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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'
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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
Sport and Societies
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.
culture
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.
culture
Stories of Migration: Making Social Impact Through Creative Research
Here, numbers and statistics dissolve into vivid personal narratives, inviting visitors to connect with the experiences of migrants in a transformative way.
culture
Bollywood’s Islamophobia Problem
... the division of the subcontinent by the British on the basis of majority religion has had a deep influence on regional politics and society up until the present day.
culture
Promoting Palestinian Arts Overseas at The London Palestine Film Festival
Cultural resistance plays an important role in reminding the world of our existence, our history and Palestine's bright potential future, if it were freed from occupation and apartheid.
Newsletters
Newsletter 24/01/2025
SOASMUN 2025: A Groundbreaking Start for SOAS’ First MUN Conference By Kristi Greenwood, BA Japanese, International News Editor The inaugural SOAS Model United Nations (MUN), held from the 17th to the 19th of January 2025, brought together over 90 delegates from 18 different universities worldwide for a weekend of thought-provoking
Columns
The Fine Print: The bizarre world of Speaker’s Corner
By Roxanna Brealey, Senior Sub-Editor, BA History and Politics George Orwell claimed in 1945 that Speaker’s Corner, which is located just outside Marble Arch tube station, has a ‘large variety of plain lunatics’, and for the most part, it is tough to disagree with him. The average Londoner will
Columns
Roaming Reporter: Housmans - The Importance of Radical Bookselling
By Jacob Winter, Senior Staff Writer, BA Politics and International Relations Housmans Bookshop is one of the few outwardly political and left-wing bookshops left in London. Situated on 5 Caledonian Road, very close to Dinwiddy House and Kings Cross Station, the bookshop has been nestled there for over 50 years.
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Editor's Note: Issue 30
By Barty Roberts, Editor-In-Chief, BA Politics and International Relations The low-income bursary at SOAS is £1,500 per year, £4,500 per whole undergraduate degree. An amount that has not changed since 2021. As per the Bank of England inflation calculator, £1,500 in September 2021 is now worth £1,