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The End of a Nightmare: Assad Regime Falls After 13 Years of Civil War
'"Assad’s regime is finished in Syria – this is the biggest happening in the world." - Alhakim Marwan who fled Syria in 2012.'
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VAT on Private Schools: Labour Finally Implements Long-Term Goal
‘Whilst private schools take a financial burden from state education, the social and economic consequences of the trajectories of pupils’ lives being determined by their parents’ abilities to pay private school fees seem like a steep price to pay.’
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Why Is Elon Musk Obsessed with British Politics?
''In coining the nickname ‘two-tier Keir,’ a term used extensively by right-wing political actors, Musk has exerted significant influence on domestic politics in the UK by siding with right-wing activists online through his control of the social media platform, or ‘public square,’ X'
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The Assisted Dying Bill: A Limit to Compassion?
‘Assisted suicide sends the message that disabled lives are less valuable than non-disabled lives. It suggests that when life becomes difficult or expensive, ending it is a reasonable option.’ - Not Dead Yet UK
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Students’ Union to Double Society Funding
'£20,000, will be directly reallocated into society funding, doubling the money available to societies from September 2025'
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Camden Council: Funding Genocide?
'Of its £2bn in holdings, Camden Council currently invests £83m in allegedly complicit companies, including weapons manufacturers Lockheed Martin, BAE Systems and Elbit Systems'
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SOAS Tutors Paid 40% Less Than UCL
'They’ve got more than enough money to pay us, hire more GTAs, and hire administrators to make the place work properly'
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Safia Shaikh: 'Participation is the only tool for change'
'The job is only really worth it for the students - they elected me'
SOAS sport
Scrum-believable! SOAS Rugby upset UCL in Historic Victory
Matthew McMahon, BSC PPE, 03/02/2025 It is an unavoidable fact in any competitive sport that no match is played without preconception. As seasons progress and tables start to form, a clear hierarchy of clubs makes it so that we ought to be able to predict the result of
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SOAS’s Peer Mentoring Programme
Being able to make a positive impact on someone’s university experience has been one of the most fulfilling aspects of my time at SOAS.
culture
The SOAS Spirit Guide to Movie Award Season
The Brutalist, [...] could mark a shift in Academy preferences [...] reflecting director Brady Corbet’s fight for final cut. It’s already building a cult following as an allegory for artistic independence.
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Why Don’t We Carry The Arts With Us?
The pressure to be faultless grows stronger with age and may be the reason why so many of us have left art in the past.