Opinion
By Kat Brown, MA Chinese Studies When art occupies public space, it is prone to being picked apart. For Maggi Hambling’s statue, dedicated to the ‘Mother of feminism’, 18th century gender equality activist Mary Wollstonecraft, the debate centres around Hambling’s depiction of the vindication of women’s rights.
Opinion
By Millie Glaister, BA Politics and International Relations. While the institution posits the Transformation and Change (T&C) Process at SOAS as necessary to save the university, I have begun to wonder what it is exactly that they are trying to save. SOASians have a clear understanding of what
International News
By Clayton Barrington-Russell, BA Arabic and International Relations 20 years after its closure, the Um Raquba refugee camp in Eastern Sudan has re-opened its doors to an influx of refugees from Ethiopia. According to the United Nations, ‘up to 200,000’ Ethiopian refugees are expected to cross into Sudan, fleeing
International News
By Maria Sole Campinoti, BA History & Politics The impeachment of President of the Republic of Peru Martin Vizcarra on 9 November has led to weeks of turbulence and protests. The country saw the dismantling of its elected government and three Presidents take charge between 9 and 17 of November.
International News
By Lyla Amini, MA Migration and Diaspora Studies, Persian Preliminary findings suggested that two vaccines are 90-94.5% effective at preventing Covid-19. Though developing a new vaccine takes on average 10 years from initial research to mass production, the pandemic expedited the process and vaccines have been produced in record
National News
By Frances Howe, LLB Evidence provided to the Grenfell Inquiry in November revealed several construction material suppliers knew about the combustible nature of the cladding years before the fire would claim 72 lives. ‘Suppliers knew about the combustible nature of the cladding years before the fire would claim 72 lives.
National News
By Charlotte Paule, MSc Politics of Asia 23 June 2016 saw Britain vote to leave the European Union. More than four years later, the Brexit fiasco still seems far from over. While the withdrawal agreement was signed and enforced on 31 January 2020, effectively ending the UK’s membership to
National News
By Esme Bateson, MA Cultural Studies In a roller coaster of events, English striker Marcus Rashford celebrated as £170 million has been granted to English councils to prevent children going hungry over the Winter Holidays. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) announced that the money will support families across
National News
By Eliza Bacon, MA Media in Development The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights has released the report ‘Black People, Racism and Human Rights’. The report unpacks racism in Britain across issues of health, criminal justice, immigration, and democracy. “‘A damning indictment of our society’ [the report] found that 75%
National News
By Nahidah Khan, BA Development Studies and Politics The end of October saw Prime Minister (PM) Boris Johnson announce the reimposition of lockdown measures in England, lasting from 5 November to 2 December. This followed confirmation that the infection rate had reached one million Covid-19 cases in the UK. Amid
National News
By Samia Majid, MA History The National Audit Office (NAO) recently published a report on the UK government’s procurement of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), highlighting chronic mismanagement of public funds. The report revealed that ‘high-priority’ suppliers with political connections were 10 times more likely to be awarded PPE contracts
National News
By Fakhriya M. Suleiman, MA Global Media and Postnational Communications Dominic Cummings, the now bygone Chief Adviser to Prime Minister (PM) Boris Johnson, resigned from his post on 13 November. According to the Financial Times (FT), Cummings’ premature departure followed a meeting of ‘intense exchanges’ with the PM. Therein, Johnson