations
Carolynn Look, BA Chinese and Development Studies As many at SOAS are (or should be) aware, October is not merely a month of beer drinking, workload meltdowns, and costume preparation. It is also officially known… Read More »The A in SOAS: Underfunded and Forgotten
In defiance of an effective campus-wide ban on protest, members and supporters of the 3 Cosas – ‘Three Things’ – campaign headed to Senate House on Thursday October 24th to insist the University of London… Read More »University calls police on 3 Cosas