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Luc Cadwaladr-Evans, BA International Relations and Languages and Cultures In the past month, the government has received the results of investigations by two separate advisory bodies into the efficiency and efficacy of England’s current Special Education Needs and Disability (SEND) system, both prescribing immediate reforms. The issue is
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Lilac Carr, BA Politics and International Relations Following the UK Government's Department for Education’s, or DfE’s, initial announcement in November 2024, maximum tuition fees for university students have risen for the 2025-2026 academic year from £9,250 to £9,535. Maintenance loans will also be
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Tayyaba Taimur, LLB Law Just over four in ten businesses (43%) and three in ten charities (30%) reported having experienced a kind of cybersecurity breach or attack in the last 12 months. A cybersecurity breach is an incident that results in unauthorized access to a system bypassing its security controls,
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Hamdan Vohra, BA Politics and International Relations The UK recognised the State of Palestine on September 21st 2025, 108 years after the 1917 Balfour Declaration, which promised Palestine as ‘a national home for Jewish people’. In a video statement on X, the Prime Minister said, ‘In the face of the
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Sylvie Topps, LLB LAW In late July this year, British politics witnessed what could be the most significant shake-up of the left since New Labour. Your Party, as it is currently known, was formed by former Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and Coventry South MP Zarah Sultana, alongside four
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Manal Husain, BA Politics and International Relations Haya Adam, a Law and International Relations student, joined SOAS University in September 2023. She is the President of the Palestine Society and prominent member of the Liberated Zone (LZ). On the 6th of August, SOAS expelled Haya Adam for supposedly breaking the
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James Albero, BA International Relations Zhang Yadi (Tara), a 22-year-old Master’s student from Changsha, China, was offered a scholarship to study Anthropology at SOAS and was prepared to start at the beginning of this academic year. She had friends in London excited to show her around - but
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Majidah Chowdhury, National News Section Editor On Wednesday the 17th of September, an estimated 5000 demonstrators, including more than 50 charities and unions, assembled at Portland Place to protest against President Donald Trump’s second state visit to the UK. Organised by the Stop Trump Coalition, attendees marched through Piccadilly
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Roxanna Brealey, Editor-in-Chief, History & Politics. SOAS University has fallen 27 places in the Guardian 2026 University rankings, resulting in an overall institutional score of 39.5/100. The Guardian University league table compares 123 universities, SOAS now ranks in position 117. This is a significant decline in
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Anonymous On the 9th of December 2024, the 20th Central Committee Politburo of the CCP held its 18th collective study session, presided over by Xi Jinping. During this meeting, XI reiterated his vision for an ethnically harmonious state. Stating that his party has to focus on “continu[ing] to deepen
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Camilla Taylor, Junior Reporter, BA International Relations Is left-wing politics losing relevance in the face of rising right-wing populism? In recent years, far-right populism has surged across the continent, reshaping national debates, redefining political parties, and challenging the once dominant left. From Ger many to Italy, the
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Roxanna Brealey, Senior Sub-Editor, BA History and Politics Malcolm Caldwell joined SOAS University as a history lecturer in 1959 until his death in 1978. Caldwell appeared to be a pretty typical SOAS lecturer with appraisals across the board. A former student of his, Ian Brown, claimed that he was