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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
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.
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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.
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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